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I haven't written anything for a few days. While the self-imposed pressure to write has manifested itself, I simply haven't had much to say and other more pressing issues were consuming my spare time. Here's a quick attempt to compose a few lines, just to reassure the planet that I haven't died.

We had a delightfully restful time at the trailer this past weekend. I do have photos to post but that will have to wait a while.

Monday evening was our regular C2 class. As with last week, the floor was in good form for the evening. We use a number system to mix couples into three squares; cuyahogarvr and I seemed to always land in the fun giggling square, something I appreciated a great deal. For workshop material, we revisited the "staggered" concept, something we haven't done much with in the past couple months, then learned the call "truck." Good times.

My day today was entirely consumed by preparing two servers to go into production for work. Both are Solaris 10 machines which needed a tonne o' operating system patches, Veritas upgrades and clustering configuration. All was completed by the time I headed to Baltimore to call a club night dance for the Chesapeake Squares.

Tonight's club night went very well. Not coincidentally, a couple of our weaker dancers were absent while a couple of strong dancers were up from DC for the event. I was able to call significantly harder Plus and Advanced material than I normally have been able. Sure, some figures broke down but in all but two cases, I was able to sight-resolve them home. As well, I was able to focus more on my own personal improvement projects; this week, it was on controlling the dance floor energy level.

When our evening began, it felt rather lackadaisical and listless. I intentionally started with a comparatively slow patter and singing call, just to get folks warmed up. I intentionally selected music with a faster beat for the remainder of the evening; while I test-drove a new singing call I've been working on during the middle, I made sure my closer was a peppy piece I knew intimately so I could belt it out without difficulty. Finally, I worked on emphasizing an upbeat vocal delivery with fast but smooth timing.

The final result? This was some of the best Plus and Advanced stuff I've done with the club for a while. The final Plus tip was a roaring success: folks were packing up for the evening with laughter & giggles and a number of people had very complementary things to say. Victory is ours!

Now to sleep and savour the success. :-)

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I haven't written anything for a few days. While the self-imposed pressure to write has manifested itself, I simply haven't had much to say and other more pressing issues were consuming my spare time. Here's a quick attempt to compose a few lines, just to reassure the planet that I haven't died.

We had a delightfully restful time at the trailer this past weekend. I do have photos to post but that will have to wait a while.

Monday evening was our regular C2 class. As with last week, the floor was in good form for the evening. We use a number system to mix couples into three squares; cuyahogarvr and I seemed to always land in the fun giggling square, something I appreciated a great deal. For workshop material, we revisited the "staggered" concept, something we haven't done much with in the past couple months, then learned the call "truck." Good times.

My day today was entirely consumed by preparing two servers to go into production for work. Both are Solaris 10 machines which needed a tonne o' operating system patches, Veritas upgrades and clustering configuration. All was completed by the time I headed to Baltimore to call a club night dance for the Chesapeake Squares.

Tonight's club night went very well. Not coincidentally, a couple of our weaker dancers were absent while a couple of strong dancers were up from DC for the event. I was able to call significantly harder Plus and Advanced material than I normally have been able. Sure, some figures broke down but in all but two cases, I was able to sight-resolve them home. As well, I was able to focus more on my own personal improvement projects; this week, it was on controlling the dance floor energy level.

When our evening began, it felt rather lackadaisical and listless. I intentionally started with a comparatively slow patter and singing call, just to get folks warmed up. I intentionally selected music with a faster beat for the remainder of the evening; while I test-drove a new singing call I've been working on during the middle, I made sure my closer was a peppy piece I knew intimately so I could belt it out without difficulty. Finally, I worked on emphasizing an upbeat vocal delivery with fast but smooth timing.

The final result? This was some of the best Plus and Advanced stuff I've done with the club for a while. The final Plus tip was a roaring success: folks were packing up for the evening with laughter & giggles and a number of people had very complementary things to say. Victory is ours!

Now to sleep and savour the success. :-)