Why should you practice???

Here's why, check this out: Another reason YOU NEED TO GO SEE THE DANCE!!!

Sandi & I

I'm sorry Sandi, I've been telling you about putting something up of us dancing: well here it is. It's old, but it's a start----

First 3rd Friday

Good Morning Steppers--- Well I would have to say that the First "Every 3rd Friday" was very successful. I would like to thank all who came, and all that dressed up. The whole affair looked nice, and as did everyone there. Great atmosphere, nice location, a variety of music, FREE Valet Parking, all for only $5. Incredible. I'm very impressed with all of my students that came out. I think I danced with all of you except one, she slipped out on me. I'll get her later. As for the ones I did dance with, EVERYONE of you did very well. You should, or need to know this. Everything was well executed, although you may not have felt that way. :-) Just give it time, and STOP saying "I can't, I can't", and start saying "I can do this, I CAN DO THIS!" I was very proud of you all last night. That really lets me know I'm doing something right. Again, I'm not just trying to take your money, I'm trying to get you on the dance floor, so every event or night we go out dancing, it will be like it was Friday. So get up and PRACTICE-PRACTICE-PRACTICE. You should know your basics, just as you know your own home. You should be able to dance with someone with YOUR eyes CLOSED, and not mess up. (too badly) After all, you can close your eyes and walk from your front door to your kitchen, and turn the water on without messing up too badly. I want that type of recall in your basics. So 10 minutes a day, practice to your favorite song. 10 minutes is nothing, showers take longer than that. NO EXCUSES-Just do it. You'll thank me later, I promise. :-)

Are there any Men?

Taken from a comment about not having any men to dance with---

I agree there AREN'T enough men. This is always the tricky part, every man will like something different about the dance. Have you asked any men out to dance, have you asked any to come, or go to class with you? Maybe we can do a Free Men's day or something. We can get them in there, get them hooked and move on from there. How's that idea?

I'm willing to go that extra mile to make it happen, so let's make it happen!

Keith Hubbard & Angie Faine

Can you say SMOOTH--yes, Mr. Smooth is here, and he's doing a Workshop this Saturday. It's going to be from 2 to 5pm over at The Elk's on 1007 S. 7th Street. Also the INFAMOUS Angie Faine will be there instructing too. So there you have it ladies and gentleman, Mr. Smooth, Angie Faine, and me, all in one place giving you all you can take.

Again, these are two people who help shape my dancing into the level that it is now. I'm just saying--for the next few days, you'll have access to more steppin' knowledge than you can imagine. Don't let it go to waste, don't sit back and wonder, wish, and hesitate, get in there ask questions, take some instructions. Believe me, they ARE HERE TO HELP.

STEPPIN' in the ATL Sunday Night

Sorry for the long long wait to get back here, but I'm still trying to find some sleep. Who goes on vacation to rest? Not to mention I'm having classes, and privates almost every other day--(good thing-get them on that dance floor) so no rest for me. Let's jump forward or backwards for a moment;

Sunday night dancing in ATL was fantastic. Of course the music was good, the food, well I was hungry, and there were more people dancing than people at a Michael Jackson concert. (RIP MJ) It was really nice, but wait there's more; lol yep they danced again on Monday, but unfortunately I had to fly back to the AZ. All-in-all it was super, I can get over the floor thing, but what I still have a problem with was or is---just where does all the money go? In Sarah's pocket? I mean NOT ONE DAY DID SHE HAVE ANY DECORATIONS UP. Nothing fancy maybe a few ballons here and there, some table decorations, nope NOTHING, ZILCH. And it's not like she had to pay for the rooms, because I know if you buy the food, they'll give the rooms for free. Hmmm go figure. Also what's up with the reserving over half of the damn tables. One night it started at 8pm, I got there around 8:20, and almost didn't get a table. About 70% of them were reserved, and they didn't even show up until midway, through the night. So many dances, so little time. I got a chance to see a couple of my former students, and I was so proud. One of them is now teaching--who'd have thought that huh? Just think, that could be YOU!!

STEPPIN' in the ATL

So this would be my first time at this particular venue, I think. :-) Anyway, as for Friday's event, where do I start? So I’m here in ATL at this Black and White Ball, and I can say that I started having fun, then BAM! The floor came apart, and from there all downhill. It took so long for them to get that thing fixed, they lost their luster. They did however have a spill over room, but the music kept cutting off. So that made for very interesting dancing in there. Now things were cut short for myself, because I was going skating that evening too. But I must say I got there about an hour after it started, was able to dance a couple of records then watch a couple of dancers, then that’s when the floor thing happened. Now by the time it was fixed, it was almost 11:30. So I got another couple of dances in then I left to go skating. I heard that they kept dancing until 3 but I was already gone by then. I DID hear that they DID have the preliminaries then too. Now when I asked them when I was buying my tickets mind you, they were uncertain if it would even take place. As I said before ALL DOWNHILL FROM THAT POINT.

STEPPIN' in the ATL cont..

So as I try to get the bad taste out of my mouth from that last night of dancing, I entered the Marriott with a big smile, and positive possibilities. Good thing to do huh? Well unfortunately I wasn't able to get much video taping done, because I was either on the floor HAVING A GREAT TIME, or my camera was freakin the HELL out. But anyway, tonight was MUCH better than Friday's side show. Detroit, was well represented too. I got a chance to see, speak, dance, and hang out with most of them. I felt like I was back in the 313. (a Good Feeling) I did take some pictures, but as it goes, this time the battery on my camera was low. So I took as many as I could before it was completely dead. Yeah I know, I should have been more prepared. Of course the new pictures ARE posted--Just let Bugs Bunny guide you there. Now meanwhile, back on the dance floor: I'm dancing with Judy (A lady that will ALWAYS get dances from me--because she was there when I didn't know that I had a left and right foot) lol---Anyway Judy and I were dancing and guess what? YEP! THE FLOOR CAME APART AGAIN! Can anyone say deja vu`? Can anyone spell that correctly? lol So the same thing happened, but this time they used that time to do the raffles, and announcements. Also they didn't take as long to fix it, maybe 30 minutes or so, I didn't watch the clock this time, I just began heading for the door. Now don't get me wrong Saturday was MUCH MUCH better than Friday, and they had an awesome performance for us. The best one, not to take anything away from Mr. Keys, but the Michael Jackson show was very nice. Good thing my camera didn't freak out the whole time. I presume that's why the tickets were so damn expensive. $30 every night just about, maybe it's just me. I know, I can get like another job to foot the bill for it. I can even add in, loss of time, for the floors coming apart. Has anyone ever had that happen to them before at a Steppers Set? Anyway, more to come as I think I'm going again. lol Well I figured if it's going to be my last one, I might as well. Plus I did promise a few people that I would--especially since I'M NOT GOING SKATING. That's a whole different story. lol