Recent content by Wannabe Triple Threat

I, too, scoured many posts while figuring out how to make jewelry for myself, and ended up learning most of what I do through trial and error. I've had good experiences using lace appliques to make hairpieces. You can either find the colors you are looking for, or hand dyeing them. Check out...

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I think you are conflating tempo with meter. While it is true that the tempi are often put at even numbers, they can absolutely be odd numbered as well. I could have two songs in common time, 4/4, one that is slow (think Foxtrot or Bolero) and one that is fast (Bachata or Cha Cha). It doesn't...

I use a Crystal Katana to pick up rhinestones, GemTac, and craft syringes with varying gauges of tips. Because GemTac is water soluble before it dries, I rinse out the syringes and tips to get more use out of them. I do this for jewelry, accessories, and costumes!

For me, there is a very clear delineation between Practice Mode and Performance Mode. You won't see full expression until the latter. For some reason, I'm way too in my head during practice/lessons, but can turn it on when it counts. I do get chided for telegraphing mistakes, but I don't do it...

Pro has been super nit-picky the last couple weeks. Like, move-your-elbow-an-inch-to-the-left kind of nit-picky. So, I've been doing a bunch of reps of specific drills and running through my routines excruciatingly slowly to work on all the new technique. I'm beginning to notice that I'm...

I second women's pants. Sometimes I just don't want to shave my legs! :p

I'll actually only be spectating Saturday night. :(

In two years, I've got through two pairs of Standard shoes and three pairs of Latin shoes. For social dancing, I use my Latin shoes. I keep one nice pair for lessons, one pair for social dancing, and one pair for clubs.

I will be spectating on Saturday and doing the Congress on Sunday.

Find a metronome app, preferrably one that lets you change the meter (puts the 'strong' on 1 and 3, or 1, or on nothing at all). Set a moderate tempo. Move to every single beat for a bit. Then, only move on the 1 (set it to be 'strong' on 1) and hold the rest. Then, repeat with moving only on...

Picked up a few extra lessons this week to makeup for missing due to illness. I am concerned that the routines won't be up to par before showcase. Granted, they're for future comps, but I don't want to present something that's not at least half-polished. Am I being too much of a perfectionist...

Finally, FINALLY got through my waltz routine solo with correct fw and timing. For some reason, I've had some kind of mental block with it for months and just could. not. get. it. But something just clicked today and I actually enjoyed it! Now, of course that means I'll probably mess it up...

Turns out my prediction was correct. Now adding in all the shaping. Everything hurts, please send Epsom salt and Tiger Balm.

First proper lesson in three weeks due to illness and family emergencies. Tango is starting to feel amazing, which probably means I'm due for some new technique to make it not amazing again. New waltz routine is difficult -- why did I decide to focus on open work this year? I am also...