OMG OMG OMG! There is sooooooooooooo much to do!!!!
Kev and I are trying to finish our Classic Routine and just started on our Showcase Routine. This is super stressful because we need to finish both, and polish them by this weekend, and I don't know if we can get all the work done that we'd like to have done.
We've been doing 2 hours on and 2 hours off at our dance studio. In the 2 hours off, Juan and Sharon are polishing their Classic and finishing their Showcase. OMG, there is so much going on in the house too. So so so.... in our "down time" we are still coming up with ideas so when we have the space, we can actually dance it.
There is not enough time in the day to choreograph 2 routines, watch the Olympics, prepare material for classes, teach group classes, and privates. And spend time with your significant other. Oh my word.
Well, that's the rant for the day. More after ILHC. I am sure we are going to pull something together.
Cheers.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Wicked Lindy
The Drzewiczewski 's throw two awesome events each year - the first is Boston Tea Party and the second is Wicked Lindy. Check out the highlight reel:
And yes, if you were wondering what some of the was, it was a 1998 Neo-swing swing jam!!!! The instructors had their J&J and then Steve (I presume it was his idea) made sure it was a jam that would always be remembered.
I danced with Peter Strom in the instructional J&J and had an awesome time. During the all-skate at the end, he tried to poke my eye out, but luckily I blinked so hard I caught his finger before it could do any damage. But we had a make-up moment when Prince came on and I got to kiss his cheek. AND THEN we jammed like swing dancers from '98!!!
But truly, the highlight of the Instructors J&J was Marty and Alice. Marty did some awesome trucking and Alice followed right along. If the clip gets posted, I'll link it, but otherwise, start looking for it!!!
It was an awesome weekend of fun and games. Here are some of the bloopers:
And Marty did get his knickers taken off of him.
And yes, if you were wondering what some of the was, it was a 1998 Neo-swing swing jam!!!! The instructors had their J&J and then Steve (I presume it was his idea) made sure it was a jam that would always be remembered.
I danced with Peter Strom in the instructional J&J and had an awesome time. During the all-skate at the end, he tried to poke my eye out, but luckily I blinked so hard I caught his finger before it could do any damage. But we had a make-up moment when Prince came on and I got to kiss his cheek. AND THEN we jammed like swing dancers from '98!!!
But truly, the highlight of the Instructors J&J was Marty and Alice. Marty did some awesome trucking and Alice followed right along. If the clip gets posted, I'll link it, but otherwise, start looking for it!!!
It was an awesome weekend of fun and games. Here are some of the bloopers:
And Marty did get his knickers taken off of him.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Driving to and from Wicked Lindy....
.....was somewhat stressful and terribly time consuming.
We rented a Chrysler 300 for the drive so that Juan, Sharon, Kevin and I had enough space for us, our luggage, and some food for the weekend. It was rather roomy, but apparently had no pick up. Kev and Sharon were the drivers for the weekend, so Juan and I got to take it easy sleeping in the back.
The drive from Pittsburgh to New York took us six hours. We stopped through NY so we could get our hair done at Laicale, Kevin's sister's salon. The next morning, we didn't get up at 8am, like we were supposed to, so we were running late (about 3 hours). We wanted to be out the door at 9am, but we got up at 10ish, had breakfast at a darling cafe downstairs, stopped by a photo shoot for Kev's sister's new clothing line, and then headed off. By leaving around 12:30pm we got stuck in traffic an hour outside of Boston. Traffic sucks. A lot. And it also started to rain. Rain and traffic together really sucks. To top that off, we were running late and were most likely going to miss our class. And what really did us in was the fender-bender we got into. The people in front of us were driving along at a slow pace of 20mph and then all of a sudden slammed on their brakes. We would have stopped in time had we not hydroplaned into the car in front of us, and that car into the one in front of them.
After dealing with insurance companies and the lot of them, we decided to stop somewhere and get some real food. We were hungry and tired, so it seemed like a great idea. We pulled off at the next rest stop and looked around for food. We saw a Subway, but wanted something more substantial. Unfortunately, there wasn't a whole lot in the area and were about to give up until we saw a chinese food restaurant. We assumed it would be good food because it was in a nice neighborhood and was most likely a good hole-in-the-wall sort of place. We were so very, very wrong. The food was super nasty and super greasy. What a mistake.
In total it took us 14 hours to get from PIT to BOS over the two days. Luckily, we only had a 10 hour drive on our way home, so we felt like we got off easy. Let me say, don't plan to do that much driving unless you are well rested, and really like a road trip. I was fun to be in a renal car, but otherwise, I could have totally skipped on the experience.
Ciao
We rented a Chrysler 300 for the drive so that Juan, Sharon, Kevin and I had enough space for us, our luggage, and some food for the weekend. It was rather roomy, but apparently had no pick up. Kev and Sharon were the drivers for the weekend, so Juan and I got to take it easy sleeping in the back.
The drive from Pittsburgh to New York took us six hours. We stopped through NY so we could get our hair done at Laicale, Kevin's sister's salon. The next morning, we didn't get up at 8am, like we were supposed to, so we were running late (about 3 hours). We wanted to be out the door at 9am, but we got up at 10ish, had breakfast at a darling cafe downstairs, stopped by a photo shoot for Kev's sister's new clothing line, and then headed off. By leaving around 12:30pm we got stuck in traffic an hour outside of Boston. Traffic sucks. A lot. And it also started to rain. Rain and traffic together really sucks. To top that off, we were running late and were most likely going to miss our class. And what really did us in was the fender-bender we got into. The people in front of us were driving along at a slow pace of 20mph and then all of a sudden slammed on their brakes. We would have stopped in time had we not hydroplaned into the car in front of us, and that car into the one in front of them.
After dealing with insurance companies and the lot of them, we decided to stop somewhere and get some real food. We were hungry and tired, so it seemed like a great idea. We pulled off at the next rest stop and looked around for food. We saw a Subway, but wanted something more substantial. Unfortunately, there wasn't a whole lot in the area and were about to give up until we saw a chinese food restaurant. We assumed it would be good food because it was in a nice neighborhood and was most likely a good hole-in-the-wall sort of place. We were so very, very wrong. The food was super nasty and super greasy. What a mistake.
In total it took us 14 hours to get from PIT to BOS over the two days. Luckily, we only had a 10 hour drive on our way home, so we felt like we got off easy. Let me say, don't plan to do that much driving unless you are well rested, and really like a road trip. I was fun to be in a renal car, but otherwise, I could have totally skipped on the experience.
Ciao
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Camp Hollywood
What an awesome time in LA we had being at Camp Hollywood. The weather was lovely, Hillary (the organizer) took great care of us, and the students were amazing!
We taught some new Flash & Trash, Charleston Challenge, fast lindy, aerials, and Jam Routines and the classes were packed! There were about 150-200 people in our two largest classes (OMG). And everyone was so nice. Not to toot our own horns, but Kev and I were given an impressive amount of positive feedback about our material and our teaching style - it was really nice.
On the competition side of things, Kev and I, along with our buddies Juan and Sharon, cleaned house!
1st place - Advance J&J - Lead - Juan
1st place - Advance J&J - Follow - Sharon
1st place - Showcase - Kevin and Juan
3rd place - Showcase - Kevin and Jo
2nd place - Pro Lindy - Kev and Jo
5th place - Pro Lindy - Juan and Sharon
We had so many trophies that we couldn't take all of them home, especially with the new excess baggage fees.
And a special shout out to Nick Williams and Laura Keat for their showcase piece. It was lovely, innovative, musical, and well performed!
We taught some new Flash & Trash, Charleston Challenge, fast lindy, aerials, and Jam Routines and the classes were packed! There were about 150-200 people in our two largest classes (OMG). And everyone was so nice. Not to toot our own horns, but Kev and I were given an impressive amount of positive feedback about our material and our teaching style - it was really nice.
On the competition side of things, Kev and I, along with our buddies Juan and Sharon, cleaned house!
1st place - Advance J&J - Lead - Juan
1st place - Advance J&J - Follow - Sharon
1st place - Showcase - Kevin and Juan
3rd place - Showcase - Kevin and Jo
2nd place - Pro Lindy - Kev and Jo
5th place - Pro Lindy - Juan and Sharon
We had so many trophies that we couldn't take all of them home, especially with the new excess baggage fees.
And a special shout out to Nick Williams and Laura Keat for their showcase piece. It was lovely, innovative, musical, and well performed!
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