The First Dance Lesson: Bride’s Perspective

Amy Jean and Larry Fry had their first lesson last week and here is Amy Jean’s Feedback:

Sadly, I have to admit… the dance lesson was much harder than I anticipated. I have no training in dance. But i love to go “dancing”. Whether this hurts me or not, i still found myself constantly missing beats and not being able to do the basic fundamentals.

But even though it was very challenging… and even though i was sad that i sucked at it… i’m still looking forward to the next lesson… I want to improve individually and as a team. This being said… well, I’m sure you read FH’s Lesson 1 post… Yes, I am Type A. Yes, I am a control Freak. Yes, I am having a very hard time allowing myself to be lead… Yikes, this is not only physically challenging but i think its more mentally challenging for me!

The lesson started off fun. Deborah, our instructor from The Wedding Dance Specialists, asked “What foot do you lead with?” and I said “My right!” and she said “And do you know why?” and i responded, “Because I am ALWAYS RIGHT!” and she said “YES!!!” and of course we had a good laugh at that. We did basic positioning of how we should hold each other. We stayed in position as she adjusted our frames and holds, and explained why certain form helped us. Holding position was hard – i won’t lie, my arms started to get that dull ache LOL (i’m that out of shape!) Click on the link below to read the rest of the article.

http://www.relentlessbride.com/2010/02/wedding-dance-she-said-lesson-1.html

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