Back on form

I had such a good time last night in O'Neills. I was only planning to stay for an hour but I was there from nine until 10.30 and only sat out one dance. I think it was partly the good music, partly that several of my favourite dancers were there, and partly that I'm getting fitter: the good autumn weather means that I'm getting more cycling in than I did in the 'summer'. Some people think salsa is good exercise: it's definitely better than no exercise, but I think that to be really fit for dancing you need to build more fitness than you get from dancing, if that makes sense.

I had a pretty good time at the Electricity Club: Rohan was his usual charismatic self and I particularly enjoyed his rueda in the free dancing afterwards. The salsa trio class was less successful, partly because of the wide variation in ability. I really don't want to be critical, but this is the second event I've been to recently where the guest teacher, who's supposed to be teaching an intermediate (or in the other case, intermediate/advanced) class, has been faced with a class at least half of whom are no more than improvers level. This is frustrating both for the teachers and for the more experienced dancers who have assumed that intermediate/advanced means what it says. So this is a plea to anyone who's bringing in guest teachers: please make it clear that beginners and improvers shouldn't be doing the higher level classes.