Do NOT Try this at Home

I do faithfully practice each day, perhaps to my own peril...

  

This picture was actually a re-enactment of an attempt to practice spins that got a bit off balance.  I spun into the ottoman, toppled back coming to rest in the position roughly depicted.  I was moving fairly quickly at the time so this was not as fun as it looks.

Unfortunately, if it was just my own safety at risk that would be one thing.  I am something of a menace to objects around the house as well.

This lamp was victim to an attempt to improve my arm position on a turn.

Even in the studio I may be viewed as a bit of a hazard.  Last week Stephanie was working on my spins and made some (as always) helpful suggestions that got me rotating at a much better rate.  Thankfully her husband Brian was able to act quickly and move his dance partner at the time out of harms way in the nick of time.  Perhaps some remember the cartoon Tasmanian Devil.

Mandy is likely considering ways to "dance proof" the house now.  

Two months to go.  Look for some steady updates in the weeks ahead as there are several events between now and then of note.