Wet Socks

Today I have hair-dried the inside of my shoes which I am currently wearing on top of damp socks. It's not the most pleasant experience ever, and can mean only one thing.

New Shoes!

In a way, it's kind of good to know that dancers aren't the only ones who have to put up with this hell. Teachers need to do it to. On the other hand, I thought I'd left this behind years ago. Sadly not.

In other news, I can now do back trebles on my left foot for the first time in YEARS. I'm taking much confidence from this breakthrough!

Revision.

I'm really not sure how interesting revision is to an audience (if there is one!) so that's why I haven't been posting recently. I've tried a lot of practise papers recently and when I say a lot, I mean A LOT. Every relevant question from the earliest ones I could find, 1970s papers, up to the end of the 1990s. I scored 88%! That'll do!

I'm sadly no further on with solo dancing or teaching, or sets since I STILL haven't been contacted re the CD, but I feel confident enough on those 15 ceilis. From next week I'm hoping to start on the other ones. Lannigan's Ball seems simple enough to me as does the Waves of Tory, so hopefully I can get those out of the way. 8-hands are being left until last.

There's a new ceili class starting at my dance class, for another TCRG candidate to practise teaching, so hopefully we can get through one a week. I still haven't told them I'm going for mine. It won't be a problem; I just don't want to take away from the other candidate at the moment. And I don't want to be rushed. No pressure til I'm ready to apply.