Ten.

Monday 5th November

So, this is the real countdown.

At class last night I worked my arse off, I really did. More Rodney run-throughs, even in shoes I think, and that's going ok. Fixed the start so I don't have a 1/4 of a bar where I'm kinda bopping on the spot waiting for the music.

I than ran through every single set dance, some more than once, some in shoes and some not depending on how much my feet were complaining. I was hitting clicks, even donkeys, I felt like I was turning my feet out, it was ok. I was having minimal breaks so I feel like my stamina's better, it was good.

Also ran through Garden and Job a few times, did my new reel step and few times and surprised myself with the height of my kick, did my two jig steps and one hornpipe - in short, pretty near killed myself.

I think in conclusion, as long as I don't blank (as I was doing consistently on Piper), I'll get more than 50%. If I really really pull it out of the bag, I think I might even stand a chance of passing.

Today: make up hornpipe step. Got a germ of an idea, we'll see how we go.