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ZILL ALL THE DRILLS!
Jan. 4th, 2013 06:17 pmI've had a pretty good break…and a few nummy drinks.
I'm down to my last free weekend to OMG GET IT DONE. I think I've done enough socializing over the last few days that my weekend is actually mine ALL MINE.
The thing I need to get done? A lot of dance lesson planning. 2013 kicks off my 3rd year of teaching dance and, judging from my last half a year, it's time to start getting as organized as I was for the first half of 2012.
I currently teach five dance classes a week:
Beginners, Turkish, and Zills & Drills on Thursday evening and Roma and Zills & Drills on Saturday afternoons.
That three classes in a row thing is going to CHANGE. When I went from teaching three classes on Saturday to two, I was in a much better head and body space. I can maintain the energy I need, even when sick, for two classes in a row but when the number bumps to three…it gets daunting. Friday mornings have been sucking. Teaching three classes in a row locally is about as time/energy draining as it was to teach two classes in a row with the Tokyo commute.
Starting February I will actually be increasing my classes and days, but not teaching 3-in-a-row.
Tuesday evening: Beginners, Zills & Drills. (there may be a drum class starting after my zills class, which would give me the option to stay and take drum if I have the energy)
Thursday Evening: Turkish Style, Zills (now with choreographies!)
Saturday: Roma, Zills & Drills.
I now have almost two years worth of zill-drill combinations and drills from Z&D. I figure I can organize that and create at least a rough outline to use for my Tuesday classes. I can organize my combinations (without drills) in a way that they can be used for basic movement and so they build on each other AND I can use the zill combinations and classes my longer term Thursday Zills & Drills students have already mastered to help teach a new batch of zillers who need to start at the beginning.
Thursday night still involves choreographies and performance skills, so it's time to pick the next two songs for each. I think I know what I'll work on.
Saturday will involve picking the next song for Roma and looking over past zill-drills to figure out what movements/patterns/techniques I have overlooked and figuring out what new content is needed.
Tonight is for relaxing. I caught up for lunch and drinks with my big-brother Kazu, so I'm knackered.
I have a quilt idea to sketch out as well….Scrap busting…now with tentacles!
I'm down to my last free weekend to OMG GET IT DONE. I think I've done enough socializing over the last few days that my weekend is actually mine ALL MINE.
The thing I need to get done? A lot of dance lesson planning. 2013 kicks off my 3rd year of teaching dance and, judging from my last half a year, it's time to start getting as organized as I was for the first half of 2012.
I currently teach five dance classes a week:
Beginners, Turkish, and Zills & Drills on Thursday evening and Roma and Zills & Drills on Saturday afternoons.
That three classes in a row thing is going to CHANGE. When I went from teaching three classes on Saturday to two, I was in a much better head and body space. I can maintain the energy I need, even when sick, for two classes in a row but when the number bumps to three…it gets daunting. Friday mornings have been sucking. Teaching three classes in a row locally is about as time/energy draining as it was to teach two classes in a row with the Tokyo commute.
Starting February I will actually be increasing my classes and days, but not teaching 3-in-a-row.
Tuesday evening: Beginners, Zills & Drills. (there may be a drum class starting after my zills class, which would give me the option to stay and take drum if I have the energy)
Thursday Evening: Turkish Style, Zills (now with choreographies!)
Saturday: Roma, Zills & Drills.
I now have almost two years worth of zill-drill combinations and drills from Z&D. I figure I can organize that and create at least a rough outline to use for my Tuesday classes. I can organize my combinations (without drills) in a way that they can be used for basic movement and so they build on each other AND I can use the zill combinations and classes my longer term Thursday Zills & Drills students have already mastered to help teach a new batch of zillers who need to start at the beginning.
Thursday night still involves choreographies and performance skills, so it's time to pick the next two songs for each. I think I know what I'll work on.
Saturday will involve picking the next song for Roma and looking over past zill-drills to figure out what movements/patterns/techniques I have overlooked and figuring out what new content is needed.
Tonight is for relaxing. I caught up for lunch and drinks with my big-brother Kazu, so I'm knackered.
I have a quilt idea to sketch out as well….Scrap busting…now with tentacles!
