Gosh I cannot believe almost 2 months has flown by since I wrote anything down! It's probably because nothing mind blowing or really earth shattering has been happening in 'swing_3's skating world'. I've been plugging away level 2 field move, and waiting patiently for a new cut of my free dance music. After I'd written my last blog I had an awful ( Read more... )

A quick blog but I had to get this down while I'm still buzzing! Skated up at Deeside this morning. I made arrangements to set out earlier today but traffic was a against us and we only got there 10 minutes earlier than normal. Even so, I coughed up for an hour of patch and made myself work none stop on the almost empty ice, to justify the cost. So ( Read more... )

Since my last entry I've been keeping my head down and doing what needs to be done, namely field moves, and other turns and steps along with the obligatory forward and backward runs. Now that I've chosen some music, its being cut and Ann (Deeside coach) has started working on some bits that will eventually resemble a step sequence! She says she ( Read more... )

A bit of a quick blog as I never seem to have time these days. I guess thats a good thing in that if I'm working extra hours I can carry on skating! Last week was good. Tuesday's lesson at Telford was very enjoyable. Tony said we would be working on edges and turns in the group lesson and I didn't feel much like doing compulsories so we carried on ( Read more... )

Its been just over a month but it seems like so much longer. As planned I've been skating at both Telford and Deeside. Moving up to date, I did the level 2 compulsory dance test and failed it. I was a little disappointed but not at all surprised as I was definitely the most nervous I have ever been. The morning of the test I had a lesson on patch ( Read more... )

 Two blogs in two days is very unusual for me at the moment but I think that my need to write is an indicator of how positive I'm feeling about skating and my goals after todays lesson. It was Deeside today and Coach A had me run through canasta Tango and then Dutch Waltz. She made very allowances for the new boots and I didn't mention them either ( Read more... )

Well what a difference a few weeks can make. I figured was probably time to post on here before I give up on it completely which would be a shame. I've been so busy with work and the website, as well as skating but I'll try and remember whats what. Last time I posted I was still waiting for my new dance boots and was working on my Free Dance in ( Read more... )

Well its been over a month since my last entry so I have some catching up to do. Since starting back in early September I decided to change my mind once again. I actually missed dance so much that I decided to start having lessons again and have now decided to concentrate on dance alone. Skate school taught me many things but the main thing was ( Read more... )

Okay, so I'm not very good at blogging these days. I've been meaning to finish the skate school blog but time has not been my own until the kids went back to school this week. To summarize the days 2,3 and 4 of skate school: Tuesday was more loop and flip, edge drills, toe steps etc.. breakfast, then back to the dance studio for Irish dancing which ( Read more... )

First things first. Every day started at 7.15, rink side for a warm up which included marching, stretching all the muscles and generally waking us all up. Then it was boots on a straight out on to the ice. Day one saw us divided into 3 groups. I was slightly disturbed to find myself in the top group with the seniors but I went with it as I figured ( Read more... )