Decorations or Props???

Last week I only had one (double) lesson as I was out of town most of the week at Milliman’s Health Consultants Forum in Austin. It was a fun week getting to see colleagues from other offices, and I came back ready to dance! Words I never thought I’d write two months ago…

The lessons at this point are a lot of fun, and a little bit like running sprint intervals. Since we have the full routine pretty much wrapped up, we run through the 2 minutes at “full speed” then spend 5-10 minutes working on improving one particular part – usually it’s because I have a question or I messed something up – and then we repeat! So, over the course of a 40-minute lesson, we probably do the full routine 4 to 5 times at full speed. Super fun, but also super exhausting, especially when there’s a double lesson. 

This time we also practiced in our full costumes, which was surprisingly more challenging than I thought. Alexis has a skirt that twirls and our first time through the routine it almost made me drop her three times! Luckily, we still have 3 more full weeks of practice to make sure there’s not an issue on November 9!

I’ve included a couple pictures from practice – you can decide if they include decorations or props for our routine :) Thanks for reading, and thanks for supporting Cristo Rey!