When I wrote about ballet , Lily commented on how she enjoys ballroom. Oooo, me, too! We've had several good ballroom teachers, and (before they had kids) , my daughter, her husband and I took ballroom classes. In the early 2000s, I had a teacher who had both Arthur Murry and Fred Astair training! When his usual assistant couldn't make it, he'd ask me to help demo, telling me, "I know you've had ballet - when I tell you to slide your foot straight back, I DON'T want a rondé!" Unfortunately - while we had great teachers and classes, there was just the occasional dance in town! The annual Mayor's Ball fundraiser was fun, with a different theme each year. With ballroom, women often pick up the steps and patterns more quickly - but the guys need to both learn the steps, and think ahead, to be able to 'lead' their partner! And without regular opportunities to dance, that's hard! During those years, we even got to take a couple of class...
On Tuesday, my daughter Mary, middle granddaughter Emily (22) and I got to ballet class! That may not sound like much - but we've often intended to go (about 20 minutes away), while Emily's attending university here in town.... Gregory, Emily, my son Josh and me after Nutcracker - 2018 My daughter and I've taken Ballet over 45 years, and Emily since she was around 5. She and her dad were in Nutcracker again this year, and we vowed we'd get to class in January! Emma in the studio - 2020 Our teacher Emma Seth was classically trained by her mother Lynn Marchant, in the Vaganava Russian style. Lynn trained with Bronislava Nijinska in Los Angeles. Emma's studio, with its 'floating' floor, grand mirrors and barrés, is in a former wine tasting room in downtown Amity. In the 70s, our little family lived in Corvallis, and came to watch the kids' cousin Tammy dancing in Nutcracker in McMinnville ... Marchant Snow Scene from ...