Learning the Cuddle & the Dip ... Wow!

Friday night was another successful & fun night of Salsa dancing. The teachers definitely threw new stuff at the class but they did quite well. Not perfect, of course, but they're learning & soaking it all up. This class was very "hands on" compared to other classes. It was pretty funny to watch Callie & Oskar figure out how to deal with it. They were both embarrassed when the class began but were getting more comfortable with all the "touchy-feely" stuff near the end. I hope they get more comfortable, especially considering this was only week 3 & I imagine they'll be more where that came from. :)

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We can't remember the name of this move ...

but Oskar had to wrap his arms around

Callie in order to switch hands.

The 2nd half of the picture below is capturing

quite a moment. In this move Callie is supposed

to "drag" her hand across Oskar's stomach.

It's the move people! lol

Anyway, she was hesitant to do it &

was just learning her hand in the air rather

than on his stomach. You can see where she's

actually touching him AND him noticing it as well!

Love it!!!

Oskar being, well, Oskar! :)

Just dancing The "Cuddle"
The "fling from cuddle"

Callie & Oskar reacting to hearing they

were learning "the dip" next.

Learning "the dip"

Oh yeah!

Their final dip of the night.

Sorry, She's Busy Dancing :)

Friday was the 2nd week of Callie's Contemporary class & Salsa class. She's loving them both SO much!!! Contemporary is for the whole session but Salsa is only a 6-week class. She's also taking ballet still, twice a week, so she's a busy girl. Since she's now dancing 3 days a week, her 2 days off are spent dancing in the house ... lol ... she can't get enough.

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Miss Becki & Callie

in Contemporary

Callie & Oskar were SO much better in their 2nd week of Salsa. I was pretty surprised because they didn't practice (together) since the actual class the week before. I was impressed though.

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Callie giving me the "stare" &

Learning the push turn

Learning the "Around the World" turn

Killing me!
Oh my!

Having fun!

Freestyle

Another successful class!

Salsa ... oh la la!

Callie had a BIG Friday! A while ago, her "special friend" Oskar, asked if she would take a 6-week Salsa class with him. She was SO thrilled & said yes immediately. Friday was their first class. She's been talking about it almost non-stop. Well, little did she know that we (T & I) had also signed her up for a Contemporary class. She's wanted to take it for quite some time but we always told her no, mainly from a financial standpoint. We decided this would be a good time for her to try it. We just forgot to tell her about it. lol As the class got closer, it just never really came up again (she was too excited about her Salsa class to even think about Contemporary) so I decided we just wouldn't tell her ... at all. So on Friday, we left for Salsa super early, with her thinking we were going to the library beforehand. Here's her face when she found out why we actually left so early. (The Contemporary class is right before Salsa, so it's perfect) Needless to say she was THRILLED!!! She's still talking about how excited she is to take the class. Here's Callie stretching at the beginning of class. And that's Makenna you see too. They were the only 2 to show up to the first class.

Then it was time for Salsa class with Oskar.

She was practically vibrating with excitement

... it was SO cute.

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Oskar THRILLED I'm taking pictures

Watching the teachers Learning the turn

Learning the crossover

Here are the best pictures of the night (except that Callie is slightly out-of-focus ... my camera is totally focused on Oskar). Callie & Oskar holding hands when they didn't have to ... OMG ... adorable!!!