Dance Goals for 2007
Seven for '07
This blog carnival gives you the opportunity to list your dance goals for 2007. If it is powerful to write down your goals for your own benefit, how much more powerful to put your goals out there in public. So here goes with my seven goals for '07
As I have just started at this level in late 2006, I want to give myself plenty of time to learn and practice. I’ll keep on participating at bronze and beginner level too just to ensure I keep my hand in.
2 To dance around the world
The 2007 schedule will take us to Buenos Aires, Argentina in April; Brisbane in July; QM2 in September; New York in Sept/Oct and Havana, Cuba in October. The programme has been set and the arrangements have been made. The challenge for a new company just getting started is how best to let people know that they can join us on one or more of these amazing holidays. So since you ask… yes of course you will be welcome to join us…. More on my motivation to create business from my passion is here.
3 To keep up a regular contribution to my blog
Stay still and you are dead. Not sure how this blog will evolve, but preparing the 20 reasons why dancing is great for your well-being gave me more of an insight into how this world works. I’ll keep on learning.
4 To increase the readership of my blog to ten times level at the end of 2006
That won’t be hard to do. Just ten people like you and I have made it (just kidding!). The key will be to write something that resonates with readers while at the same time finding ways to bring this blog to a wider audience. After all dance is an international language.
5 To volunteer teaching basic ballroom and Latin to students at my College.
Students and staff have enjoyed the free lessons in 2006. It started as a 10-week preparatory course before the College Ball in June. When that was over, there was a groundswell of interest from students and staff alike who wanted the classes to carry on. We’ve already scheduled the 2007 programme to fit in with my own dance classes. As a teacher, I know that the best way to learn is to teach.
6 To continue to volunteer to organise social dance venues for dance school students
This started in 2006. I found that while I was dancing every weekend, some of the students enrolled at John Young Dance Centre in Auckland New Zealand where I am a student were not dancing at all on the weekends. Why learn to dance if you don’t?? Now we have a schedule of places where we can dance each weekend and the email list of those interested is growing. I want to continue this in 2007 to ensure that anyone who wants to dance has a place to go where they can feel safe and without worrying that they will know no one or be left to sit alone.
7 To dramatically improve my salsa dancing ability
My level of salsa dancing is very basic even though I have been in classes up to intermediate level. I love dancing salsa, merengue, bachata, rhumba, samba, cha cha cha, but only the latter three are covered in my ballroom/Latin classes. Merengue and bachata are good enough to cope reasonably well on the dance floor. But how to get practice for salsa and learn enough variations to have a smooth dance full of interesting moves for 3-5 mins at a time? There are not enough days/nights in the week to commit to both ballroom and salsa lessons. My answer for 2007 is the NZ Pacific Salsa Congress at Easter. Are you coming?
If the list was to be longer, it would include learning more new vogue, ceroc, swing, line-dancing beyond Achy Breaky Heart.... so many dances, so little time!
So seven for ’07. I guess that is putting it out there. Depending on your predilection you can either hold me accountable or help me achieve them. Let's dance into and through 2007.
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Chris Mitchell
Great to receive your comment and your interest in heading Down-Under as well as to Cuba. If you can get to Mexico we can get you to Cuba. I understand there is no restriction on people from the USA travelling to Cuba. The only breach is when you start spending money there. Usually that IS a problem, but we can do some creative and legal thinking here. People from Australia and New Zealand can legally spend money in Cuba, and by prior arrangement we could ensure that you pay for nothing in Cuba, keeping everything legal. We are known for our thinking around problems!!! Chris (Comment this)
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