I just returned from St. Louis, Missouri, where I taught my first Scottish country dance workshop. The Highland Mist Scottish Country Dancers invited me to be their guest instructor for the weekend. This marks not only my first workshop teaching experience, but the first time I have ever been paid to teach Scottish country dancing. The workshop seemed to go quite well and I had a great time. Several people said they hoped I'd teach more workshops, but that will depend on whether anyone asks, me, I guess! There is a lot of work involved in the preparation (I estimate I put in 10-12 hours of prep time for about 5 1/2 hours of teaching time), but it's fun to teach to a fresh audience. I enjoy the opportunity to travel, too, though I didn't get to do much sight-seeing. I've been to St. Louis twice now and I still haven't seen the bloody arch! My hosts did take me to see the historic town of St. Charles, where Lewis and Clark started their big expedition, which was interesting.
The workshop weekend marks the beginning of a dance-intensive period. Next Saturday we are off to dance camp at Pinewoods, this time for two weeks! I can't wait! (See my post from last year to find out why). This year should be even more fun, because three other people from our local dance group will be there, and two other good friends from Wisconsin, including thenisaid. After we return, we launch right into rehearsals for the Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Over the course of six weekends in August and September, our group does over 50 half-hour performances there.
Bring it on!!!
Posted by ldfs at June 26, 2006 4:03 PM | TrackBack