Notes from Rachel's Lesson #1

          This is a walking dance and the man keeps walking with his feet passing across each other and not stopping. Positioning is essential and the man must plan his final positions so that he ends up in the right place for the next step and after completing his last step with the woman. Count slow, slow before starting your dance on the first fast so that you will start the Texas Two Step on time. In other words, start on the first fast but get ready before going by counting the slow slow beforehand.

Notes from Wayne Lesson 10/25/09

          Wow. Timing and musicality rule. I have never been musically inclined. I just danced and carefully watched everyone else and mimiced them. When you dance enough you have dance problems. When you find the root cause of each problem, the dance problem goes away. An experienced dance instructor can watch you and tell you where you are making the mistake. Obviously you don't know where the mistake is since if you did, there would be no problem. Rex Jones would always say "Quick, Quick, Slow, We Open". I completely misunderstood his statement and would always try to perform a dance move/pattern at "We Open" rather than on the upcoming fast and it should be done. He would also say "Quick, Quick, Slow, We Close". Even though I intellectually knew that you begin a maneuver at the first quick, my body would always prematurely start the manuever during the slow.

Notes from Rachel 3/10/10

I Turns
     A. Forward Line of Dance (FLOD) Turn Q Q 1st Q
     B. Back Line of Dance (BLOD) Turn Q Q 2nd Q
II. Alternate Rhythms
     QQS QQS
     Even #
     XO examples: Samba turns and In and out turns
III Lace Patterns
     A. Cut
     B. Chase
     C. Pretzel
     D. Whip

Rex & Rachel Group Two Step 4/11/10

Basic forward open, man's cross around with woman's underarm turn to forward line of dance to woman's free spin with front to back hand hold then a woman's outside turn ending back line then three free spins ending with a woman's free spin.

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