Re: SOC: seeking ideas
Mark Balzer (m-balzer@UIUC.EDU)
Wed, 1 Apr 1998 15:54:59 -0500
>Hello dancers!
>
>I've got an idea for a quickie lesson, but I'm going to
>need your input to make it work. Here's my idea: I know that there are
>a lot of folks who have trouble starting on the right beat, or who have
>difficulty distinguishing a salsa or mambo from a samba, or similar
>music-related things they'd like help with. So if you have
>music-related questions or concerns, I want to hear from YOU!! Send me
>your ideas, opinions, questions, complaints about how clueless the
>opposite sex is (limit this to dance-related complaints, though ;-)),
>etc. I want to know what YOU think the problems are, and if you've got
>an idea for a solution, I'd love to hear that too.
>
>Riki Garvin
Riki, why not borrow the "Latin Seminar by Ron Bennett" tape from the DI
video library and build a quickie from it? It covers hearing the beat,
distinguishing mambo from rumba from cha cha from samba, and similar latin
music and dance related topics that the typical novice dancer needs help
with.
Mark