Alright then

Confession time - I'm really quite nervous about tonight's class. Just general nerves, really, but I'm worried about the following:

* will there be a large group of new people as we hoped?
* will the program we've put together entice said new people to come back?
* and will I manage to make it seem like I know what I'm doing?

The latter point is particularly narcissitic, and also a bit silly. It's coming on to eight years that I've been dancing, and a good few of those that I've been doing it seriously.

And as to the first two, they're beyond our control more or less. The dances that we have are good ones that we've tried before with beginners and seem to work in giving a good intro to SCD. I do perhaps need to write up a few dot points for an introduction, but it's not an inauguration speech, just a 'hi! Glad you could come, aim is to have fun tonight, let's get going!' Oh, and names as well. That's kind of important too.

Hm. That makes it a bit less scary. Stay tuned for the outcome post...

And after all that worry

The class went really well. People smiling and laughing, getting into it, the more experienced people helping the new, and the new folks pretty much all saying they'll be back next week. The class D and I came up with worked well, some confusion as per usual with new people, but even still they enjoyed themselves. Was really nice seeing them do some of the dances I first learned as an utter newbie, as well as me getting to see some of the ones D introduced me to. Am feeling so much better about the whole venture now, a lot more confident in my ability to be able to teach. There will be hiccups, but as long as I'm prepared (indeed, as I've been telling myself all this year, preparation is key) things should go ok. :)

Now for a nice cup of tea and a bit of a break.