i volunteered those swing cats still in town to perform tonight for a group of people. 'no problem' people tell us, 'just do 'california'' (one of the routines that's done by neoswing/tasc performance team/hepcats). well, yes, but i suppose it would help if we had that music, wouldn't it? plan b: social dance one song and, heaven help us, do a routine we made up *last night* to 'sing, sing, sing' (aka the 'chips ahoy commercial' song). yes. it's fast. i can't believe we're doing it. a choreographed part at the beginning (shorty george, charleston, shorty george, charleston, tap/spin, charleston, charleston with level change, charleston, kick/spin, charleston with partner (2), kick, kick, spin, swing out!). free dance. partner switch. solos (2). free dance. partner switch (5). lindy circle. charleston. half-time swingouts. lindy like mad for the last eight measures. collapse from exhaustion and try not to fall asleep in the dinner they're offering us.
'think it'll work?' 'it'll take a miracle.'
it'd better — we worked on it from 8pm-1am. at the end, it wasn't that i didn't know what i was supposed to do, it was just that i couldn't get my body to move that fast any more. even still my body feels like it's moving in slow motion...except for my stomach which is jittery. if only i could channel the energy from my stomach to my feet — i'm certainly going to try tonight. i guess the good thing is that the chances of there being someone in the audience who actually knows what we're doing is very slim. (who me? i meant to do that...yeah...)
oh, and that's not all. these really cool sailor pants i plan on wearing? i dropped them off a the drycleaners as soon as they opened yesterday morning. when i picked them up after work, of course it's this one pair of pants that's missing a button (yes, there are six on the front, but it's really obvious!). i took them back in and they told me 'we'll look for it and sew it back on.' me: 'um, i was planning on wearing these *tomorrow*. could you call me as soon as your done?' them: 'sure!' truthfully, i didn't expect to hear back from them until this afternoon, tomorrow, the day after... i was pleasantly surprised, though, when they called this morning at 7:20, which gave me enough time to stop by on my way to work. whew! things are falling into place.
i think i can, i think i can, i think i can....
Posted by kendra at June 5, 2001 12:00 AM