This weekend was a pretty full one. Saturday morning I went rock-climbing with Jerry (a swing dancer living here in HCMC). The place is a lot nicer than the places in Beijing. The equipment was actually in good condition and they actually followed through with some basic safety procedures. I haven't climbed in a long time, but I did alright with some fairly difficult climbs. At the end of the day, my climbing shoe, that I've had for 14 years, fell apart and I had to call it a day, but it was still fun.
Sinclair from Singapore was in town for the weekend, and he conducted some workshops over the weekend. I didn't attend the Saturday classes (on account of aforementioned climbing) but there was a party in the evening. It was a vintage theme party, which is right up my alley. Don't get to dress up much in this heat, but I pulled out the ole tie and suspenders for the party. I also sat in with the band at the party venue and played a few tunes on Tenor sax.
Sunday I did attend Sinclair's workshops. He taught a series of moves/techniques in tribute to Frankie Manning, including Frankie's Tranky Doo. Sinclair is a good teacher and it was good to see him teach and see his style of introducing movements. As a teacher myself, the best things I can get out of attending classes is to see other teachers methods, and see what might work for my students. I was also standing in the class as a leader (there are never enough) but also occasionally helping Sinclair demonstrate something as a follower, which is a real brain twister.
Sunday (after a nap) there was also another dance party. Danced until the very end as usual. I guess thats why I got the nickname "dancing machine" here.
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