Had my Swing Performance Ball today – was great.

I made some mistakes in terms of some timings being slightly off, one of my kicks in the ‘canon’ swing out at the end.

And me and my partner were way too forward in our final formation, so may not have gotten onto any of the videos. A bit of a bummer.

But it was such a high – I was really pumped.

I would totally do another performance ball again in future, especially if I like the choreography, and I don’t get stuck with a shitty partner. I think our performance was the best overall, even if I’m a little biased. 🙂

But the other performances were fun too – felt much more coordinated and ‘performance’ like. Whereas ours looked and felt most like an actual dance, I thought.

Stayed a bit for the social dance until close to midnight, but didn’t stay to the end. Was a bit tired, and didn’t feel like being that social. But while I was there, did try to corral some of the guys in our dance group to ask Danica (one of the girls in our group) to dance, because she said this was her first social dance, and she was more nervous about it than the performance itself. I totally feel her, because that’s the case for me as well. I only went to my first social dance because a girl from Euston had posted in the WA chat that she was looking for someone to go with. I didn’t dance with too many people in the social dance, but at least my performance partner asked me to dance, and one guy from the performance, and an old guy who has asked me to dance before at previous dances. The good thing about dancing with this guy is that he sometimes gives me tips and teaches me the steps I need to do.

I realised the dress I used for the Performance Ball has a very swishy and swingy skirt. But it was fine, because I had “safety shorts“ under it.

Preparing for the Performance Ball has been a good way for me to manage and mitigate my high stress levels, and the strain I’ve been under. But now it’s back to facing bleak reality.

[posted after the fact]