My dad told me a story as a kid (after he finished the book) that applies to swing on many levels. The story begins with a man and his unhealthy obsession with diamonds. Traveling his whole life searching for the mother load of on the surface diamonds, he searched where they where often found. In and around streams that flowed through grassy fields where the ground was made up of just the right mixture of sand and clay. If one were to sift through the sandy banks of just such a location and find just one diamond they could just as easily find millions of the crystal clear little gems.
It turns out that after a life time of world travel the man who lived his life in search of riches died penniless. As the man’s son walked his ashes out to the back yard to his final resting place, the young man was struck by a tiny beam of light. Upon further investigation it turned out to be a diamond the size of cherry pit.
Had the man ever gone for a thoughtful walk out back…Had he sifted through the banks of his own stream…Had he just once taken the time to check the sand and clay content of his own back yard…He would have found the mother load of on the surface diamonds.
Our acres of diamonds can be fond in our basics. We spend so much of our time in dance, trying to level up with cool looking moves that we rarely consider the diamond mind in our own back yard…Good Triple Steps take practice, Solid Connection takes time, and Dancing to the Music is a true art form that one could spend a lifetime perfecting. The only way to improve anything is to break it down into its smallest parts and drill those parts until they are second nature.
This Friday is Basics Broken down into the smallest parts so they are easier to understand, quicker to master, and that much quicker to level up!
September 14th and 28th
$20
7-10:30pm
DNE School of Dance
78 Princeton St
N. Chelmsford, Ma