Comments on: My Story http://ihatetodance.com Read the guerrilla manual for surviving on the dance floor - "Every Man's Survival Guide to Ballroom Dancing: Ace Your Wedding Dance and Keep Cool on a Cruise, at a Formal, and in Dance Classes." Learn ballroom dance, formal dance, slow dance, survival dance, how to hear the beat in music, ballroom music phrasing like 32-beat music. Prepare for dance lessons. Intro to foxtrot, swing, salsa, rumba, tango, waltz. Free dance instruction video clips. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:01:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Eric L http://ihatetodance.com/my-story/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Eric L Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:01:42 +0000 http://ihatetodance.com.dh-temp.com/about-2/#comment-93 Hi Jim, what a great book! is it still in writing? I want more for sure, I'll be the first to buy it if it's ever published Thanks, Eric Hi Jim,
what a great book! is it still in writing? I want more for sure, I’ll be the first to buy it if it’s ever published

Thanks,
Eric

]]> By: donna gunning http://ihatetodance.com/my-story/comment-page-1/#comment-12 donna gunning Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:18:12 +0000 http://ihatetodance.com.dh-temp.com/about-2/#comment-12 oh my word, finally, someone who understands! i am age 50, going into my sixth year of private lessons, and it is SUCH a shame that i look so lousy on the dance floor after all the money i have spent. the worst is that i LOVE to dance, so like a fool, i don't give up. i just keep changing teachers. whenever my partner and i are out and about dancing, we get great compliments because we look the part and dress the part; we also dance great patterns and amalgamations. fortunately our "look" compensates, so the better dancers are often overlooked, but "i" am the one who really knows where the compliments should be paid. the best way to explain it is with your Chapter Six comparison of disconnected words in a sentence, and worse yet, disconnected letters. that is exactly how i am rhythmically (sp) challenged- it seems like i am dyslexic with listening to music. my profession is teaching, so i am super detail-oriented. i know i can get this if only i have a break through. i never realized this is a natural ability for dance teachers. i do know that my teachers are failing me. i am going to keep reading and rereading your book. i think like a guy, having had no sisters, and three brothers, so hopefully, God has blessed me with divine intervention, otherwise, i will still look like a dancing fool! thanks for putting this book out here. oh my word, finally, someone who understands!
i am age 50, going into my sixth year of private lessons, and it is SUCH a shame
that i look so lousy on the dance floor after all the money i have spent.
the worst is that i LOVE to dance, so like a fool, i don’t give up. i just keep
changing teachers. whenever my partner and i are out and about dancing, we
get great compliments because we look the part and dress the part; we also
dance great patterns and amalgamations. fortunately our “look” compensates,
so the better dancers are often overlooked, but “i” am the one who really knows
where the compliments should be paid.
the best way to explain it is with your Chapter Six comparison of disconnected
words in a sentence, and worse yet, disconnected letters. that is exactly how
i am rhythmically (sp) challenged- it seems like i am dyslexic with listening to music. my profession is teaching, so i am super
detail-oriented. i know i can get this if only i have a break through. i never realized this is a natural ability for dance teachers. i do know that my teachers are failing me.
i am going to keep reading and rereading your book. i think like a guy, having
had no sisters, and three brothers, so hopefully, God has blessed me with
divine intervention, otherwise, i will still look like a dancing fool! thanks for putting this book out here.

]]> By: Mark Koch http://ihatetodance.com/my-story/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Mark Koch Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:48:16 +0000 http://ihatetodance.com.dh-temp.com/about-2/#comment-5 Jim Thank you for putting this information together on the rythm and timing. I've been through your entire web book and find it to be incredibly clear and useful. I've been taking group lessons for two years with my wife and still consider myself "rythm challenged". I've looked at a number of sites on the internet to try to find answers about dance timing and can even read music, but none of this helps. Your material is great, especially the tip about the slow steps being step hold and I'm beginning to think for the first time I may actually get this. Keep up the good work - Mark PS are you going to post the info on Waltz timing? Jim

Thank you for putting this information together on the rythm and timing. I’ve been through your entire web book and find it to be incredibly clear and useful. I’ve been taking group lessons for two years with my wife and still consider myself “rythm challenged”. I’ve looked at a number of sites on the internet to try to find answers about dance timing and can even read music, but none of this helps. Your material is great, especially the tip about the slow steps being step hold and I’m beginning to think for the first time I may actually get this. Keep up the good work – Mark
PS are you going to post the info on Waltz timing?

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