So, I'm 6 weeks post bypass, and have just sent a message to my 'old' dance school. I started with Jazz and Musical Theatre, but I had an email last week that this class is stopping, and not sure if this is permanent or not. I stopped going with the pressure of my last placement at uni, last year, but also, I was having terrible problems with my knees, all weight related, and I stopped going. The school did a dance show 2 years ago, and I was involved in that, but I am not involved this year, due to surgery, plus having holiday, I didn't think it was fair to restart if I couldn't commit, when they are learning routines for this.
So, after I've rambled, above, I've just sent an email asking if they think I'm suitable for the ballet fundamentals course, which is the 5 week course, they recommend for total beginners. I've explained that I've had a bypass, I've explained I used to attend Jazz, as the tutor is different, and I'm hoping she'll talk to my old tutor, who is also the owner. I feel like I did when I made that very first move, 3 years ago, asking, shyly, if an overweight woman, who has always wanted to learn to dance, could join their Jazz and Musical Theatre class! If I can go, I can, afterwards, go to their ballet beginners class, weekly.
If it's full, they run courses throughout the year, so that's ok. I've also been through the fitness timetables for my 2 local leisure centres, making a list of all that sound interesting over the week, factoring in my other commitments! Zumba seems to be a clear winner at the moment. There are a lot of classes on a Monday and I can't find any I like on a Friday. I hate the gym, I am not going to join on a whim, as I know that I will never go. I'm also a beaver scout leader, but I'm not too happy at my group, which opens up another night.
The only thing I can't find, is a timetable for swimming. I can't go on a morning, as the local pool doesn't open until 7, and I need to be on the bus just after 8, for work, so it isn't an option (I'm an awful dawdler when I get dry), so I'll wait for the new adults only timetable to go up, which should be up for next week.
Am a bit excited. Even if the dance school say no to ballet at the moment, when I've lost more weight, it is an option I can go back to.
So, after I've rambled, above, I've just sent an email asking if they think I'm suitable for the ballet fundamentals course, which is the 5 week course, they recommend for total beginners. I've explained that I've had a bypass, I've explained I used to attend Jazz, as the tutor is different, and I'm hoping she'll talk to my old tutor, who is also the owner. I feel like I did when I made that very first move, 3 years ago, asking, shyly, if an overweight woman, who has always wanted to learn to dance, could join their Jazz and Musical Theatre class! If I can go, I can, afterwards, go to their ballet beginners class, weekly.
If it's full, they run courses throughout the year, so that's ok. I've also been through the fitness timetables for my 2 local leisure centres, making a list of all that sound interesting over the week, factoring in my other commitments! Zumba seems to be a clear winner at the moment. There are a lot of classes on a Monday and I can't find any I like on a Friday. I hate the gym, I am not going to join on a whim, as I know that I will never go. I'm also a beaver scout leader, but I'm not too happy at my group, which opens up another night.
The only thing I can't find, is a timetable for swimming. I can't go on a morning, as the local pool doesn't open until 7, and I need to be on the bus just after 8, for work, so it isn't an option (I'm an awful dawdler when I get dry), so I'll wait for the new adults only timetable to go up, which should be up for next week.
Am a bit excited. Even if the dance school say no to ballet at the moment, when I've lost more weight, it is an option I can go back to.