Busiest weekend ever!

The concert last night went rather well. No egregious errors, anyway. :) Even after rehearsing there for a couple weeks, it's always a bit disappointing to move into Rosse after spending the rest of the semester in Brandi. It's so much bigger and so much less acoustically-forgiving, the choir immediately sounds half as full and ten times worse. But the audience seemed to like it, especially the South African song we did with Chamber Singers, so hey.

The dance also went well. There seemed to be fewer people than sophomore or freshman year, and there was a ton more rap played (bleurg), but... *shrug* I still had a good time. And a bunch of tasty cookies. I taught Meg a few steps in all of the Latin dances, danced a bit with most of the ballroomers, did criss-cross voltas all around the Great Hall with Autumn and Emma... Svetlana and her new partner gave an amazing exhibition. He's a bit taller than Igor, so they could do more in the way of lifts (there was one in their rumba that was just WOW). They have a bit more of a frantic style than Svetlana did with Igor, more angry, almost--it worked really well for Paso.

We didn't even have to stay very late taking down the decorations--I was out the door by 1:15. Of course, I then spent fifteen minutes very carefully picking my way back through the ice that was falling very quickly, but...

Today has also been exceptionally full. (Of course, that wasn't helped by the fact that I didn't get up until 1 PM...) More on that later, once I get back from ballroom and Meg's birthday party and whatever else is on my schedule for tonight. Ah, it's so nice to have a social life.

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But before I go, a meme!

1. My username is icepixie because I am a fan of both figure skating and fantasy. It seemed appropriate. Also, it's cute.
2. My journal is titled Dancing in the Moonlight because the Jack Vettriano picture I have as the sidebar/background of my layout is of two silhouetted people dancing tango on a moonlit cobblestone road. Plus, y'know, the ballroom thing in general.
3. My subtitle is nothing because I'm lazy.
4. My friends page is called Y'all because I'm southern.
5. My default userpic is because it's late fall/early winter at the moment, and I love that Eavan Boland poem.

OW.

I hate winter.

More accurately, my BUTT hates winter. Yeah, I fell down. Again. Second day in a row. Stupid icy road. I even took the wheelchair ramp instead of the scary stairs, and lo and behold, a big o'l patch of black ice on the road to get down to it. I think Maintenance will be getting an angry-but-reasoned letter from me about how they need to actually SALT THINGS, even on weekends.

I also managed to fall on my butt while trying to perform a double American spin in Jive during the Svetlana lesson tonight, which probably didn't help. Yeah, I don't forsee me ever getting the hang of that. But I did do pretty well on the new version of the basic we learned, with kicks instead of triple-steps. That's pretty nifty.

Okay. I'm gonna go take some Advil and do something that involves lying down on my stomach, since I can no neither sit (butt) nor stand (ankle). I had a happy little entry planned on this weekend, too...perhaps I'll get to it tomorrow.