I was invited to a blues party last night at the home of the conductor of one of the orchestras. I have never taken any blues classes or lessons, but many of the moves are similar to moves I know in east and west coast swing. While I was there I happened to mention to another guest that I'd read a lot about the SFBA blues dance scene from
lrc, and it turns out he was actually at the party! So we met up and I got a five minute lesson from him. I'll try to do some blues dancing in the near future.Alas, there's nothing like ringing in the new year with an issue at work. If I hadn't had to work, I might've had the chance to conduct the SF Chamber Orchestra in Auld Lang Syne. (They auction off a short conducting lesson and a chance to conduct the orchestra.) I was thinking back to when I wanted to study conducting (long story), which was another interesting coincidence because the party was not too far away from the Berkeley campus, where
firecat and I went to a concert one day about eighteen years ago (while I wanted to study conducting). It's funny because when given the chance (my cellist friend and the conductor were trying to encourage me to bid), I was a little reluctant to do so, whereas many years ago I would've jumped at the chance to do something like that.Happy New Year to all.
