Test Runthrough, 3s, Serpentine

My figures lesson with Lynne on the Chandler coffee club.  Due to scheduling issues we had to start later than usual, so I had a good long warmup (almost 30 minutes).  I wasn't able to replicate my serpentine success on either foot :-(.  Grrr.

Today's lesson:

• FO8 -- not bad.  I didn't stick my shoulder back correctly on the 2nd RFO but I managed to hang on anyway.
• FI8 -- pretty nice.  I love doing these!
• Waltz-8 -- ugh.  I put my foot down on the R step forward 2 out of 3 times :-(.  These are a lot better than they used to be... but need a lot of improvement still.
• 3s to center -- these are improving.  The 3 itself is not too bad (which is something, really, when you think about where these were a few months ago).  The biggest challenge is to keep the free foot from unsticking during/after the turn, and to have a good check of the shoulders after the turn.  It seems like I can do one or the other but not both at the same time... yet, anyway.
• serpentines -- I didn't get all the way around on either foot this time :-( so I was a bit disappointed.  It's really highly sensitive to both getting a big push (don't think I was quite up to what I did last week) and having a good edge and smooth change of edge (it was a bit rough several times).  Still, I'll keep working it.  At least I enjoy working on it!