Competition Prep

My figures lesson with Lynne on the Chandler coffee club.  I warmed up with edges, FO8, FI8 and waltz-8 (i.e. the Preliminary figures test).  I didnt' scribe any circles.

Today's lesson:

• waltz-8 -- spent a little time on these.  They actually are improving.  Some of my 3s were quite nice, others not so -- difference seems to mostly be whether I actually have a good edge going in vs. flat. (duh).  Step forward was a little improved.
• FO8 -- we did these in a competition style, i.e. no references etc.  Not too bad.  I had a small goof on the first RFO that I fixed subsequently; it was a good correction.  Biggest issue is that I'm still tending not to fill out the second half of the circle.
• FI8 -- pretty decent.  Still had an issue on the LFI that I wasn't filling out the circle.  I trace these a lot nicer than FO8!
• BO8 -- ugh.  First set was not so great, did another set that was much better.  I really need to concentrate more.  I tend to get a little sloppy, especially on the subsequent ones where I tend to not keep my free foot in front.  I get on some sort of autopilot and don't think about those things.  Grrr.

All in all, despite my whining I'm feeling like I won't do so badly at the competition.  I'm not where I was last year but I feel like I'm coming back fast.