Out in the Field

Tonight I decided to put my salsa lessons to work. I went out to “On the Rocks” to try their Salsa Thursdays. The entire point of salsa lessons has been to gain confidence when I do go out, so this should have been a good field test.
But like a quality university education, the real world is quite different from class.
Now I have to dance with people who don’t know what to expect. I have to actually Lead. I can’t just do the moves that I know my follow is expecting. And it doesn’t help that I don’t always remember exactly what the moves are.
I saved myself from feeling too discouraged by leaving early. At the next class I’ll have a better idea as to what to work on. Hopefully it will stick for my next field test.