Jane Austen Dancers

I know what everyone is thinking with that title. Seriously, Kathryn?! You’re in Bath, England and your spent your time learning 18th century dancing. Well, yes I did. And to sum up my experience in one word: Brilliant!
Last night, Erin and I, along with three other girls from the programme headed to a small Church where the event was being held. I have to admit, upon entering the church and seeing the eleven or so grandma and grandpas, I was skeptical that this was going to be any fun at all. In fact, I was pretty sure I was not going to be coming back next week. However, the dancers were thoroughly excited that they had American youngsters joining their session. These dancers have been practicing these dances for five to seven years and were so enthusiastic to teach them to us. When we messed up (which I did pretty frequently in the beginning) they laughed along with us, and then at the end when we were starting to get the hang it, my partner would clapped after I rightly completely a dance without any mistakes (which I did twice!). We danced for two hours and learned a number of difference dances and moves. However, none us expected us to sweat as much as we did. 18th century dancing is much more difficult than it look in the movie Pride & Prejudice. In that movie, those actors and actresses made dancing look like a piece of cake. That is not that case. My legs were killing from standing on tip-toes the whole time. It was honestly a great work out and such fun! I cannot wait to go back!

On another note, I had my first day in the classroom at my school on Tuesday and it was absolutely lovely. The kids are adorable and cannot wait to spend ten Tuesdays with them. This Tuesday I presented an all about me PowerPoint which I believed went well. The students asked a ton of questions about me and the teacher wants me to continue my "PowerPoint" lessons about all aspects of America. I am going to do next Tuesdays on the big sites in America. I'll put in Florida (Disney World), Washington DC, Washington, California, New Hampshire, New York, Nevada (Las Vegas), and Massachusetts. One lesson will be on American money, one student wanted American history (though that will be hard to do), American food (if there is no allergies, I will be bringing in Chocolate Chip Cookies!), one student wanted American Hollywood stars. I will be spending ten classes with these students, so I need ten PowerPoint lessons, so anyone who has any ideas, let me know!!!


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Tonight, I went out with some girls and got Indian take away (to go). We had a lovely dinner with the girls up in flat four. I got samosas and chicken korma. It was absolutely delicious! It was sweet and mild (not spicy at all), and had a yoghurt/cream base. I would most definitely get it again.