Whoa! Joyce! You're not supposed to bring cake to your last workshop in the series! That's like bringing your own Guinness to the pub, or something along those lines. Ok, so maybe you can, but I'd feel better if you told me what kind of cake you wanted and let me bring it. (keep in mind I graduated dean's list from Purdue with a B.S. in Restaurant/Hotel/Institution Management and prior to moving to Florida I used to do catering for a living.) Yeah, those new ballet shoes may have been more slippery on CJ's floor than I thought they would be and the momentum may have made me just a little too spin happy at times, but I can bake!

And for those who didn't make it Saturday, it was a really, really, reeeeeaaally good workshop. Joyce raks! Cake forks up and all!

Denise, hope your emergency is resolved. We spent most of our time going over the Arabic Shimmy with Arm Variation and Turn (ASWAT) and the Turkish Shimmy With Arm Variation. I believe the first is presented towards the end of vol. 7, but I haven't pulled it out to doublecheck yet.

We also quickly went over the Sunanda and reviewed the slow turns (Propeller, Corkscrew, and Reverse).

And I actually pulled out a cookbook yesterday and found a recipe for an intensely chocolately cake that I considered making for next time if no one else brought some. And I don't bake unless it's a holiday, but PMS was rearing it's ugly head!