Shock to the system

I wonder why there are so few people attending the classes I teach. It could be because I mix too many tracks, but I have said to them to tell me if they don't like it and so far I have only heard positive things. But me mixing tracks cannot be so bad, can it? I always mix the same tracks and I've switched one track at a time (some week I switched two) so they really get a chance to learn the tracks. For example, I have taught Hymn and We Rock for almost 7 weeks now and that's more time than I taught Girlfriend and Run To The Hills. I've still got 3 BC33 tracks in my mix, spread out so they got a chance to coast alternatively give it their all.

It cannot be because I have bad technique, cause I know I don't and the assessment only pointed out small little things, and I have heard numerous times that people think I have a Martial Arts background (which is flattering, considering I do not have one).

I know my choreography inside-out, 110%, and I pre-cue and make it easy for them to follow (and the assessment said this too). So that cannot be the problem either.

Could it be that they do not like my teaching style? I am a bit humorous, self-aware and think I have a really good mix of serious technical cues and fun. I am reminding them of the correct technique many, many times and I show them, too. I vary my teaching with both verbal and visual cues to only visual or only verbal cues.
I do tend to say weird things sometimes but I doubt people would stop coming because I, for example, sometimes say "heel" instead of "elbow".

Maybe it is because I might sound a bit patronizing when I speak (my friends tell me I sound different when I teach)? I have no idea, but I do not think that is the case either because then somebody would have told me, I think. If I do, then I really do not mean to.

I also try to make as much individual contact as possible and when I do, I get smiles back and sometimes they shout! I also correct them individually from time to time, so they shouldn't feel forgotten.

I really cannot put my finger on exactly what is wrong.

Tuesdays are going great and it is Annica's class. She always has over 15 people attending however when I covered her class two days ago there were only 9, 7 of them were regulars, rest were totally new. My Thursdays started out great with 25 - 30 people but after three weeks, the numbers gradually sank lower and lower and then I was down to 7 - 11 people per week. Then came Halloween and I suddenly got 20 people in my class and the class after had 16 people so I thought that I had done it, I had gotten more people to my class. But they kept on sinking. Last week we were 8 I think and today.... NOBODY IS BOOKED! 5 hours left to the class and NOBODY is booked. Wow. That's a huge blow to take. And all the other classes on Thursdays always have over 10 people attending, including today except today I have zero and the rest of the classes have many (I think the one with the least has 12).

It is really depressing. I am trying so hard to be a good instructor and yet, I only feel like I fail. It confuses me that Annica has told me she thinks I am great and she was REALLY enthusiastic about it, I doubt she lied (she filmed the class that was assessed), the GFM at Sportlife said so too and I got my license but yet, it feels like people don't like me... :(

A&E

It's a bluuue, bright blue Saturday-hey-hey
And the pain's starting to slip away-hey-hey

I'm in a dancing mood and I also feel like singing! Anybody feel like joining in?

Mein herz brennt

What is going!? Why are there suddenly so many fires around the globe? Earlier this year, there were tons of fires in Greece. Then there was a big fire in California. Just recently there was yet another fire roaming in California. As if those fires weren't enough, there are countless other fires in Sweden. Just the past few weeks; A school in Gothenburg, a building in Borås, another building in Landskrona, a store near where I live (I actually went past it when I was on the bus to Uddevalla, there were tons of firemen and firetrucks there, from four different firestations) and tons of other fires. Is it due to people suddenly getting careless or is it due to something else, like a warmer climate? Could it be due to people feeling like ruining for other people, too?

I suppose fires aren't a new trend, but they sure get a lot of attention lately. It's quite scary... Imagine all of your belongings burning down - all the memories (photos, gifts, etc), all your personal stuff and last but not least - your home! I don't think it would have been easy to handle...

Seventh tree

Oh, I downloaded the leaked version of the new Goldfrapp album. I'm liking a few of the songs but it sounds really different, but I guess it is because they're not quite mastered yet (the album is scheduled for release in FEBRUARY, so it's quite strange how it has leaked already...). My favourite so far is Road To Somewhere... or Little Bird.

The songs sound so acoustic. I really hope they will get a bit more electric feel to them once they're mastered. Goldfrapp is about electronica in some form or another. Sexy, mellow or deep, melancholy electronica!

Some people

The writers' strike in USA is really annoying! Heroes is finally picking up again and the last three episodes have been AWESOME, the last one being one of the best ever, and now there will only be a total of two more episodes this season unless a miracle happens! Even though Family Guy's current season is finished writing, Seth (Creator) refuses to produce more episodes until the strike is over, to support the writers. Lost is quite safe, though, luckily!

Why can't they just pay the hard-working writers more and get on with the writing and production!? It's not like they don't have the money to raise their salaries... Sigh.

Takin' over me

I feel like bursting into a dance or something. Last few days have been so great! I feel like I have been on speed or ecstasy all days long (not that I have ever used drugs but I suppose this is what I would be like with those injected into me)! And everything came as such a surprise, too! I and Emelie are both having a great week, aren't we? Haha....... :D

One of the instructors at the gym I work-out at (not the one I instruct at) called me and said she and the other male instructor would come to my BODYCOMBAT-class tomorrow!!! That was just like the icing on the cake, I went through the roof! It's gonna be so fun, I'm so happy!

This is too much happiness happening! I fear I might burst soon! Muhahaha.... :D

I wish you could tell me that you'll always be around
And I wish that together we could seize the day!

Takin' me higher

Could it be...? (Open for interpretation)

I have been in an awesome mood today (guess why)! I have driven people nuts because I have been so hyperactive and talked, talked and talked and done so many crazy things. I wonder if people TRULY think I am annoying when I get like that. I never mean any harm or mean to be annoying, I am just having fun and being in a wicked mood. Whether or not people like it is another story.

But I suppose that this will soon come to an end. Just my luck, like I have said a thousand times before, but I know how things turn out for me... Always the same.

Anyway, I will soon get my assessment from Les Mills regarding my video! I hope they can overlook a couple of things and that they will let me pass and give me my license! I deserve it so fork it over! Haha...