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"Zen and the Art of Delta Blues" class

11/12/2014

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First off, let me just say I had an amazing time at Rose City Blues.  Wonderful live music, competitions, dancing, and people.  I was honored to return this year as a headlining instructor and judge.  Despite not dancing as much due to nursing an injury and fighting off a cold, my classes were fantastic.  Students were eager and excited to learn and open to new challenges and mindsets.  I received wonderful feedback during the weekend and since, and I'm blessed to have contributed to such growth and positive change in people's dancing.

There were two classes I was simultaneously most excited and super anxious about:  "Zen and the Art of Delta Blues" and "Polyamorhythms."  I taught material that was really close to my heart and I was nervous folks wouldn't really be interested and appreciate it.  But those two classes ended up being the most fun, beautiful, exciting, and inspiring classes to teach.  I had a number of people ask me to share my playlist from the "Zen and the Art of Delta Blues" class, so here it is.  It contains a variety of country blues songs, with Delta, Piedmont, and Hill Country tunes.

A lot of times I see folks struggling to connect with really twangy, minimal country blues and it breaks my heart.  To me this music is incredibly beautiful and hypnotic.  I can fall into a trance with the music and my body movement and forget the rest of the world even exists.  I'm so glad I got to share that with the students and thanks to everyone who opened up to that experience in my class.
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