Six Step Fling. Edmonton Open Competition

This is my six step Fling in the Edmonton competition i went to this past weekend. Please comment
(DDN=HighlandPrincess)

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• highland
• dance

[3Kayseea6Rain9]

Thank you! I know my arms drive me crazy Worked on that a lot today. Lol.

Actually its purple. Dress Merrilies. :D

[sarahhowiee]

very good :)

but i'd watch the 3rd postion n hold up ur back :)

but u were amazing :D!!!

[kitcatcatty]

My mom told me if you lock your shoulder blades your arms won't move what-so-ever while your dancing.

[brrrenna]

Okay, rereading that, I meant toe-heels. Pardon me I've had a glass of wine. :)

I think I've already mentioned the arms. Practice in the mirror, just stand in first position and bring your left arm up into position, then your right. Look carefully. Put them down, then spring them both up into position. Look! Adjust. Back down. Etc.

[brrrenna]

Big thing I'd dock you on: the very end. *Hold that position* for a half second, then step into your bow *with finesse*. Just because you're done with the steps doesn't mean it's over! It still counts, big time. That Rintamaki vid I sent you is a good example of that, even though that was Seann Truibhas: seriously study that, that girl is *all about* being a performer at all times, everything must look like it is done with care, including when you bow! :)

[brrrenna]

4th and 5th step: watch how you point into second. That is how you need to do it *all the time*. Think springy, as in spring into it. That is a major thing I look for, and you did not do it in the first step, which is s big deal, because shedding is such a basic step, judges are looking to see that you have mastered it.

[brrrenna]

Now. Your second step is excellent. I'd dock you slightly for your heel-toes, watch the placement, exactly in third. In your shedding when you turn, make sure that your foot is still very close into your calf, and that you're still fully turned out.  It's hard because of the centrifugal force when you're turning, but you just have to try that much harder to keep it in place. In the first step it was actually fine, but by the third, I could tell you were more tired, just by that.

[brrrenna]

At first I was going to say I'd've placed 435 above you, but changed my mind by the 4th step cuz she started getting tired. It's important in these longer dances to realize when you're getting to the point where you have less energy and go into "performance mode," and just fight it so that *the judges cannot see that you're tired.* It's like running a marathon, you just have to go into a zone where you're not going to let the fatigue beat you. Highland dancing is very athletic, isn't it? :)

[brrrenna]

Always a very straight back! This is extremely crucial for the Fling. Think proud!

[baby12345]

if you watch my vids, i have the exact same hand problem!