u/AlphaCentauri79

In my city there isn't much opportunity for guided practices or socials so I mostly just take lessons and then learn other dances though out the week. I don't usually take privates just cause cash is a bit stingy right now and I don't really have a dedicated partner to work with through the week.

I'm just curious what folks do to practice getting better in their own time by themselves if any. I have time to practice as I cook and wanna jam to music.

I have been learning to dance for a few months now and its been a blast! I started with Country Swing as my friends introduced me to the community. I then branched out to start doing other dances which includes learning West Coast for the better part of two months now.

The thing that kinda turns me off from wanting to go to West Coast socials is I just want to add other things from the other dances Ive learned. It seems to me that West Coast doesn't really have dips or leans like CS which is fine. In a social setting I just end up losing the slot just cause I just go to do something and all of the sudden I'm in the star pattern but then i do west coast basics and then I start doing what I think this is "Bar Coast" I'm not entirely sure. I also don't really know a lot of the names of patterns. But maybe like something like a hammer lock? how slot maintain be same and not be different!?

I just want to transfer some of the knowledge from the other dances into west coast, so I'm not doing just the basic, left and right pass and a whip which I'm learning variations for which is fun I just wanna spice it up more when I'm not specifically trying to learn, just trying to have fun.