Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence, and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. – Andre Maurois
When I started steppin\’ it was easy for me to stick with it. I was happy dancing and having fun! To smile is easy when all I was worried about is getting the basic pattern right. I am still working on my basic now but also trying to polish my turns and footwork. Regardless of how much I am calculating to improve my dance I want to have a smile on my face. I have to remember to wear my stepper smile.
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Remember to flash a stepper smile now and again. If you are intensely focused on the dance and not me, your partner, I am wondering, “is dancing with me that difficult, or are you even having fun?” I remember as a beginner how easily my partner\’s face reflected if I was doing what he expected and if I did something wrong or right! So, “smile” whether or not your partner is killin’ it. A smile can be the reassurance someone needs that day to finish the dance to the last second of the song and feel that his or her progress is noticed.
Sooo eloquently put Sonji! Note to self…😄
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