*Just Because You Can Dance, Doesn't Mean You Can't Get Hurt*

Okay, so being that I have been dancing for over 10years and have been doing choreography for The Holmes Connection! for 3 years...YOU WOULD THINK that I would be in fairly good shape. 

Apparently that is not the case.

Last night, I went to HCC to work with Connection! on one of their Christmas numbers. It is vey fun and upbeat and the music has a 20's swing flare to it, so I thought it would be cool to throw some swing dance into the routine as well!  They were doing so well and picked up most everything I taught very quickly.  Then came the partner twirls and dips.  I was demonstrating the exact way I wanted it done:  Guys Prep their girl out, twirl them inward in a double twirl, then quickly dip them low, and pop them back up.  I walked through it with one of the guys and then we did it full speed.

BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE.

I knew when he popped me back up that I had thrown my back out, but being their Coach I refused to wimp out and risk them seeing me "take a break".  See, if I take a break...they take a break...that cant happen. Time is money, money is time.
So, I kept right on going doing the Charleston, and twists and turns and Jazz kicks....

As I got in my soccermom minivan to go home, I realized what all I had done.As I relaxed into my seat every muscle and bone in my body began to dog-cuss me to no end.  By the time I got home, I had given into my body's relentless scolding and took a hot bath.  That didn't really help much though.

It's very comical when I think back about it....I mean I am a 28year old mother of 2.  It wouldn't matter if I had danced all my life...swing dance is hard.  I knew it was hard.  I knew better than to go "all out"...I am just the choreographer.  My job is to show them by walking them through it and leave it to them to do "All Out"...but my pride got the best of me...I guess sometimes I feel like if I show them I can do it, then they will do it 10x better to out do me...which ultimately is what I want! 
So, I am laughing at my pain and suffering at my own hands...I  can't say I won't ever do that again, because I always do.  LOL