[Tango-L] Naming figures and decorations

[Huck Kennedy]

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Sergey Kazachenko <syarzhuk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Huck Kennedy <tempehuck at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...rather than just demonstrate
>> something and then say, "You guys see that?  Pretty cool, eh?  Now
>> just copy it and off you go, see you next class!"
>
> I was at a class once when the teacher (I think he was Argentinian,
> but don't remember for sure) did just that. He showed a cool figure
> and said "Now you guys do it". I was a very green beginner back then,
> so I knew right away I couldn't repeat it, but all, and I do mean all,
> men in the room just looked at him with their jaws dropping down. I
> think we squeezed a step-by-step explanation of the figure out of him,
> but not without resistance :)

     Haha, I think I was in that class (or one remarkably similar).
It was Diego and Carolina (some of my favorite people, btw, so don't
anyone take this wrong), and Diego was a bit miffed that too many
beginners showed up for a class advertised as very advanced, so he
decided to make a point.  The dropped jaws were indeed very funny.

Huck