Chatting with the other Chicken Dance instructors, we plan to send out words of encouragement with a bit more frequency. It remains our goal to have you as well prepared for your next OA American Indian Activities dance competitions as possible. We’re here to help.
The next NOAC is 8 months away.
Your Section Conclave is probably in the Spring – maybe 5 months away?
For those of you in the Southeast, CIS is in the middle of January – 2 months away!!
If you want to make your best possible showing at any or all of these events NOW is the time to be working toward these competitions. Not next month, or next week, or tomorrow, but TODAY!
You’ve three areas to focus on:
- Your Dance Moves
- Your Knowledge of the Music
- Your Dance Clothes
If you’ve any plans of being a serious contender in the upcoming Chicken Dance dance competitions you need to be working on all three of these areas EVERY WEEK! You need to be listening to the music – being able to stop on the very last beat, every time, with every Northern Chicken Dance song; you need to be watching the latest YouTube videos of the top Chicken Dancers and practice replicating their moves; you need to be assessing your dance clothes and improving them in every way you possibly can. All three of these focus areas require time and effort and only you can make to the decision to be a serious contender.
I’m going to keep these notes of encouragement short and to the point, in the hopes that you will read them. All of the Chicken Dance instructors are here to be of service to YOU. It is our goal to have you make the best possible showing at your next OA AIA event. Contact us for assistance.
Nine months from NOW ten of you will have danced on the stage at the 2012 NOAC as the top Chicken Dancers in the Order of the Arrow. You will be the very first group of ten to do so. Being in this group of ten is up to YOU and will be based on the action you take toward this goal THIS WEEK! Plain & simple.
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Tim Caster
