For those of you who care, our Medal Ball went off without a hitch. It was a very nice event and all of the students had a great time. They danced well and the dinner and after-testing celebration went off beautifully.

This Saturday is Medal Ball at the studio (for those of you who are un-Arthur Murray-itized, a Medal Ball is a day of testing and celebration where the students check out of various levels of dancing).

I will be VERY happy when Medal Ball is over. I am sure that everything will work out fine, but it has been a bit of a headache putting it together and the turnout isn’t even going to be that great. I think that we have 20 students checking out (which given the size of our studio is not horrendous) and a handful of others that will just come to support their fellow students and partake of the merriment afterwards (a hopefully very nice dinner at a local restaurant…getting that whole thing together is a story almost worthy of its own blog posting…but let’s not dwell on the negative).

I hope that it turns out to be fun and not a big flop. I try to keep reminding myself that I cannot compare all things to the Grand Rapids school (my only real point of reference when it comes to these things), which is a much bigger studio in both student body and staff. I just don’t want to throw a “lame Medal Ball.” I hope everyone has a good time.