dheun.Something else that might have slipped by unnoticede. By this time many of you will have taken a look at Donnie and Gaynor's Rumba on Dancesport UK. But how many of you have noticed the set up between the couple prior to the commemcement of the first step. His been doing it that way always. He is standing still as if he has taken a Rumba Walk on the LF. RF to the rear. weight over the front foot. And then walks forward on beat one and comences on beat two.
The Cha is started the same way, except he does a Latin Cross on 4 and 1.
His exact words in a lecture I went to about 20 years ago was. The judges are looking at you and making judgements even before the music starts playing.
You will not atract attention if you are standing there as if you are waiting for a bus.
Something else he always did in a competition is change his position on the floor. At the end of every dance he would walk completely across the floor to the opposite side of the ballroom. And again at the end of that dance he would change his position.This is something to also look for in others. Do they start where they finish.