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Riot and Frolic
Minnesota
Awesome
Interests: ballroom dancing, crafting, sewing, cooking, working out, running, decorating, reading, listening to music
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Stop Taking Private Lessons
Posted Oct 31, 2022 at Riot and Frolic
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The Right Tools for the Job: Ballroom Dance Shoes with Flow Chart
Posted Jul 20, 2022 at Riot and Frolic
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The Perfect Storm : a Group Class
Posted May 9, 2022 at Riot and Frolic
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"More" Dancing
Posted May 2, 2022 at Riot and Frolic
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What is Ballroom Dancing
Posted Apr 27, 2022 at Riot and Frolic
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Episode 11 : Gold Digger
Posted Mar 16, 2022 at Riot and Frolic
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Invigilation
Posted Mar 14, 2022 at Riot and Frolic
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Episode 10 : Silver Standard
Are you a Bronze dancer looking for the next challenge? Are you a Silver dancer who is wondering what you should know? Are you wondering what you'll be working on? Here's my three cents on the fine Silver level of ballroom dancing. This is based on a blog post from... Continue reading
Posted Mar 9, 2022 at Riot and Frolic
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Hard to Judge (with Crappy Graphs)
Posted Mar 8, 2022 at Riot and Frolic
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Sheets of Complaint : Honest Feedback
Posted Nov 3, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Episode 9 : If You Are Not a Beginner
After you've taken a few ballroom dancing lessons, you're not a beginner, but are you ready for Bronze or Intermediate? Let's explore that land between Beginning and Intermediate and what bridges you need to cross from one to the other. This is based on a blog post from November 25,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 27, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Episode 8 : Bad Teaching
Posted Oct 20, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Episode 7 : Practice Makes Practice... Or, At Least, Better
Posted Sep 1, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Episode 6 : Blogiversary (ie, Why This Podcast Exists)
Posted Aug 18, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Social Dance Etiquette : What to Do
Posted Aug 14, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Episode 5 : Social vs. Competition Dancing
Posted Aug 10, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Episode 4 : Why: Tanning for Ballroom Dance Competitions
This episode is based on the blog post from April 18, 2019. The articles I mention from SK Dancesport are here: pros and cons of fake tanning products And here: the perfect tan GUYS. ALL MY FAVORITE TANNERS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. But honestly, self-tanners have come a long way, so... Continue reading
Posted Jul 28, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Competition Overwhelm
Posted Jul 24, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Episode 3 : Measuring the Immeasurables
Posted Jul 21, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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My Favorite Things
Posted Jul 17, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Episode 2 : After Competition Rituals
Still waiting for Apple Podcasts to accept me at the cool kids' table, but Spotify is up and running. This episode is based on this blog from November 10, 2015 with a important aside at the end (there's also some good links in the original post). It's a short one,... Continue reading
Posted Jul 14, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Olympic Gold Medal Ballroom Dancer (Or How to Write a Resumé)
Posted Jul 10, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Riot and Frolic : A Podcast
Coming soon to Apple and now on Spotify, here's my voice, reading what you may have already read. In perhaps a timely reminder for some locals, Episode 1 is "Things You Can Control at a Ballroom Dance Competition". Star Wars references abound, my friends. Continue reading
Posted Jul 7, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Going Out with Kids : A Primer
Posted Jun 27, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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Finding (and Sticking to) a Niche
Posted Jun 24, 2021 at Riot and Frolic
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