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So, my job hunt has veered off in a rather unexpected - though not unwelcome - direction. While Fuzzy and I were housesitting for my parents, I took the opportunity to peer through the Classifieds, just in case something interesting turned up. One thing that did was that Fred Astaire was looking for dance instructors. I don't remember whether or not I wrote about it, but this was something I looked into doing a few years ago, but at the time, it wasn't really feasible. Now, however, I have no other commitments, and am able to devote as much time to this process as needed, really. So I went for it, and went through a few basically painless interviews, and found out yesterday that they'd like to have me in for training. Yay!
This doesn't mean that I'm hired yet; there are eight weeks of training first (although from the sounds of things, I think I'll know one way or the other by halfway through), with weekly tests that I have to pass in order to continue. But I have to admit, I'm not too worried about those tests. I've been dancing for close to 20 years, and ballroom dance is pretty structured, at least in this context, so I don't anticipate much trouble learning what I need to learn. They also said things like attitude and punctuality count too, and I think I've got a pretty good handle on that as well.
In any case, I start training next week, which will be pretty intense, with four or five hours of dancing a day, five days a week, but I'm really excited about it. For one thing, it's an opportunity to dance - and dance for a living (!) - and I also just really enjoyed the atmosphere there. From the first time I was in for an interview, the whole ambiance was just so... warm and friendly, and I felt like I belonged there already.
I think I'll try to scare up some occasional freelance editing work as well, to keep myself in practice, but, assuming the next few weeks go as well as I hope them to, I will soon be teaching ballroom dance full-time, and I couldn't be more thrilled about it.
Yay!
This doesn't mean that I'm hired yet; there are eight weeks of training first (although from the sounds of things, I think I'll know one way or the other by halfway through), with weekly tests that I have to pass in order to continue. But I have to admit, I'm not too worried about those tests. I've been dancing for close to 20 years, and ballroom dance is pretty structured, at least in this context, so I don't anticipate much trouble learning what I need to learn. They also said things like attitude and punctuality count too, and I think I've got a pretty good handle on that as well.
In any case, I start training next week, which will be pretty intense, with four or five hours of dancing a day, five days a week, but I'm really excited about it. For one thing, it's an opportunity to dance - and dance for a living (!) - and I also just really enjoyed the atmosphere there. From the first time I was in for an interview, the whole ambiance was just so... warm and friendly, and I felt like I belonged there already.
I think I'll try to scare up some occasional freelance editing work as well, to keep myself in practice, but, assuming the next few weeks go as well as I hope them to, I will soon be teaching ballroom dance full-time, and I couldn't be more thrilled about it.
Yay!