Next time you see him, say Hi from me ( and Ray )..

I'll give him your regards.

jj

Thanks.....

I spoke with Bob for several minutes last night and asked him about the chronology of his career.

He began dancing when he was in the Air Force and joined Arthur Murray in Texas after his discharge.

He became regional dance director for them before leaving to join Fred Astaire in Texas in the same capacity.

Eventually, he migrated to Atlanta with FA before eventually, as he put it, "giving up on the chains." He's been independent ever since.

Apparently, the chains had a stranglehold on the development of dance instructors in the US at that time.

I told Bob that you're currently in England and doing well. He sends you his best.

jj

I knew he was from texas ( we worked in the sams F/A school in Atlanta in 1978 ) I went independant at that time( again ) and Bob eventually went solo.

The chains ( pretty much all of them ) were very resistant to outside activity ( Coaching, Comps etc. ).

Thats changed over the yrs. They now go to the other extreme, constantly bringing them in, coaches, that is ( its a money spinner ).

She's in an assisted care facility now and reportedly suffering from Alzheimer's so I can't talk with her.

jj

I was manager and D.D. for her in Buckhead school.

And, of course, rented space from her in the s.springs location .

Does anyone know which assisted living facility she's in?

A real puzzler, this.

Initially, I also thought this was an X-line, but then the "clues" don't fit: "pose-waltz". If this was some sort of ronde (could not get the accent on the e), "...back step to enter this position" does not make sense (neither for the X-line, for that matter--see p. 238 of Hearn's Advanced Standard Ballroom Figures).

On the other hand "...last for a few seconds" swings my guess back to X-line. The man's head position especially tips me off this is more a tango line figure than a waltz or foxtrot. Or, as anymouse has just posted, they are simply mugging.

I could not find more information from the dancestoreonline website on this picture. If hesitation could tell us where he/she got the rest of his/her information (the "clues"), we might possibly get to the bottom of this.

The "few seconds" is probably an overstatement - I tend to dance it as a single slow with the body stationary while the legs ronde, though two might work.

Imagine in foxtrot beginning a bounce fallaway S+QQ, but after taking that last quick you compress a bit more on it, stop the body travel, and then taking an entire slow count sweep the outside legs out and around from the hip socket. Then you could transfer weight on the next Q, close the lady on a Q preparing to move outside partner, and then conclude with the four quicks of a weave ending. It's also nice as a variation for the third of the three fallaways. Haven't personally utilized in waltz, but there's probably a way to do it in character.