U-Jam Certification—Day 2

I've finished the U-Jam training! It's been a long day, but I actually think it went by more quickly than Friday, plus I'm not nearly as exhausted. I definitely feel less overwhelmed today than I did yesterday. I think there will be a lot of work as I learn an entire class of choreography. Luckily, I'm motivated as I have a class waiting for me to teach. Throughout this workshop, I've learned 4 complete choreographies. A full class consists of about 14 songs—all of which are very specifically choreographied in this format. So uh, I have at least 10 more to learn in the next little bit. 

Today's schedule started with a quick written test. We went over the results and discussed the answers there. Then we warmed up and practiced leading and cuing one of the songs we learned on Day 1. 

Then we did our practical test and each led the song. I was fourth to go. It went well. We talked about how we each did and then took a break for lunch. When we came back, had some more lecture time, then learned the choreography for a third song, had some more lecture time, and then learned the choreography for the fourth song. Then we had some final discussions and it was graduation time! Yes, she called our names, we walked "across the stage" and then received our certificate and snapped a picture. 

My next step is to work on really knowing and owning the 3 songs I need to submit for my video assessment. I'll have to record myself teaching these in a row to at least 5 people. It seems like they are pretty hard cord on these assessments. We'll see how I feel after that process. 

Whew.