Dance Class

In the morning at the tree house they all got up and had a nice breakfast. "So did you like sleeping on the bed?" asked Keiko to Ginger. "Yes is was much nicer than leaves plus no lumpy spots," said Ginger. "Good, so you all ready for your first class?" asked Keiko. "Yep all set", said Ginger. "We should get there soon to get that table set up and wait for Pippa," said Amelie. "Okay I will get get my outfit and then we can go," said Ginger. At Ivy's place the three of them were having breakfast. "Ivy do you have a dancing outfit for today," asked Viridian. "Yep, Repellia said there is a good one for me in the palace wardrobe room." "Good now make sure you bring a bit of money," said Viridian. "Why?" asked Ivy. "Well to pay for the lessons of coarse." "I thought they were free," said Ivy. "Well they may be free but still bring some money just in case. "Dance lessons are normally pricey, I know the other girls will want to give Ginger some money, said Viridian. You don't need to bring much just a little bit." "Okay," said Ivy then went to her room to get a couple of small coins. "Okay I am off, got to find that outfit," said Ivy. When Ginger, Keiko and Amelie got to the palace Alieta was outside. "So you all ready to teach everyone?" asked Alieta. "Yep we had a nice sleep on our new beds and had a good breakfast in our kitchen, said Ginger. "New beds and a kitchen, you two must of made that tree house already," said Alieta. "Yep it is a beauty too, said Ginger. It is really nice having two fairies as roommates." "Yes I bet it is," said Alieta. "Okay I got my outfit here, said Ginger. I best go in now then she went in the palace. "Have you seen Pippa yet? asked Keiko. She is suppose to be coming by to drop off a box of candy." "No I haven't seen here yet. Why is she bringing candy?" asked Alieta. "She figures the girls will have some and leave a bit of money in a bowl as a donation or something, said Keiko. Ginger wants to learn how to cook seeing that we have a kitchen and all. We are not that great at cooking like Tulip plus if we are not around she could make herself something." "Oh good idea, said Alieta. Now Clary made a present for Ginger in here. It is some type of very nice magical music machine. All you have to do is press the start button then pick a song." "Okay, that will save us from having to make music all the time," said Amelie. "Okay there goes Phonixa and Repellia in to get changed so you two better get in there and tell Ginger how to work the machine," said Alieta. Okay they said and went in. Next Ivy arrived and went in to get her outfit then Paisley and Ktara showed up. "Okay we are here," said Ktara. "Good Ivy just got here too. Everyone else is in the grand hall getting changed," said Alieta. "Oh good, said Paisley. This is going to be a lot of fun." "So did you two bring a bit of money?" asked Alieta. "Yes of coarse, said Paisley. Got to give her something for teaching us." "Good here comes Pippa with a box of candy. Just leave a bit of money by the candy. That way she can't refuse you giving her anything," said Alieta. "Okay good idea," said Ktara. Then they went in the palace.

In the grand hall Ginger noticed the music box. "My I haven't seen one of these for a very long time," said Ginger. "Ya Alieta told me that it is a gift from Clary and you just have to hit the start button then select a song," said Keiko. "That sounds easy enough, said Ginger. I will have to say thank you the next time I see her." "So we set up that small table with a bowl and Pippa left a box of candy beside it. Looks like everyone left some coins in there for you so do a great job, said Keiko. You don't need us to make music so we are going outside. Then Keiko and Amelie left. "Okay everyone. I see you all have changed so that bench over there opens up and you can put your clothes in it for now, said Ginger. Now lets start with some warm up moves and stretches. Everyone sit with legs apart then hands above your head then bend and touch the floor like this." They all watched Ginger then got down on the floor and copied her. "Now back up then first bend to the right and grab your foot then do the same to your left foot, said Ginger. Very good, you all have good mid body movement. Do a few more then we will move to the barres." They all did a few more stretches then stood up. "Now has anyone used a barre before?" asked Ginger. "Nope not me," said Ktara. Everyone else said no also. "Okay then watch me first then," said Ginger. She went up on her toes then brought a leg up and rested it on the barre then brought her leg down and did the same with the other leg. "This is designed to stretch them muscles in your thigh, said Ginger. That way you should not get any leg cramps when dancing."

Now everyone spread out and pick a spot then copy what I just did with you right leg. "This will be easy for you Paisley, you are tall," said Ktara. "Yep, I did gymnastics at school," said Paisley. They all managed to get their leg up including Ktara that had just a bit of trouble getting her leg all the way up to the bottom bar. Ginger then told them to relax their right leg then bring up the left leg and do the same thing. Again they all managed to get the leg up but Ivy had her left leg on the upper bar. "Hey how did you do that?" asked Phonixa. "She is just showing off," said Repellia. Ivy smiled and brought her leg down to the lower bar. "Okay perfect, said Ginger. Now everyone sit on the floor and I will show you a few basic ballet poses and moves. Ballet is designed to give you better balance and body control." Everyone sat and got ready to watch Ginger. "Okay, things are going to start and get fun now," said Paisley to Ktara. Ginger got in a simple swan position then did a few ballet moves with a quick single spin then finished with both arms out and bent over with her head up. "Now everyone stand up and I will keep doing the same moves so you all can see me while you all work on copying me but let me put on some nice slow music first," said Ginger. She went to the music box and found a good song for doing this exercise. "Okay ready everyone lets start. Ginger kept doing the same simple routine over and over again and saw that at first everyone was having a bit of trouble but they all seemed to be getting better and better each time they tried again. Soon everyone pretty much had that routine mastered so Ginger turned off the music. "Okay now you all did great and nobody landed on their butt which is very impressive," said Ginger. Everyone smiled.

 "Now that kind of dancing is only for show and not what I know you all really want to learn so now we are going start having some fun," said Ginger. She picked a song that was more like party music then walked in front of everyone. "Now this type of dancing I call free style. There are a few types of free style dancing but this one is the most popular, said Ginger. Now everyone get in the swan position first and watch me then join in and start dancing. Follow me first if you can but do your own thing also. All right everyone said and got ready to dance. Ginger started doing some nice dance moves, not too complicated at first. Everyone slowly started to join in and were now having lots of fun. "Okay keep going everyone just do your own thing and I will come around and show each of you how to improve what moves you are doing. You are a group so dance together as a group watch each other and just rock to the music, said Ginger. "Alright, said Ivy, this is fun." "Yep and look at me, said Ktara, I am actually dancing good." "Me too, said Ginger, this is the kind of dancing I want to learn." Pixie Ginger went around to each person and danced with them showing a variation to what they were doing that was much nicer and usually easier to do. The song ended and everyone relaxed. "Okay you all got some hidden talent inside of you. Now stretch a bit and touch your toes to keep flexible and then we are going to do something a bit different, said Ginger. After everyone stretched a bit Pixie Ginger got back to the lesson. "Now everyone get in a straight line leaving an arms length space between each of you then look at me. I am going to dance to this next song first but then I will be the audience and you all are the performers. When the music starts watch me then start dancing but hold the spot you are in. Copy what I am doing and see what the person beside you is doing but keep looking back at me, you are all performing for me." Ginger ran to the music box and selected a song then ran back. The music started and she started to dance in one spot. They all watched for a few seconds then joined in. This song was faster and Pixie Ginger was doing some very good and moves. "Alright yelled Paisley, lets rock it!" Everyone was getting better and better seeing all the different moves Ginger was doing and making variations but always staying in a line with everyone else. When the song ended. Everyone cheered and clapped there hands. Best fun dancing ever they all said. "That kind of dancing is very good when you are in a crowded room," said Pixie Ginger. "Ya like it gets at the palace during the harvest festival," said the other Ginger.

Okay now I want everyone pick a partner and a spot on the floor, said Ginger. You are going to do some more free style dancing again but this time with a partner. Watch just your partner, don't worry what the other couples are doing. Imagine the two of you are alone dancing together. You can talk to each other and try different moves. The next song I am going to play goes slow and fast plus is a pretty long song so pace yourself during the slow parts then really rock it for the fast parts." Phonixa and Repellia matched up, Ivy went with Ginger and Ktara danced with Paisley. "Alright, is everyone ready?" yelled Ginger. "Yes!" they all said then Ginger started the song. They all started dancing slow at first then the music went fast all of a sudden. They all sped up trying to keep up to the music. Pixie Ginger notice this so yelled out, "Don't fight it, just do the same as you did before but a bit faster now. Flow with the music, use your arms too". The music slowed down again for a bit then went fast again. This time they were all ready for it and were doing much better. When the song ended they all stopped and started clapping again. "That was amazing, said Ktara. I have never been able to dance like that." "Me too, said Paisley, and to such a long song also. I don't feel that tired." "Yes now you know why it is important to do the warm ups first, said Pixie Ginger. Okay so lets call it a day, you all did great. Tomorrow I will show another popular dance style used when playing country rock. That is where you get to learn the four step and play around with it. There are towels over there so dry off then you can get changed back into your regular clothes. See you all tomorrow." They all got changed and headed out but stopped to get another candy and left some more money. "That was worth another ten dollars," said Paisley. "Yep me too," said Ktara. "Yep sure did learn a lot today," said Ginger and added another ten dollar coin. "Well I need to bring more money tomorrow, said Ivy. I am all out but that was super fun." Alieta saw everyone leaving and heading home so she went in to ask Ginger how things went. "So how did everyone do?" asked Alieta. "Well they all did great and had a lot of fun," said Ginger. "Good, so did they all leave you a donation?" asked Alieta. "I think so I haven't checked yet," said Ginger. They walked over to the table. "Well they must of had fun, said Alieta. There is over a hundred dollars in here." Really, that much?" asked Ginger. "Yep so now you can go shopping. Have you ever gone shopping for food before?" asked Alieta. "No I haven't," said Ginger. "Well you are in for a treat. Shopping is fun, especially with this much money. I will go with you and that way you can see how to shop smart also," said Alieta. "Okay that is nice of you," said Ginger. "What was nice is you making my friends happy, said Alieta. Now get dressed and we will head out to town. That is a very nice dancing outfit you have on. "Thank you but that Ivy had the nicest one on and what a body on that girl. Definitely the prettiest girl I have ever seen and very flexible, said Ginger. I am going to have to set the barres lower though, only Ivy was able to get her foot up on the top bar. She is as flexible as I am and didn't even use her hands to bring her foot up." "Well it is good to hear everyone had fun, said Alieta. I didn't know she was that flexible though." "She must have a lot of boys wanting to date her," said Ginger. "Nope just Tobias that is a forest sprite too, very good looking boy. Now get changed and lets head out," said Alieta.