Hi, I am new here and I was wondering if it's a good idea to work through the wcs Videos without a training partner and when there is a party to pull out the learned stuff?

Or is it only possible to learn the patterns with a partner that I currently don't have?

I have one year membership. I have been trying to access pattern tree so I can select videos from there. When go to search box and select pattern tree all I keep getting is pattern tree video. Or no information. What is Wrong . Is that an extra cost that I am not aware of

Assuming it's not already there and I'm just not seeing it, I'd like to suggest a "recently added" section to the videos so you can easily see new content.

As a former dance instructor I have sent many people to your site and highly recommend you because I love the clarity and insight of how you teach and that's of course on top of a great technique. Looking forward to dance with you in person one day 🙏🏻

Currently live in southern NM, and its not only a literal desert, its also a WCS desert.  I'm wanting to move in the near future to somewhere in the northeast with WCS instruction and community.  Retired, so job market isn't relevant.   Here is a pic of the acceptable area (included Chicago and Detroit, although i know they aren't NE). Would love some feedback on where to go.

I've been involved with the social dance community in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for close to a decade at this point. We have a local chapter of USA chapter of USA Dance, and we're fortunate to have a few fine professional instructors in the area. My greatest personal challenge is retaining intermediate/more advanced patterns/moves learned in classes (or gleaned from instructional video like yours!). Of course, practice/repetition of new material is key, but do you find that crafting patterns into routine-like sequences is helpful to retention? Some instructors seem reluctant to teach routines for fear it will make students dependent on a particular (restrictive) sequence of steps, inhibiting the flexible floor-craft needed for social dancing.

So history tells me that if one person in a class has a question, then the same question is usually shared by another person. In Tango, when you / we start with the Quicks does that mean after the walks (two Slows), in place of the (two Slows), or either way?

Sorry but I can be so thick sometimes.