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...They need to be encouraged in a different way," he says. "They definitely like positive feedback. I don't know if the males are too fussed if they get positive feedback, but I think the girls thrive on it. Getting them in their own environment together, you can obviously hone your skills in communicating to them a lot more effectively." Female swimmers also require "a different type of motivation," he says. "You can't get into their ears and start pumping them up like footy players. They need to have a purpose, they need to work towards something...
...course, I?m basically a paid member of the audience - a voyeur, not an exhibitionist; a destroyer, not a creator. Yet the showbiz bug keeps infiltrating successive generations, keeps bringing them to New York. Derek is here now, waiting tables and taking courses as he and a friend hone their improv comedy act. His father, after a full career in the airline business, is now the executive director of a Denver-area symphony orchestra. Who knows, some time soon they may play Carnegie Hall. And in a year or two or three, the musical theater may open its heart...
...turnout] was really, really impressive,” Daniels says. “We could have easily taken twice as many as we did and still have had a competitive team. But we really had to hone it down...
...great diversity when the dances we perform span the entirety of South Asia; our costumes are enough to display that fact in shimmering silvers, brilliant teals and rich orange hues. Bengali table, when we’ve managed to organize it, has been a relaxed setting in which to hone my inevitably dulled language skills. My sophomore year, I produced two plays with South Asian themes, in a slightly unorthodox and attractive mix of ethnicity and theater. And I’ve nourished my cultural curiosity from an academic angle, by taking all of the South Asia-related courses...
...some, like Terry Viney, 62, and his wife Leilani, 51, dance--and by dancing, we're not talking about the occasional night out. Terry, a strategic-planning consultant, and Leilani, a dietitian, spend 20 hours a week taking lessons and rehearsing the waltz, fox trot, tango and quickstep. They hone their moves so they can participate in about 10 different ballroom-dancing competitions a year. It's an endeavor that costs $6,000 annually, mostly spent on travel and numerous gowns and tuxedos that have been hand stitched for their outings. They have even built...