Then
one day in June 1985, Micki Long invited me to join the Bosilek
Dance Ensemble. I liked it right away and Cathie had me perform
after only three rehearsals.
Oh
what joy it was to learn to do the Shopsko step properly and the
Ruchenitsa! The pleasure of working with Cathie and to study with
Iliana!
There
is nothing like the anticipation of an upcoming performance, the
nervousness, the costumes that don't fit sometimes, the makeup,
the "high" of performing, and the jokes afterward about the silly
mistakes that we made. I do enjoy the friendships among the Bosilek
dancers and nobody can run a dance troupe like Cathie!
I
think I will always dance .... until I have to stop.
