The first couple times I did this tape, I thought to myself, "This is why people like her get to make videos and I will never do anything more than teach at my local Y." Jennifer is gorgeous with a really hip and funny attitude without seeming fake. She supposedly is a sign language interpreter and has a neat way of visual cuing that I've tried to copy in some of my classes. The moves are very original - my favorite is when she does one grapevine, one step touch, one grapevine, one step touch, and puts a turn in each step touch.

The tape has 30 minutes of hi-lo and 30 minutes of step, but I have yet to do the whole thing - I may do 20 minutes of each or something.

At the beginning of the tape, Jennifer introduces the "cast," which I thought was kind of neat, but they just sort of stand there, looking uncomfortable almost. During the tape, she makes jokes and comments toward them, but they don't seem very responsive. I guess this would bug some people, but I would prefer if they kind of bantered back a little, a la Donna-Mite. After a saw the tape a few times, though, it bothered me less because I noticed that they were sometimes at least smiling or shaking their head in response to Jennifer's comments.

The only problem with this tape is the music is so quiet that at times you almost don't hear it at all. Sometimes I actually lose the beat for an instant because I can't hear it.

Instructor Comments:
Jennifer Mills is definitely the instructor I would most like to meet, although I'm afraid I might not be cool enough for her.

Jen