For a period of time during the early 2010s, Chicago had regular practicas, lead by Ruby Red. The practicas ran for about two hours, and met every week. You could pay for the month for a slight discount (I think there was a discount? Maybe it was just convenient to pay ahead), or pay by the week. There wasn't an expectation that you would make every single week, but there was a very important expectation that I recently realized not many dancers "grew up with." If you came to