Another good reason to enjoy Scottish Country Dancing

[Alaskan Kilted Guy]

I admire you folks that enjoy dancing. I for one don't dance at all, as I feel very self conscious when I do. It has never been a fun event. Now, that being said, maybe dancing kilted would be a whole different matter.....I might have to give it a shot.

[Arlen]

I admire you folks that enjoy dancing. I for one don't dance at all, as I feel very self conscious when I do. It has never been a fun event. Now, that being said, maybe dancing kilted would be a whole different matter.....I might have to give it a shot.

Take it it from someone who recently got the heart-breaking comment at a wedding of 'Oh my god, you dance just like your dad!' Scottish country dancing can be really fun and help you to dance better.

For what it's worth, here are the two main things which helped me a lot.


1: There is a severe shortage of men. So the ladies are always very happy to have a gentleman to dance with and being so appreciated really helped me to start working on actually learning to dance well.


2: One of the secrets to dancing well in SCD is having strong legs and an ability to control your body.
It sounds odd, but doing martial arts really helps with this.


So, we can conclude by saying that SCD makes you a sought-after man and you have to be relatively manly to do it!

[davedove]

1: There is a severe shortage of men. So the ladies are always very happy to have a gentleman to dance with and being so appreciated really helped me to start working on actually learning to dance well.

I find that's true of most dances. I just started some ballroom dance classes and while my class seemed to somehow get the same number of men an d women, the class before us had about a third more women than men.

I think the problem is most men don't like to dance unless they know what they're doing. But, of course, if you don't try it you'll never learn.

So guys, if you have any inclination to try out any type of dancing, go for it. You will probably be very popular there.

I will have to try out SCD some day.

[Carolina Kiltman]

I admire you folks that enjoy dancing. I for one don't dance at all, as I feel very self conscious when I do. It has never been a fun event. Now, that being said, maybe dancing kilted would be a whole different matter.....I might have to give it a shot.

As an elderly coot (75) I have to admit that some of the more complicated steps are difficult, especially when arthritic joints complain, yet my bride and I are members and generally go to the weekly practices, and are part of the special occasion dances. Lots of fun, and nobody complains about my lack of skill. Some things I just cannot do well, the pas de basque, for instance, yet that isn't going to stop me from having fun! For those who have never seen HCD, I can only say that it is refined square dancing (which I understand is a child of it) So quit thinking that everybody is looking at you and jump right in! (We have a joking "other right hand" when one of the lefties reaches out)

[MartinGrenoble]

I think that joke must be pretty universal (en France : non, l'autre main gauche ! ).
The thing is that we can joke about each other's mistakes and still get some good dancing and enjoy ourselves. It's a matter of cooperation and team work, not competition to see who is best.

It is also great to be able to travel somewhere new, find a SCD group, join in and feel you are among friends. I was very glad to find SCDers when I went to study in N Carolina many years ago, and, more recently, I have been welcomed into clubs in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Japan, and now, in Spain.

Martin

[Panache]

...The thing is that we can joke about each other's mistakes and still get some good dancing and enjoy ourselves. It's a matter of cooperation and team work, not competition to see who is best.

What a great way of summing up SCD Martin.

Cheers

Jamie

[Graham]

Sometimes my polite turns are not so polite, one lady take delight at the end of, say, rights and lefts, to swing me hard into a polite turn to see the kilt spin. Wife is not impressed.