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  • YES!: I love to Trip the Light Fantastic (Many Kinds)

    20 26.32%
  • Yes: I like one specific type (Waltz, Latin,SCD, )

    5 6.58%
  • Yes: I like to freestyle dance

    7 9.21%
  • OK: I will on occasion (but not really my thing)

    26 34.21%
  • No: I don't dance (but I wish I could)

    11 14.47%
  • NO!: I really dislike dancing

    7 9.21%
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    My wife & I danced a lot when we were Younger, we always managed to get around the floor to most dances. We loved to jive, but I dont dance as much as iI use to, maybe I will start again.

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    Well, I answered "one particular kind," because I mostly do country-western line dancing and two-stepping, which also includes a form of the waltz. Truth be told, I wish I could say I do them all, because I love ballroom dancing, it's just that I haven't mastered any of the steps, and I don't have any place or person with whom I could learn and practice at the moment (nor are lessons in the budget). I do not care for stand-and-wiggle-if-only-I-had-a-pole dancing.

    When I was a kid, I avoided sports. I was terrible at it, and I never really enjoyed the win/lose dichotomy. I didn't get much exercise and ended up a chubby kid. I might not have turned out that way if I'd been allowed to follow my interest in dancing, though.

    A block from my elementary school there was a "school of dance," a small, gray building that I think was a former residence. I remember the sign included a pair of legs, crossed at the ankles, wearing red and white striped tights. I don't recall ever seeing anyone come or go from that building, but I wanted to learn to dance. When I informed my mother of this, she looked at me sideways with a slightly worried look and said, "That's not something boys do."

    My elementary school had an elected activity program, though, where one could choose to learn to do something not on the regular curriculum. In fourth grade, I signed up for dance, and Mrs. Levy choreographed something to the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for a dozen girls and probably two boys. It hardly qualified as dancing so much as rhythmic movement. I did learn how to spot, however.

    It was not until my senior year of college that I finally got into a pair of tights (not striped), after having dropped about forty pounds the summer before. That year I decided to audition for the chorus of Oklahoma!, but when Miss LuAnn, the ancient choreographer, spotted me messing around in the back of the auditorium doing a series of tours chaînés déboulés, demonstrating to a friend my ability to spot, she cried out, "We found our Will Parker!"

    Now, in order to play Will Parker, I had to learn to dance, so Miss LuAnn dragged me, not unwillingly, to her dance studio. I learned a little about tap dance, but never quite got the hang of the time step. I had a blast learning the dance routines for the show.

    When the production was over, Miss LuAnn implored me to stay on for the rest of the year and take ballet. I agreed, and later that year I ended up a dancing member of the Montague clan in a production of Romeo and Juliet.

    The corps du ballet was comprised of a dozen girls and two guys.

    Mother was apparently right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende View Post
    I don't recall ever seeing anyone come or go from that building, but I wanted to learn to dance. When I informed my mother of this, she looked at me sideways with a slightly worried look and said, "That's not something boys do."

    (snip)

    The corps du ballet was comprised of a dozen girls and two guys.

    Mother was apparently right.
    For several years in grade school, I was sent off to learn ballroom dancing and etiquette in "Junior Assembly."

    I did learn to waltz and foxtrot. Anything more risks injury to my partner and/or bystanders.

    And when I was doing theater in high school, there were approximately ten girls to every straight boy in the department.

    Theater and/or ballet can make for quite good odds for straight men...


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    Dia Dhuit!

    The Shag?!! How delightfully randy! It was really called that?
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    Quote Originally Posted by slohairt View Post
    Dia Dhuit!

    The Shag?!! How delightfully randy! It was really called that?
    I knew someone (originaly) from across the pond would chime in here and YES that's exactly what it is called. In the early Eighties period when we were in school and were'nt otherwise avoiding classes we were dressed in starched button down shirts and either embroidered corduroy pants or something made from madras and were in the bars "shagging". It's a bit of an anachronism but we had a helluva good time with it.
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    Dancing is Great Fun!!

    My wife and I went Contra dancing last night. Unfotunately, I couldna wear mi kilt, as mi compny doona allow it. compny regs! Contra is Great fun!! We used to do the Scottish Dancing and English Formal as well. Memphis has alot to offer the Kilties! The last time Dirkskene and I went out, I had a woman put her hand up the backside of mi kilt! My wife wanted to put the woman on her backside! I love the kilt and my wife loves men in kilts!

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    My wife and I have always enjoyed freestyle, rock and roll dancing. Although, I do admit that in the beginning, I can be somewhat reserved, but once I get out there, I love cutting the rug.

    She has been trying to get me into dancing lessons, but until now I have resisted. This winter we are going to take salsa lessons at the community college where I work. Hmmm. Salsa in a kilt. Should be interesting.......


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    Dia Dhuit!

    I don't dance much except under the influence of alcohol! When I was a kid my parents enrolled me in all sorts of Irish dance classes as was mandatory. I hated it at the time but it suprises me how much I remember after a few prompts from Arthur Guinness!
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    I haven't really danced much in years but in college I danced a LOT. I grew up in the Carolinas and down there the dance of choice was the Shag. It's hard to exactly describe the dance but call it a blend of the swing, jitterbug and lindy hop. It's excellent fun.

    Alas, there do not seem to be any beach music clubs in the greater DC area and I never learned any other dances. I hate the large clubs with the obscenely loud music and er...modern dancing. Call me old fashioned. :rolleyes:
    Dee

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