Friday, February 6, 2009

Tonight was square dancing!!  I love square dancing!  And, I had a great time as usual.  When I first came in they were doing round dancing.  That is like ballroom dancing, only in a circle.  I never do that.  Until tonight.  As soon as Louis sees me, he grabs me and into the circle we go.  I didn't have a clue what we were doing, but he was very patient.  Except, everything is backwards for a woman, so when he said "to the left", for me it was to the right!  I stayed there trying thru a song or two, but I left off knowing not much more than when I began!  In June, they will begin giving round dance lessons when the square dance lessons end.  So, that will be good.

I mentioned Plus dancing to Louis.  Plus dancing is like advanced square dancing.  But, Lewis said that there is an advanced square dance.  He said it is so hard, that it's not any fun at all!  And there's one even harder than that, and I can't remember what he called it, maybe complex dancing or something . . . he said that one is even harder and really no fun!

There's been some new people, but they usually leave shortly after the lessons.  Tonight, Mike was talking to me, and he said that I'm getting good experience because I don't leave early.  I'm almost always dragged into a square or two during the evening . . . and helped through the unfamiliar steps by the people in the square.  I didn't tell him that the reason I don't leave is because no one ever told me that I should!  

Tonight, a lot of the regulars left early, so when it came time for the final plus dance, they were short one woman . . . me!  I danced in a plus dance!  But, the caller was teaching them something new, so he really walked us through it slow.  Then, when it came time to do it, "live", with a few pulls and a few gentle pushes, I did okay!  What a trip this is.  I am having a blast!