Jan 17 2009
Formerly shy, but not at all today
Today was demo day for our Square Dance Club. A demo is where we go and square dance in some public place for fun and to introduce the idea of square dancing to new people. Of course, most people have a memory of square dancing in school. They always smile when they tell me that. It’s a happy memory.
When adults square dance they take it to the next level. It’s lots of fun and it’s aerobic. Square dancing challenges you to listen to music and calls, and dance the calls without thinking about it. If you stop to think, the square is dead and you’re the reason.
It’s like making a direct link between your ears and your feet. It’s fun.
When you square dance you meet all sorts of interesting people. I don’t know what the connection is, but I almost never meet a square dancer I didn’t like. Maybe it’s just meeting and having a good time. We dance a couple times a week.
This morning we went to our local farmer’s market for the demo. My husband and I showed up in square dance attire. Others wore casual attire. The teens wore what kids wear.
I must mention that when teens square dance it brings new meaning to the dance. Kids have energy. They dance circles around us and have all sorts of embellishments they add to the dance. The unspoken rule is, they can’t break up the square. They love the challenge.
Today I must have passed out a hundred fliers to interested people. They weren’t just being polite. Try it some day.
Marilynne
OMG! Love square dancing. When I was married to my first husband we used to go to the Ukranian Hall every Wednesday and dance the night away. They had an instructor to teach us the latest dances and helped beginers.
I miss that and I was just talking about when I used to do it the other day with a friend. You don’t have that much around here anymore, just late night karaoke basically. Those were the days!
~Momma http://savemoneymomma.today.com
Square dancing is popular here and we used to belong to two clubs. If you do an internet search on Square Dancing, you’ll find a lot to look at. Somewhere there should be a way to find a club.
Marilynne