Dara and I like to dance when we get a chance, but we don't get the chance too often. I've refined and extended my dance repertoire over the years. In college, I stuck with the tried and true, engineer special: the Palm Tree. Keep your feet planted and sway. Now that I am older and less inhibited, I move my feet occasionally. I even invented a variation of the palm tree: the Snowboarder. Keep your feet planted while twisting your body from left to right, moving your left arm across from side to side. For the snowboarders among you, you'll recognize this as the basic technique you learn when you do "linked turns." You can tell that while I've been working on all this great technique, Dara has had to work on her ability to enjoy dancing in spite of it.
Saturday night we went out to a place in Cupertino for dinner and dancing. They had a DJ who played an eclectic mix. I swear we heard a techno mix of Singin' in the Rain. The crowd was eclectic as well. Cupertino is the home of Apple Computer (those bastards!!!) It's also the home of a large Asian population. It was like watching the bar scene in Star Wars. White haired white guys with young Asian women. Phones on the belt. Geeks and dorks on the make. Divorcees on the rebound. In short, no reason not to let loose with my best Snowboarder. A good time was had by all.
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I'm not going to try to bull shit anyone on this subject. I HATE TO DANCE! I don't have any real explanations,I love music, I like watching others dance, I even feel like I got the rythm but I just can't warm up to it. I only have one move its called the "move to the bar and start drinking" move, if I should happen to start dancing I can blame the whole ugly mess on alchohol.
LOL Keith I seem to recall the first Harris male I danced with thirty years ago was very drunk and doing the(@@)bump. You mean you weren't having a good time? :-) Actually you would have fit right in, plenty of guys oogling at the bar.
My friends and I are planning on some line dancing this weekend at a country bar in Alexandria. We go to line dance, but the little old men LOVE to grab us to two-step with. They're generally more harmless than the guys who'd try and pick us up at regular dance clubs, but it's still a little weird. Fun none the less.
I can still jitterbug if I can find a partner. But I'd rather go with Kyla and try line dancing. That really looks like fun.
The line dancing was a blast. We take the lesson they offer before the real band starts and learned 3 new dances: "I like it, I love it", "Smooth", and, my favorite, "Redneck Romeo" Grandma, next time you're in town, I'll definitely take you line dancing!
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