so I think THEY can dance
Are you ready for incoherence? Ready? Ranty rambly post dance class mode - thought about trying to write something legitimate but too tired AND too wound up - but dance class tonight - awesome. What a lot of dashes. Dash - dash - dot. I mean dash-. In the first class I lead and we did the charleston, fun, but in the second we did Lindy Hop oh baby, oh baby. I followed, but it was still fun. Following is hard, i'm not well into giving over control of my body. It's like acro, I'd much rather base than fly. But sometimes it's good to be out of your comfort zone. Right? I guess...
I love dancing. If I could just dance and surf for the rest of my life I'd be happy. With a little acro thrown in. And maybe some food and sleep.
Anyhow, have a YouTube video of Swing Patrol dancing at the Spiegeltent. The guy closest to the front in the black vest is one of my teachers. I could totally have a crush on him if I tried. So I won't. But my teachers ARE pretty great.
Here are some people lindy hopping. Is that the right verb? I can like totally dance like this, fo sho. Like, whatever. Maybe one day. But I *can* do quite a few of the earlier lifts. I think I'll have to show this clip to Sal and she can teach us some more of the moves. Hot, man. Hot.
For those interested parties, the fashion parade went really well. Not only were we one of the few parades that consisted of more than walking (or stomping), we also looked like we were enjoying ourselves, and we all looked tremendous because CJ is extraordinary. And the jive dancing was great. I'll share photos when I have some. For the meanwhile, here is me and Ohana, still wearing some of the professional makeup and fashion parade goggles, respectively. Maybe I should learn to apply eyeshadow. Apparently I have a great brow line. Whatever that means.
I love dancing. If I could just dance and surf for the rest of my life I'd be happy. With a little acro thrown in. And maybe some food and sleep.
Anyhow, have a YouTube video of Swing Patrol dancing at the Spiegeltent. The guy closest to the front in the black vest is one of my teachers. I could totally have a crush on him if I tried. So I won't. But my teachers ARE pretty great.
Click to viewHere are some people lindy hopping. Is that the right verb? I can like totally dance like this, fo sho. Like, whatever. Maybe one day. But I *can* do quite a few of the earlier lifts. I think I'll have to show this clip to Sal and she can teach us some more of the moves. Hot, man. Hot.
For those interested parties, the fashion parade went really well. Not only were we one of the few parades that consisted of more than walking (or stomping), we also looked like we were enjoying ourselves, and we all looked tremendous because CJ is extraordinary. And the jive dancing was great. I'll share photos when I have some. For the meanwhile, here is me and Ohana, still wearing some of the professional makeup and fashion parade goggles, respectively. Maybe I should learn to apply eyeshadow. Apparently I have a great brow line. Whatever that means.