Up to this evening our ballroom dancing classes have focused on the “structure” of the dance – the beat, dancing the box step, the under arm turn, and the quarter turn. Tonight we learned the forward and back progressions. This breaks us out of the box type movement and into using the full floor. Doing [...]
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And We’re…. Waltzing?
I had my first ballroom dance lesson last night and it was a blast! It’s a beginner’s class for about 2 months at The Moving Company’s Elm Street facility. There are about 8-10 couples in the class. My wife isn’t really into dancing (perhaps that’ll change) so she suggested I get one of her best [...]
Watch the Neck
My dad was a “jack of all trades” and he mastered a lot of them. He was always interested in music and played a number of instruments – harmonica, auto-harp, uke, dulcimer and banjo. I don’t know where he learned to play most of them, but I know he took banjo lessons at some point. [...]