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Dance Disasters
In preparation for Friday the 13th, I’ve decided to share some valuable information found on Sonny Watson’s swingstreet.com. Don’t let this happen to you! One item that is missing from the list, and...
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Challenge #4: New Friends
Well, okay, so that didn’t work out very well. As I said in a post earlier this week, on Monday I got all stressed out about my dancing and decided to take this big proactive approach and try to attack...
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On Not Falling Over
This is kind of a goofy topic, but it’s on my mind today, so here goes: Dancing can literally save your life. Specifically, today, I’m talking about balance. The physical ability to not fall down and...
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Starting a Brand-New Scene
I believe I’ve mentioned before in this blog that I live in the sticks and have to drive an hour to get to any dancing. All the driving I do has the unfortunate effect of turning what should be a...
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What Would You Have Done?
So I’m out the other day at a place where a lot of people are dancing who normally don’t. I mean that the event wasn’t specifically a dance event, just one where there was music, and people were...
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Terrible Night
Last night I didn’t feel like going dancing, but I made myself go anyway. I’d been depressed all day, you see. It was one of those days where I just couldn’t get started at doing anything. Nothing...
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Can This Marriage Be Saved?
Married people should never take dance lessons. Here is what happens: This couple’s been married for, oh, like eleven years. They’ve got two kids in elementary school. They’ve got a house in a...
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Dancing Badly on Purpose
One of my dearest friends in the whole wide world has an interesting job. She’s an actual, authentic, professional, jet-setting rock-star dance instructor. This is a woman with whom I’ve shared...
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Irreconcilable Aesthetic Differences
So I’m in DC for the Lindy Exchange, and perversely, this post isn’t going to be about the exchange at all. Isn’t that just like me? See, my sister is a local resident, and since I’m staying with her,...
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