More KAG

Gary and I went to a roller derby bout last Saturday.

I used to watch roller derby when I was a kid after the cartoons were over, secretly longing to be a jammer; hey…I can skate, I’m small and quick. But alas, although competitive, I’m not aggressive enough to be a true roller gal. But I sure did love watching them and always wanted to go see them in person.

The stars aligned last Saturday, and they (The Circle City Socialites) were every bit as good as I hoped. The vibe is kinda retro, kinda punk rock/hip hop, kinda pin up gal. It’s a real competition, but it doesn’t take itself too seriously like other teams sports…with names like Splena Rupture and Miss B. Haven, how could it?

What I love most about it is those girls are SO themselves…they have team colors, but every player  accessorizes to her own tastes. There are rules and established plays, but they all have their own signature moves and “going to the box” (the penalty corner) is something of a badge of honor.

That’s how I feel about our dancing. Gary and I know the basics of the dances we do, but we have constructed our own style. People may love it, people may hate it, but they can’t say it isn’t us. Nobody does it like we do, and of that we are very proud.

I bought a tee shirt that says “Good Girls go to Heaven, Bad Girls go to the Box.” Yeah.

Signed,

Kelly KaBOOM

Back to the Triple Two

About a year ago I wrote about the triple two step, a country-ish traveling dance. Gary and I worked some moves from it into our foxtrot and then kinda forgot about it, because at the time we were learning a form of vintage foxtrot. We liked the vintage fox trot, but we didn’t love it.

So we took a video of triple two step to our fabulous teacher Melissa and said as we always do, take a look at this video. We want to learn this, and oh yes, we’d like to mix in Texas two step moves and a sprinkling of foxtrot. Without a moment’s hesitation (did I say she was fab) she replied with a twinkle in her eye, so what will we call it? Foxy Triple? Texas Trot? Haha. She SO gets us.

So Melissa looked at the vid (posted below), and has already integrated some Texas two step into it along with some foxtrot moves. The triple two is fun…it’s smooth, with a slight hop while you are tripling.

So far Gary is liking Texas Triple Trot for the name. Hummmmm…sounds like a drink you’d consume at the Kentucky Derby.