Do's and Dont's of Dancing - 1950's Style

During a foray through the trove of YouTube I came across a lovely little advice video for dancing - in the 1950s. Some of the advice is really good and some is, well, just kind of strange!

And The Beat Goes On...

Gary and I attended a fun 60's dance last Friday. The band was Twisted Gold, the event the Whiteland, In. Barn Reunion Dance, which is held every year to commemorate the Whiteland Dance Barn, long since torn down, but whose hallowed halls once held the sounds of many famous acts. We've never danced to a complete night of 60's tunes, and found it very danceable and fun. The band was great, the crowd even better. Here are some pictures...a trio of young boys whooping it up, a pair of young ladies cutting a rug, and a parade of pink feathered ladies dancing in a huge circle. After that two of Gary and me.

We needed a fun evening. Last week we found out our beloved Melissa has moved away, probably never to return. Her circumstances are her own and of course we respect them and her, but oh, it was a very sad Gary and Kelly who drove away from the studio that night. We've always wondered what we might do if we didn't have Melissa...just in case...but now that the inevitable is here, we're see-sawing. Take another instructor at the same studio? We are fond of a number of people there.Try another, maybe less formal, place? Find people who teach specific dances? For the moment we are letting things settle in our heads. We can progress by teaching ourselves from you tube and vids, but having an expert is something we want too.

Melissa has been more than a coach and instructor; she has been our dance lab partner and our friend. We will miss her very much and wish her only the best. I know we will find someone or a couple of someones to teach us, but...sigh. In the end, we will never stop dancing as long as we are able, and things will work out...they always do.

The beat goes on...