Some friends have been discussing how much they hated dance lessons in grade school or high school, but I liked some of the lessons – well, square dancing – and I used the same moves years later in contra dancing (New England Squares).
Ballroom dancing was different – I couldn’t figure it out till years later – but after I learned several basic steps, I could apply it to free-form dancing and it was a blast: you learn to respect your partner and treat her right. It’s a thing you do together.
I knew I had made the grade when I danced with a *moderately* large woman at the Zoo Bar in Lincoln, Nebr. We did the bump with grace, style, and savoir faire.
The Everlasting Now 