Did you see Dancing With The Stars last night? It was TV theme night. How fitting since a lot of the stars were launched to stardom on a tv series. Kyle and Lacey were dancing the Foxtrot to the Charlie’s Angels Theme. What I love about Lacey as a dancer and a teacher is that she alwasy incorporates modern styles, fun and youthful moves into the choreography but still keeping with the traditional moves. Last night Carrie Ann said she LOVED the performance and gave them an 8, Bruno gave them a 7 and Len gave them a 5! LEN GAVE THEM A 5!!!! He hated the performance said it was too ‘disco-ey’ if that’s even a word. He definately had his grump on last night. Earlier in the night he told Bristol and Mark that he LOVED their monkey suits?!?!?! Do you think a 5 was a little too harsh? Here’s the performance:
How would you feel if this were the in-flight safety instructions on your trip?
Last night was my first bellydancing class. Thank you Lisa for being patient with me!!! I had a great time learning how to shimmie and trying to attempt a stomach roll ( I think that’s what it was called). I say attempt because that’s exactly what it was LOL There is a lot of core work involved in belly dancing and I am up for this challenge. 5 more weeks to do so!
After class I was walking down the hallway and heard a great latin tune playing out of one of the classrooms. I peeked my head inside to see and elderly couple dancing to salsa. Now don’t let the word elderly fool you THEY WERE AMAZING!!! 80 and 77 years old. Fast, on beat, didn’t miss a step. I spoke up and said I didn’t mean to stare but thought they were wonderful!!! Not only do they salsa dance but they can jive too!!! Sadly, I have never found a partner to salsa dance with and after seeing this couple dance together I am more determined than ever to make that happen!
How often do we decide to take part in an activity that is outside of our comfort zone??? I will be doing exactly that starting Monday night and am totally looking forward to it. I have signed up for tribal belly dancing classes!!! I have always wanted to sign up for a dance class ever since I was a little girl and have just never done it! I’ll never forget I was 4 years old and my mother signed me up for ballet classes at the local auditorium. I walked into the room, saw the stage with the chairs stacked one on top of the other and I started to cry. I grabbed ahold of my mom’s leg and said ‘mommy no’. Needless to say she did NOT end up putting me in the class (awwwwwwwwwwww).
I took a free class a couple of weeks ago and loved it. In that short amount of time I learned that it’s more than just making your hips swing back and forth. It’s a lot of work with your core. I’ll let you know how it goes in Tuesday’s blog.
