It’s ok to chat while social dancing, isn’t it? Not everyone agrees that the dancefloor is appropriate to be chatting on, but generally a hello is fine, and anything more in depth can be left until afterwards. But why oh why do so many people ask the worst question to ask a dancer on the…
Some people think it’s a terrible habit to chat away on the dance floor. But does it really matter? Generally it doesn’t bother me. Modern jive (and west coast swing) is a social dance after all. I think it’s good to get to know the people you’re dancing with week in week out. However there…
My current dancing attendance is shocking. Yes I had all the freestyles in my diary for the year, including having paid for some tickets up front. But I’ve still not danced for a month. Yes, that meant I missed all the Christmas events, including the big one at Daventry. 2-3 weeks of it was a…
While I was away from dancing, a new trend emerged. Dancing nibbles. Providing food at dance nights, class and freestyles. My mind boggled at that. Obviously exercise makes you hungry. Well it does me. Usually. After playing sport I used to snack on ham or chicken and a glass of milk. But dancing doesn’t make…
From talking to dancer friends, modern jive (and more often than not blues) dancers seems to be split between two main types of person. Those who just like to dance, who want to have fun, get a bit of exercise and just love to be out on the dancefloor throwing some moves and having a…
With the Rio Olympics drawing to a close, yet again there have been the discussions about what sports should be included and which aren’t really sports. Every Olympics means there are a handful of new sports introduced while others get dropped. I’m still asking why squash still hasn’t been included but that’s an argument for…
After a conversation with my five year old where he asked me who I danced with, I realised that I’m really quite rubbish at finding out names of dancers. It’s strange though, because outside my dancing bubble, I’m not usually bad with names Embarrassingly a lot of our local dancers from the old days know…
