Finally!!!! I made it back to line dance class tonight after 6 long months of not being able to go due to pregnancy, C-section recovery, and a busy summer schedule. I was afraid I may have forgotten which is my right foot and which is my left....but no, I've still got it :)
I started line dancing about 5 years ago. I will never forget the first night I went. There were about 10 of us from the office I worked in who decided to go for fun one night. We all went to the back of the class (which you quickly learn becomes the front once you turn around) and learned a dance that the class had already been working on for a couple of weeks. After the initial lesson, the instructor played the music so we could do the dance to the song. I think I was the only one of the 10 of us who stayed on the dance floor until the whole song was over! You quickly learn that dancing to music is so much faster than walking through the steps sans music! It makes a lot more sense though once you dance it to the music.
Only 3 of us continued on after that day and are still dancing. Most people I know who have gone once, rarely return because it is overwhelming the first time. However, the more you go, the more you learn that all of the dances use the same steps, just in different order...if that makes any sense. All 3 of the dances I learned tonight had lots of "hip shaking". The dances we learned were to the following songs: "Drink in My Hand", "1994" and "Downtown" by Lady A.
Most line dances we learn are to country songs, but not always. We have learned dances to "Moves Like Jagger", "Candyman" by Christina Aguilara and "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by Georgia Satellites, to name a few. I generally only remember dances if I like the song. If I get to class and don't like the song that night, I still learn the dance, but I don't try to etch it into my brain. Those are the classes that I just consider exercise :)
On occasion, my dancing friends and I go to Kitty's on Friday nights where we can put all of our lessons into practice. That's always a fun night out for me. It's such a fun atmosphere with a unique crowd. The bar plays our line dance and couples dance music until 9 and then all of the 20-somethings and bachelorette parties come in and the music changes. It's great people watching!
I'm sooo glad to be back at it!! Thank you to my husband for supporting my hobby and letting me have an evening out once a week. The best part of my night may have been when I walked out of the bedroom with "real" clothes on and Rylee said, "ooooooooh, I like your cowboy boots! And I like your dress!" I wasn't wearing a dress, but I'm sure anything looks pretty when you are 2 and normally just see Mom in a t-shirt and gym shorts :) It did feel good to get "dressed" for once....and it was weird to have jeans and boots on after so many days of shorts and tank tops.
I'm looking forward to a Friday night out at Kitty's soon to get dressed up and put all of my dances into practice again. Who wants to go with me?!?!?!
Here is a video of my favorite line dance. I met this choreographer at a line dance camp in KC in February and got to dance this one with him -- it was awesome! Not to mention he is very good looking!! (I'm not in this video if you're looking for me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGFgtOKfuhE
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