Who can dance?


Not exactly a tech topic but dancing is an important aspect of music for a lot of people......including my wife.

Sadly, in our 30+ years of marriage I have never been what you’d call a dancer. Danced some in college for obvious reasons and with the necessary inhibition suppressor.

My wife likes to shag. And for those of you from across the pond it is not what you think......the shag is a type of dance that originated on the U.S. east coast and is associated with beach music bands. It is in the standard dance inventory across most of the south.

Well, as a joke one day I told my wife I’d learn the shag if she gave me the nod to get a drum kit. Well, I got a drum kit and I’m learning.......slowly........to dance to beach music. The shag also works for most R&B and even swing music.

Any of the rest of you music lovers know how to or enjoy dancing?

I’m the living model of two left feet. And last weekend we were dancing and I was pathetic and started laughing because all I could think about was Dr. Frankenstein’s monster in Young Frankenstein........Puttin’ on the Ritz!
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I once got trapped in the mosh pit at a Ramones concert. Punks like to "slam" dance. Serves me right for being too close to the stage. I had to leave anyway, the SPL was insane, my earplugs making the sound only somewhat painful, rather than excruciatingly so.
I used to go to a Rockabilly/Rock ’n’ Roll bar in Burbank (Joe’s Great American Bar & Grill) just to watch the Swing/Jitterbug dancers. They look like they're having a ball! Some Country bars offer free dance lessons, and I tried to get my woman to attend classes with me. She was an even worse dancer than I!