Trizia,
Thank you for those words.
Ryan, I pray you never lose faith no matter whomever tries to attack you. No words can express what it means that you would share this trial with us. I will keep the sheet of paper in my Village scrapbook as a reminder of your perseverance in Christ.
Patricia, thank you for those words from your heart. I truly enjoy dancing with you. You make it alot of fun. I was reading this blog of yours and wanted to respond.
First of all, thank you for being my friend. I would also like to thank you for your interest and enjoyment you get out of dancing. It makes all of the differences to your dance partners. I wish they had more room for us to dance at Little Anthony's. You are alot of fun to dance with and you've learned swing dancing farely quick. I'm sure Chris would say the same thing.
When I started dancing about 3 years ago I was really excited and nervous. I also thought what people would think of me. How would I handle the stares and looks? I remember what our swing dance instructor Brandy told me my first night of Swing (east coast swing and jitterbug to be more exact).
Brandy told me to focus on my dance partner. Not at other people around me. Don't just look at the floor and my feet. The floor is going to stay the same for quite awhile. Also, no one ever became a good dancer by looking at their feet. It only distracts you as well as your partner. Just enjoy yourself.
Yes, other people may look at you. It's usually because they saw you do something good, though. They should also focus on their partner. I have received many compliments on my swing dancing from leads and my follows. Swing is one of my favorite dances to do. The people that I see at the dances enjoy themselves, aren't critical of others, and are just as excited to learn from the instructors
[A "lead" is the guy "leading" his partner "follow" in the dance. Occasionally the lady, ("follow"; it's only a descriptive, not sexist) will try to highjack the lead though and lead her guy partner into something.]
I have become good at it because first of God's grace. But also because I keep my attention on my follow throughout the dance we're doing. I have also learned other dances like the cha-cha, rumba, tango, waltz, foxtrot and samba.
Thanks again, Trizia. I look forward to seeing you on the dance floor whenever you can. It's rare when I'm dancing someone of your height. It's something I look for though. I've only danced with a few women that are 5'10" and taller. They usually tell me long they have been waiting to dance with someone of my height. |