Comments | detailguy: How to feel old, fat, and uncoordinated

detailguy

How to feel old, fat, and uncoordinated

Apr 04, 2007 11:20

After years of watching from the sidelines, my wife and I took our first East Coast Swing dance lesson last night ( Read more... )

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swinginpagan April 4 2007, 18:30:56 UTC

Is it normal for Newbies to do OK during the instruction part of the class, but then forget how to do everything as soon as the music starts and you have to follow a beat?

Yeah that's normal, but once you get a little muscle memory going you'll be fine. Hang in there, little tomato!

redhotcurrydish April 4 2007, 20:23:40 UTC

Yep.

What she said.

kbuxton April 5 2007, 02:41:41 UTC

very very normal

fozz47 April 5 2007, 05:51:53 UTC

For me it was normal to take the beginning lesson, then run out of there before I actually had to dance. So you've got one up on me already.

nocean April 9 2007, 04:36:15 UTC

Gah, your post made me laugh.

Once you get it--the swing that is--it's all yours.

detailguy April 11 2007, 21:00:09 UTC

Hello! Do I know you? Are you a Portlander?

nocean April 13 2007, 22:30:54 UTC

Hello back to you.

No, I don't think we know each other. I stumbled across your entry somehow and had flashbacks to my own swing lessons.

As for being a Portlander--non-native transplant.