Tag: swing dancing
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St. Louis in Edinburgh
Traditional Catholic social dancing is a worldwide movement, and we in Scotland hear of exciting lessons at the American “Newman Guide Colleges” and at formal balls in, for example, St. Louis, Missouri. Last May, a visiting American student introduced me over email to the chief promoter of traditional Catholic social dancing in St. Louis, Anna…
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Hop on in!
I was in Tesco during Easter Week and saw that coir doormats were on sale for £1.50 because they were stamped with Easter references. Tesco clearly doesn’t know that Easter lasts 50 days, and I was glad to scoop up the seasonal bargain. We needed a doormat and “Hop on in!” is a lovely message…
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Dancing is for everyone
This may be obvious to you, but for too long it wasn’t obvious to me: you don’t have to belong to your local “dance scene” to dance partner dances. I may have got the idea from a professional performer friend of mine: she was and is a pillar of the Montreal swing dance scene. She…