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Dance shark bridge11/8/2022 ![]() I suppose we all have a dance story or two. ![]() I just hope life somehow goes back to how it was before Covid. Too many folks are still uncomfortable in crowded places because the threat of Covid still exists. I believe the Covid quarantines and safety protocols have eroded the subconscious freedom of spontaneous dancing. Somehow buried in those safety codes are rules prohibiting dancing. Now all sorts of occupancy codes are thoroughly enforced. But the publicized tragedies in “social” clubs around the country ended that freedom. I liked it better when such safety laws didn’t exist. The town still does not make it easy to allow dancing. On the east end just before Covid the Town of East Hampton began to enforce no dancing at bars and restaurants that had live music but weren’t properly coded for dancing. At our own wedding I don’t recall not being on the floor dancing while the music played! Sometimes we are the only folks dancing, but usually others eventually get up to join us. She loves to dance and many times we miss servings at weddings because we are constantly up on the floor dancing. Too often I stop dancing just to watch my wife Cindi move. Dance shark bridge professional#Now as a sixty-something I am married to a former professional belly dancer. Eventually there was a special girlfriend, but before that it was Russian roulette asking, meaning four or five misses before a click. With certain songs I just had to get up and “boogie!” Songs by The Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead were automatic get up and find someone, anyone, to dance with. Music at live concerts or venues would cast a magic spell on me. I still have the photos!Ĭollege dancing was more of a spontaneous combustion thing. I wore a tuxedo to the junior prom and actual tails to my senior prom. To this day I recall dancing with my dates who were dressed to the nines. Thankfully I attended both my junior and senior high school proms. ![]() Truth be known it was weird watching the few girls I had crushes on dancing with other boys on the dance floor below the stage. In my young teens I was the bass player in a garage band named “The Last Rytes,” that actually played a lot of the town and school dances. The social was always held at the Pelham Country Club. A generation later I remember my daughters attending those dance socials and being so excited each time. ![]() I still don’t actually know those dances. The kids learned the waltz, the tango, and other dances. In my hometown back in the sixties they had an organized social dancing program that I was never invited to attend. I think every guy wore basically the same clothes. I wore khaki pants, a Lacoste shirt, penny loafers and a madras themed jacket. It was at a 7th grade dance with a live band held in a gym at school. I actually remember who I first asked to dance. It can be sexy, it can be joyfully outrageous, it can be spontaneous but must of all it is so very soulful. ![]()
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