Dancing... Strictly (for) Beginners

This is Leanne, Frankie and Bianca... or Frankie's Dancing. For the past four months, Emma and I have spent every Monday evening with this terrific trio. In fact, our dancing class has become the most non-negotiable thing in our diaries! For some strange reason, even though I'm not great at it (yet), I absolutely LOVE dancing. :)

It wasn't a Strictly Come Dancing thing. (Apparently, dancing classes everywhere have waiting lists because of those pesky programmes, but it wasn't that for us.) We simply wanted to interrupt our week. Do something different.

We wanted to interrupt our usual routines with something that;
a) was fun and creative,
b) was healthy, in some way (we did think about joining a gym, but quickly discarded that idea),
c) didn't involve sitting next to each other in front of a screen (large or small),
d) was just for us, and might even be slightly romantic.
The answer was obvious... dancing!

So when the leaflet popped through our door a few months ago, we called up and signed up straight away. And a few weeks later, on 3rd May, along with a room full of other two-left-feet newbies like us (or maybe i'm just projecting my own failings?), we took to the dance-floor.

Five months on, although we're not quite Strictly Come Dancing material, Emma and I have learnt the basics of jive and salsa, samba and rumba and the cha cha cha, we love it. It's everything we were hoping and looking for. Well... perhaps not the romance part. We haven't quite reached that twirling-elegantly-around-the-dancefloor stage yet. As we shuffle around the hall, I often find myself desperately trying to recall the move-sequence, probably with a fixed, vacant grin. But whatever... we're always buzzing (and sometimes aching) when we walk home afterwards. And we can't wait for the next class. :)

So... I'm a convert, and I'm unashamedly proselytising. It's my mission to get you dancing. You know you want to... you won't regret it. ;)

And for those of you who live near us in Romford, Frankie is kicking off a new beginners class on Monday 25th October, from 8pm-9pm. £5 per person, per session. Fun and professional. For more info, location, etc., check out Frankie's website - http://www.frankiesdancing.co.uk

I still want one of these t-shirts. :)

Comments

[Ruth]

I think you should add a photo of you two dancing... you know, as an encouragement or something?? :p