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Tomconroy

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11. Social dancing changed my social life
Fri Jun 18, 2021, 08:10 PM
Jun 2021

as well. The friend who induced me to go to a dance lesson was from Old New Haven society. After I mastered a few steps I was suddenly getting engraved invitations to the black tie dances that were still held at a few of the private clubs in the town. I instituted a swing dance at the city club I belonged to. I just caught the end of an elegant social era. Was it frivolous? Of course. Did I like it? I liked it a lot!
Now my wife and I don't go out the way we used to. But sometimes if a swing music cd is playing, we'll dance right in the living room.

Is social dancing The Answer [View all] Tomconroy Jun 2021 OP
From personal experience, grumpyduck Jun 2021 #1
Maybe for some people. Ocelot II Jun 2021 #2
Private lessons probably would have worked. Tomconroy Jun 2021 #3
But once I learned to do it I would still have to talk to people and dance with them. Ocelot II Jun 2021 #4
There is that! Tomconroy Jun 2021 #5
contradances, barn dances eShirl Jun 2021 #6
The best thing to come out of Texas is Phoenix61 Jun 2021 #7
A man in a dance class has already improved his odds immensely. tanyev Jun 2021 #8
Yes, Corgigal Jun 2021 #9
well....... whistler162 Jun 2021 #10
I think Fred Astaire introduced that song. Tomconroy Jun 2021 #12
Social dancing changed my social life Tomconroy Jun 2021 #11
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