Okay....I am pretty much game to try my hand at whatever I am asked to do on this mission. I am often out of my comfort zone but tonight was way way out.
SK and I danced.
You have to understand that SK has never, and I mean NEVER liked dancing. So we have never danced.
Family Home Evening was held at the church instead of the center...in the parking lot....in the heat and humidity. Their end of the Institute Year party is being held...a gala on Friday
. It will be very special, and part of that will be a dance. Not just grab a partner and get out on the dance floor and move around. This is a dance that everyone has learned from the time they are young. It is a long dance with a bunch of different moves.
SK and I were sitting comfortably in the lobby of the church with two young elders who were teaching a lesson to a woman about my age. Suddenly one of our YSAs came running in to say that they desperately needed everyone they could get to come and dance, because you have to have eight on a team to make it work.
So we went out and tried, really tried, but we made it more difficult for everyone! They had to keep instructing us. Louise was adorable....she was loving the dance and she whirled and skipped, alternately trying to give us directions. It would have been truly sad if it hadn't been so funny.
I hope that Friday evening they have enough people there, because I don't think I will try that again.
Have you found out what the dance is called yet? I really want to see it! I tried looking up traditional danish dances on YouTube but none of them looked like square dances. I found one website that listed folk dances. The only one on the list with four couples was called "6-trip north." Was that it?
ReplyDeleteI'll find out Thursday and let you know, but this is close to what they were doing....except our YSAs were including kind of little riverdance step or two.
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That's a great clip! It looks like a lot of fun. It's kinda sad that our culture doesn't have those types of things to participate in. Do you know if that clip was filmed inside a church? I see the familiar basketball hoop! I haven't seen track lighting like that in any of our churches.
ReplyDeleteIf it was filmed inside a church, I don't think it was ours....but it does look like it could be. I haven't seen a church here yet that was that big.
ReplyDeleteThey do have a great lot of fun with this dance. I love to WATCH.
Sounds INTERESTING! I have 2 left feet - so know I would end up on my back side.L&P
ReplyDeleteThat made me laugh! I don't think that even landing on my backside could have wounded my dignity more! L&P
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