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You look great on the dance floor Myrtle.

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😂 Thank you Pinocchio😂 xx

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I first learned some basic ballroom at 17, and am still at it at 74.
After losing my wife I took up modern sequence, and go to a venue that is mainly singles, so I get to dance with lots of lovely ladies.
It's the most fun you can have standing up with your clothes on!
Sequence has the advantage that it allows a lot of people to dance on a crowded floor without bumping into each other, and the man doesn't have to worry about leading a partner.
My own favourite is Waltz Catherine, danced to the unlikely tune 'Dark Island', by Richard Keeling on keyboard. If you don't know the tune, seek it out and listen to it. It's on his CD titled Rebel Heart, all good dance music.
Likewise, a ballroom waltz danced with a good partner is a joy when there's room on the floor to step out and do your best moves.
No better way to make new friends and keep the old bones and joints moving.
Keep dancing!

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Great post Seadog

Another good thing about sequence dancing is that ladies can dance together

I was at a 50/50 dance last night and although I have a dance partner we often split up and dance with other people who are sat out .... luckily I can dance the man's steps in all the social sequence dances (and some of the Modern Sequence) so last night I did the Mayfair Quickstep and Melody Foxtrot with other ladies

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Just home from my usual Tuesday night dance on the hottest day of the year.
Exhausted but happy!
Lots of waltz and rumba, skipped the Mayfair quickstep and Carribean calypso for tonight.
Wouldn't miss it whatever the weather.
Keep dancing

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Hello :039,:

Glad you had a good time Seadog .... I'll be dancing tomorrow afternoon ... luckily the venue has air conditioning ..... people are bound to complain they are too cold

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I've been ballroom & Latin American dancing for quite a bit now, but taken a leaning to sequence dancing and have a few dozen sequence dances in my repertoire. Favourites being Tango Solaire & Saunter Reve.

I have a private lesson once a week with my dance partner, but that's it. For some reason she's lost interest in going to social dances, so I have to stay at home.

As far as finding a new dance partner - where I live, I may as well be on the moon. There aren't any trained dancers around, and with all due respect, though I'm not a top dancer by any means, a beginner for a dance partner is not an option.

So it's Saturday nights in front of the tv. Good job I've got Sky Sports!

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I hate and detest all forms of organised regimented dancing !...I never could do it, to me it was, and still is, childish and stupid
I do however enjoy watching the Irish Riverdancing style and Ballet.
I know ballroom dancing is very popular and is also very good exercise and people should do whatever they wish to get their enjoyment of life.

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Hello The tired onion ... could you relocate to live nearer to me please ? .

Tango Solaire and Saunter Reve are Old Time (or Classical as it's now called) ... I don't do Old Time only Modern or social sequence ... but I have a repertoire of at least 150 dances .... I've probably learnt and forgotten another 800 or more !!!

Happy dancing

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Macclesfield? Not on your nelly. Putting dancing to one side, Whilst you're near the Peak District National Park, I live near a seaside resort with a lovely parks, and the weather is warmer in the summer than it is up north.

But unfortunately we only have a goat tied to a lamp post for a leisure centre, and some of the tourists from the valleys speak with a funny Welsh accent, mind you.