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Who can dance?

Not exactly a tech topic but dancing is an important aspect of music for a lot of people......including my wife.

Sadly, in our 30+ years of marriage I have never been what you’d call a dancer. Danced some in college for obvious reasons and with the necessary inhibition suppressor.

My wife likes to shag. And for those of you from across the pond it is not what you think......the shag is a type of dance that originated on the U.S. east coast and is associated with beach music bands. It is in the standard dance inventory across most of the south.

Well, as a joke one day I told my wife I’d learn the shag if she gave me the nod to get a drum kit. Well, I got a drum kit and I’m learning.......slowly........to dance to beach music. The shag also works for most R&B and even swing music.

Any of the rest of you music lovers know how to or enjoy dancing?

I’m the living model of two left feet. And last weekend we were dancing and I was pathetic and started laughing because all I could think about was Dr. Frankenstein’s monster in Young Frankenstein........Puttin’ on the Ritz!
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oregonpapa
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^^^ That was really cool, Geoff. Thanks. 

This was from an era that is sorely missed by us old farts.

 What happened to the entertainment industry? Is this type of talent still out there? 

Frank
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nonoise
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It's out there. I could see where lots of the moves from those good old days are being used nowadays. The trouble is, it's lost in the new look.

All the best,
Nonoise
glupson
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"Is this type of talent still out there?"
It is out there, just not in what is pushed these days. A little more to the side of the mainstream and there is a plenty of that.
bluorion
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I love to dance even though I haven't been out and danced in a while. I was in high school and college from the early-late 80s and the new wave nightclub scene was incredible. I was out dancing 3-4 nights a week for years! I moved to Philly in '88 and lived there to '94 and got to experience the house music scene. I'd used to come home soaking wet---it was so much fun. It seems like the Millennials aren't into dancing like my generation was into it. It was so much fun!!
moofoo
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Best dancers ever were on Soul Train. The highlight of Saturdays back in the day, good music and cool people.
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