We've been dancing for 10 years...that's allot of dances at allot of places...some good and some not so much. But yesterday we experienced A FIRST at our local Senior Dance Club.
Jack got up at the break and reminded folks about the direction of dance and that those with food or wishing to talk to friends should observe dance etiquette for safety reasons by staying off the active dance floor. Seems like a no brainer and those are "rules" observed by all good dancers but sometimes folks forget.
When dancing resumed, we were purposely cut off while dancing by 2-couples who stopped on the dance floor mid-dance to "talk." We asked them to move off the floor and the one old guy "showed us his dukes" and wanted to fight Jack right there, right then ON THE DANCE FLOOR!. Jack cooled his ardor by saying, "Well, just get started then, boy!" We walked off the floor.
Seems not only did we dare to mention "rules" but we also took "their" seats at "their" table. AND to top it off, we had offered to give three short dance workshops this fall before the dance for those who were interested(A WELL RECEIVED IDEA BY THE CLUB, WE MIGHT ADD).These folks took exception to dance lessons. We had, it seemed, committed A SEVERE BREACH of "We've never done that before and you can't make us do it now!"
GOOD TIMES, INDEED!
So we got a call last night from the President who said that she guessed we wouldn't be "allowed" to do the dance workshops after all. We said, "Okay, less work for us!" Seems some couples had complained about certain new members wanting to make "changes." OOOOOHHHHH!
We called the President of the club this morning, explained what had happened on the dance floor, etc. and told her that to avoid further unpleasantness we'd just not be coming for awhile. so those who were threatened would cool off. Too bad...it's a nice floor (even if the music is dated) and most folks are happy to see us each week.
Wow! Drama on the dance floor, who would have guessed?!
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