Roll Out the Barrel

Last night was our final dancing lesson.  It's been so hard to get us all together that we decided to tough it out and do 2 hours at once.  Normally, it wouldn't be too bad but we didn't have our normal venue so were stuck in a non-air conditioned racketball court.

It was Latin night.  The first dance we learned was the Cha-Cha-Cha.  Ray caught onto the steps right away but I struggled a bit at first.  I finally figured it out and was having quite a bit of fun with it.  I did learn that my hips sway much better to the left than the right.  Next, we learned the Salsa.  It's supposed to be harder but I found it much easier.  The Salsa is 3 steps and the Cha-Cha-Cha is 10 steps.  However, it took Ray forever to get the Salsa!  We only learned a few turns to go with it but I'm guessing all the other things you can add are what make it difficult.

With 5 minutes remaining, our instructor showed Ray the trick to learning the Polka which is what I most wanted out of these lessons.  Would you believe that's all it took?  I've been trying to teach him for 19 years!  Apparently, I didn't know the secret trick because after that Ray was whirling me all around the room while we danced to "Roll Out the Barrel".  It was awesome!  I have such fantastic memories of dancing the Polka with my dad and my feet coming off the floor when we'd turn.  Now, I get to share that with my husband, too!

We're all wondering when we'll have the opportunity to use these dances so we don't forget.  Luckily, our church is having a Family Dance on Mother's Day so we'll get to try out all our new moves!