Times They Are Changing

What an experience, to dance a Cha Cha Cha to the original, Moonglow, even if it was not Da Reel Latin, just because we loved the music. But of course this only for the ultimate Recreational dancers. Others are not able to understand this kind of dancing. We dance the way we want to dance and not the way others think we should dance. We would like to dance what we want to dance to the best music available and our way.

"Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies."

But at the turn of this century, we heard of the latest from the powers that be, coming to Waikiki. The ones that rule and you were required to listen. We were talking big bucks here. The goal was a definite "over $100" ticket. They were in control, you had nothing to say about it.

What you wanted was of no consequence, it is only what they wanted. Tough. A decade ago I even asked one of the experts and he would elevate his jaw just a little and tell me, "It's not like these people have no choice, they have two choices - they can take it or leave it." And his eyelids may have been at half mast.

So how do you like them potatoes?

"When A Man Loves A Woman" by Percy Sledge

"You are just a mover to music." I have been accused of being that by a very good dancer that knows at least half of the 1000 or so documented moves in Salsa. Another told me a few years back, that he tried to learn a new move every week. That's 52 per year, Wow. Perhaps we are getting closer to the real definition of dancer. "Their definition."

We hope everyone understands the big divisions that have been occurring in ballroom dancing in Hawaii. And specially the "Spectator" division which had been growing rapidly. They are nice people, they just don't dance. And everyone seems to be opening their eyes whether they agree with me or not.