Good News

The Social Dancers are increasing on the Island of Oahu. No doubt about it. And for some reason or another, it is becoming easier to learn to enjoy moving to music. There is a lot of help out there, and yes, we can always get a second opinion. Then in our social partner dancing scene, knowledge of the terminology is becoming more evident, as are the basic skills. We have also found that the terminology is not the same in the disciplines and even different clubs on this Island. We are getting more standardized, so we can understand each other.

 “For us, the dancers, it is far better to grasp the Dance Scene on Oahu as it

really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”

And who is doing this?  Believe or not the social dancers are the ones that are doing it. When we say a left turn (for the leader) we know what it means without using the "correct" term which is the "Reverse Turn" for the disciplines. The same applies to the right turn. And a Rock Step is a Rock Step and there are many precise instructions on how to do this. In Social Dance, you just rock any way you want and don't worry about anything except feeling good rocking to the music.

"As Time Goes By" from the movie, Casablanca

Floorcraft is an essential part of social dancing and most of us just need the awareness. It is the very simple art of dancing "without" running into someone else. This may require the knowledge of not only of where you and your partner are, but also where the other dancers will be, in at least the next step pattern. We got some good dancers out there. Happy Dancing everyone.

"We dance for ourselves. If someone understands, that is very nice. If not, no matter,

we shall go right on doing what interests us, and do it until it stops interesting us.”