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Wow, this has been surprising, the hits have not only held up but are ahead of what I had hoped. Much of it has been search engines and scam spam robot hits and those are not legit readers but they help keep up the count. I am settling nicely in Mililani and trying to plan something easy to get to and back home again. Get some local information and photos in my blogs. Feedback? Yes, we need.

“And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, they danced by the light of the moon.”

~ The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear

Here on Oahu if you are a social dancer you do not have to compete with anyone. You can take part in team dances, where you can dance in unison with your team and have fun doing it. It is done so well in the line dancing. Social dancers enjoy listening to their favorite music like most people that enjoy a good concert by any one of so many good entertainers on Oahu. Social dancers must go further that that, they must move the body to their favorite music. If you can count to four, you can learn to dance! For dancing purposes, we can assume that all types of music are built in multiples of two beats except for the Waltz which is built in multiples of three.

"Nostalgias" por Placido Domingo

Essentially, all dances revolve around two rhythms. Once you learn these, and can put them in combination, you can perform just about any dance there is. The first rhythm is known as "a slow." A slow is equivalent to two beats. A slow is danced by stepping on the first beat and killing time for the second beat. When you are dancing, count it as "slow, slow", or "one-two, one-two". The second rhythm is called a quick. A quick is equivalent to one beat. A quick is danced as one step for each beat. When you are dancing, count it as quick, quick, quick, quick, or ~ walk, two, three, four. Quicks are generally done in sets of two.

Book not recommended: "The Numbers Game" by Cal Q. Later