Comments on: Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start http://blog.swingdynamite.com/lets-start-at-the-very-beginning-a-very-good-place-to-start/ Thoughts and news about swing dancing in Ottawa Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: MissCharleston http://blog.swingdynamite.com/lets-start-at-the-very-beginning-a-very-good-place-to-start/comment-page-1/#comment-9 MissCharleston Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:17:56 +0000 http://blog.swingdynamite.com/?p=5#comment-9 I started learning Swing Dance because of a boy. Back in February 2006 he started teaching me the all-mighty step-step-rock-step pattern that today haunts my dreams. I mastered the ways of East Coast and off I was learning Lindy Hop. July came around and with it brought the Waterloo Blues Junkie Exchange. Hello Happiness! That weekend changed my life. I barely even knew how to swing out and here I am dancing with some pretty skilled dancers who are sending me this way and that and I have no idea what I'm doing but holy crap am I loving it! I asked everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) to dance. I even had my first encounter with Byron. In September I moved myself up to Ottawa for school and jumped right into Swing. Here in the Nations Capitol there were Friday dances. That wasn't enough for me though. I immediately signed up for Swing 1 shortly after Swing Dynamite was created. I believe the rest is history. Although I originally started dancing because of a boy and because I wanted to be good to show off for said boy, I only stay now because of the people. To quote Bryn <b>"I do this because I love the people, because I love the feeling of dancing with sheer abandon and sharing that with the people around me. . . </b>" I've made some of the closest relationships of my life because of Swing Dancing. I'm even living with people that I didn't know before I started Swing Dancing. When asked what I do for fun "Swing Dance" is the first thing out of my mouth and the last thing I'll stop talking about. Swing is the reason why I can smile at the end of a day. And it's all because of the people. I started learning Swing Dance because of a boy.

Back in February 2006 he started teaching me the all-mighty step-step-rock-step pattern that today haunts my dreams. I mastered the ways of East Coast and off I was learning Lindy Hop.

July came around and with it brought the Waterloo Blues Junkie Exchange. Hello Happiness! That weekend changed my life. I barely even knew how to swing out and here I am dancing with some pretty skilled dancers who are sending me this way and that and I have no idea what I’m doing but holy crap am I loving it! I asked everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) to dance. I even had my first encounter with Byron.

In September I moved myself up to Ottawa for school and jumped right into Swing. Here in the Nations Capitol there were Friday dances. That wasn’t enough for me though. I immediately signed up for Swing 1 shortly after Swing Dynamite was created. I believe the rest is history.

Although I originally started dancing because of a boy and because I wanted to be good to show off for said boy, I only stay now because of the people. To quote Bryn “I do this because I love the people, because I love the feeling of dancing with sheer abandon and sharing that with the people around me. . . ”
I’ve made some of the closest relationships of my life because of Swing Dancing. I’m even living with people that I didn’t know before I started Swing Dancing.

When asked what I do for fun “Swing Dance” is the first thing out of my mouth and the last thing I’ll stop talking about. Swing is the reason why I can smile at the end of a day. And it’s all because of the people.

]]> By: byron http://blog.swingdynamite.com/lets-start-at-the-very-beginning-a-very-good-place-to-start/comment-page-1/#comment-8 byron Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:26:06 +0000 http://blog.swingdynamite.com/?p=5#comment-8 That's funny, because definitely one of the things that attracted me to swing dancing in the first place was the fact that I might be able to throw girls. Throwing people was something I could relate to. Even <em>being thrown</em> was something I could relate to more than <em>dancing</em>. That’s funny, because definitely one of the things that attracted me to swing dancing in the first place was the fact that I might be able to throw girls. Throwing people was something I could relate to. Even being thrown was something I could relate to more than dancing.

]]> By: dblack http://blog.swingdynamite.com/lets-start-at-the-very-beginning-a-very-good-place-to-start/comment-page-1/#comment-7 dblack Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:12:09 +0000 http://blog.swingdynamite.com/?p=5#comment-7 I started swing dancing back in junior high, actually. In Calgary, one of the required units in gym class is social dancing, so in addition to line dances and square dances and polka and the two-step, we learned "East-coast Swing". It was just step step rock-step, along with some awful moves which have almost never been successfully led on me since, but it was fun and I liked the music. Then, when I saw a swingUO poster in first year, I dragged my roommate out and I was hooked! Next thing you know, dancing 5-6 times a week. (It's probably good for my marks that I've lowered that number since.) I started swing dancing back in junior high, actually. In Calgary, one of the required units in gym class is social dancing, so in addition to line dances and square dances and polka and the two-step, we learned “East-coast Swing”. It was just step step rock-step, along with some awful moves which have almost never been successfully led on me since, but it was fun and I liked the music.

Then, when I saw a swingUO poster in first year, I dragged my roommate out and I was hooked! Next thing you know, dancing 5-6 times a week. (It’s probably good for my marks that I’ve lowered that number since.)

]]> By: ladybalboa http://blog.swingdynamite.com/lets-start-at-the-very-beginning-a-very-good-place-to-start/comment-page-1/#comment-6 ladybalboa Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:07:34 +0000 http://blog.swingdynamite.com/?p=5#comment-6 You guessed correctly, Bryn ;). I'm glad I'm not the only one who had that concern. Seems pretty valid to me :P You guessed correctly, Bryn ;) .

I’m glad I’m not the only one who had that concern. Seems pretty valid to me :P

]]> By: brynzapoppin http://blog.swingdynamite.com/lets-start-at-the-very-beginning-a-very-good-place-to-start/comment-page-1/#comment-5 brynzapoppin Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:43:18 +0000 http://blog.swingdynamite.com/?p=5#comment-5 Oh my god, Gab (I hope I've guessed your identity correctly, ladybalboa)! I was worried about the aerials too! I know a lot of people want to try swing dancing because they WANT to do aerials, but I was the total opposite. Oh my god, Gab (I hope I’ve guessed your identity correctly, ladybalboa)! I was worried about the aerials too! I know a lot of people want to try swing dancing because they WANT to do aerials, but I was the total opposite.

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