Tonight's picture was taken in August of 2007. We took Mattie to Coronado, CA. It was a beautiful day and we had lunch outside by the water. Watching the boats and the birds. Though Mattie did not appreciate sitting and eating food like I do, he did like being outside and enjoyed the stimulation of seeing all the things passing by us and it was much easier keeping him engaged this way. Which is why after I had Mattie I gravitated to nature, being outdoors, and needing space and less chaos around me. He naturally needed these things and I became programmed to finding and seeking them out!
Quote of the day: Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. ~ Ancient Indian Proverb
This afternoon, I went with my mom and her friend to their line dancing class. Of course when people think of line dancing, what immediately comes to mind are the favorites: Electric Slide, Elvira, and Boot Scootin Boogie. These early line dances existed in the 1970s and were adaptations of disco line dances. Despite the fact that line dancing has been around since as early as 1950, most of us really haven't heard about it until it became the rage in the 1980s and 1990s, when Country Music took off and dances were created to match the music.
Now however, line dancing uses more than just the "stereotypical" country music, in fact line dancing uses most styles of music: country as well as modern pop music, Irish, Latin just to name a few. Here is a cute sidebar fact: based on per capita ranking, Durham, N.C. was declared the line dancing capital of America in 2014.
I have done typical country line dancing before and to me it is fun and relatively easy to do! However NOT all line dancing is easy. This is the third time I have attended my mom's class and each time I go, it is a humbling experience. I can understand why most people drop out of the class. It is a class that involves a whole lot of turning and dancing to different walls in the room. It you get disoriented quickly and your memory gets challenged easily, this is NOT the type of dancing for you. I can get easily frustrated because in all honestly all the dance steps look exactly the same to me. I call it twirling in quadrants. I am sure if I did it more often I would appreciate the actual steps. Nonetheless, I try to keep up and as long as I am going in the same direction and moving, I consider it a plus. To give you a feeling for what we did, I included a link to a class in Japan. We danced the same number, Cecilia, tonight.
Cecilia: Line Dancing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKjEoEAY_ak
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