Line Dancing???

Let's be real. The only reason line dancing is popular is so that women who want to dance (who are stuck with men who won't dance) have an opportunity to dance.

I hate line dancing. Not only is just a rote learning process, it also allows no room for individual style and form. When I go to a party, ready to dance the swing and hustle, waltz and foxtrot and they start playing "Cotton Eyed Joe", the "Electric Slide", and who knows what else, I leave the floor. When those line dances are over, my wife and I will resume dancing. Heck, I'll even dance with other ladies if my wife wants to sit and talk for a while.

Men, why not learn a few steps so your wife or partner can enjoy dancing with you instead of doing a line dance?

Can everybody dance?

Can everybody dance? Just about.

I help my dance instructor out occasionally. As a man, I am needed to partner un-partnered ladies who take dance lessons. I get extra lesson time for free, I help people, and my dance skills improve greatly. I partner with women of all shapes and sizes, and one thing I have noticed is that a person's size does not impact their ability to dance significantly. Now I am talking about recreational dancing of course, but I have danced with people much larger than me who I thought would be terrible but were amazing dancers and I have danced with tiny people who I thought would have no problems but couldn't dance well at all.

It is more in your head than in your body. Remembering technique is more important than your size or athletic ability. I practiced at a place where a dancer had injured their back, and needed two canes to walk, but they danced anyway. Every week I watched as they got stronger and stronger until the canes were not brought to the floor and eventually not even brought to the dance hall. I have even danced with convalescent patients in wheelchairs, who seem to enjoy it a lot.

So don't let your belief that you are out of shape or not good enough to dance. If you want to try, get out there and do it. If you are at all concerned, get your doctor's approval first, but dancing can be a great exercise. Don't be embarrassed about anything about yourself, go ahead and dance like you always wanted.

Video of my sons dancing at community show.

Would you like your sons to have one more advantage in dating? Get them dance lessons. Here is a video of my two younger sons dancing with a group for a community exhibition:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtEBDVLyEg4

When your sons know how to dance, they will know how to lead a young woman on the dance floor. It is an activity that is wholesome, fitness promoting, entertaining and much better than most movies and other dating activities out there today.

Give your sons a skill that they can bring into future relationships and marriage, give them dance lessons.

Be A god At The Next Wedding Or Party!

Want to be one of the most popular men at the next wedding or party you go to? Learn to dance!

How would you feel if:

• Your wife or girlfriend was the envy of the other women at the party?
• You could feel confident on the dance floor and show off a little?
• Your wife or girlfriend actually had other women coming up to them to ask to borrow you for a dance or two?

All this can happen to you, but it will take some work. Sign your partner and yourself up for dance lessons. If you want to be a hit, learn the Swing and the Hustle. These two dances are great party dances and will work for 60% to 70% of music that is played at parties. You may want to learn the Cha Cha and Rumba in case any Latin music is played, and you have covered a whole bunch of the music.

Your stature will definitely rise in the eyes of your partner and the other women at any party you dance at. It is worth the effort.

Viennese Waltz - Too fast for a plumber?

Last week my wife and I were up to 40 beats per minute while dancing the Viennese Waltz. Tonight's lesson = 50 beats per minute! The real speed should be 60 beats per minute and we are working our way up. Maybe with practice we can get there in two more weeks.

Improve your golf game - cross train in Ballroom Dancing

Do you want your body and mind to work together more closely while out on the golf course? Ballroom dancing is a great cross training activity for improving your golf game because it is a geometrical activity. It will help you to look at space, time, and obstacles in a different manner than you do now. You will improve your three dimensional thought processes while learning to plan ahead and compensate for the unexpected twist and turn.

The dance can be compared to the combination of clubs and swings you need to accomplish your destination, sinking the ball. Your partner is like the hills and breezes you can encounter on the course; you can work with her to help you or work against her and hinder your goal. The floor is the green you are moving across with a desire to get your partner and yourself to the correct position to add the next step, just like your attempt to place the ball at the best part of the green for your next swing. Other couples on the floor are obstacles each with their own style and each presenting a different level of difficulty to get passed.

If you have a good instructor, your posture will improve significantly as you learn various smooth and latin dances. Foot placement, head placement, arm placement, and rhythm are very important for ballroom dancing. That sounds like golf too.

The Dance Floor Can Be A Place For Real Men - Try Ballroom!

Not every male dancer need be considered less manly. The male dancer in a ballroom dance couple can be the most masculine man ever. Think of all the football players who have done well on ABC's Dancing With The Stars. Even some plumbers dance. I personally found this out when I gave my wife (and myself) dance lessons for Valentine's Day a couple of years ago. If you search around and find a good instructor, they will inform you and your female partner early on that on the dance floor, the man must be in charge. This may seem like a throwback to the 1950s, but just think about it; only one can lead, not two. Tradition in ballroom is that the man leads, and for many reasons, it is too late to change this.

So, if you want to be in charge of at least one thing without dispute, try ballroom dancing. It has been a blast for my wife and me, maybe it can be for you too.