Lindy Workshop

We decided we hadn't been away for awhile and what better way to get away than to dance the night away?

We are going to Virginia Beach next week to participate in a Lindy Workshop. We don't know much Lindy, mostly single-step and triple-step swing. We've been wanting to put some dips, drops, and cool moves into our swing repitoire. I think we started about 20 years too late for the aerials.

We'll let you know if we survive the weekend.

Regal Dinner and Dance Club

T'aint nothing better than gettin' all gussied up and meeting friends for dinner and dancing. Quickstepper cleans up pretty well and I get to take the sack off my head for special occasions.

We had a great time last night at the Regal Dance. The Club meets 7 times a year at the Country Club of Fairfax. Five of the dances are formal and 2 are tea dances. We had Angels and Aces play for us last night. We see this band a lot since we and they are regulars at the Fort Belvior Officer's Club. In fact, we heard them play there just last Wednesday.

The club is a fun time where we greet old friends and meet new ones. Last night there were 11 tables with 5 couples each. We sat at table 10 with John and Marlene, Robert and Angela, Peter and Laura, and Scott and Stephanie. We also saw several couples there that are regulars at the O Club.

The meal was excellent as usual. We've never had a bad meal or service at the Country Club.

Saturday Night

Last Saturday night we found ourselves with nothing to do. So, we went dancing. We went to the Ballroom in Centerville. We hadn't gone there since last summer when we got rained out of the Harris Pavilion.

We saw our friends, Kathy and Randy, and about 10-12 other dancers. The Ballroom has a nice floor and they played good music. Sure beats sitting in front of the boobtube.

Doc Scantlin

We spent another fun evening dining and dancing with friends. Doc Scantlin and his Imperial Palms Orchestra were playing at the Heritage Hunt club. The meal and the service was up to the excellent standards of the club. We've never had a bad dinner there. The performance from Doc Scantlin is a lot of fun and reminiscent of a 1930's big band radio show. The only problem with the whole night was that it didn't go on long enough.

Below are Janet and Jeff, Kathy and Randy, Dancer and Quickstepper, and Candy and Jerry.

Conga Line

The band starts with a heavy rhythm playing "Hot Hot Hot" originally a soca song by Arrow. Some dancers choose to do the merengue, but then a conga line starts to form. The conga was originally a carnival dance-march from Santiago de Cuba and evokes images of the smoky night spots of Cuba and Carnival in Buenos Aires. Step-step-step-kick to the left; step-step-step-kick to the right. More dancers are sucked into the line; picking up the rhythm. Hands on the shoulders of the person in front. Step-step-step-kick to the left; step-step-step-kick to the right. The line snakes around the floor, coming closer to the source of the beat and then circling around the merengue dancers in the center. Once, twice, three times around and the song comes to an end. The dancers part with a laugh, heading for their tables to take a breath and grab a drink.