Friday, January 07, 2011

Shall We Dance?...

Ellie loves cotillion and her favorite part of it is the dancing. She has been intersted in doing more dancing, ballroom and social dancing (Foxtrot, Rhumba, Salsa, etc.) for a while. Now that the holidays are over, I've found the time to research finding a place where she could pursue that interest. It was not easy. Ballroom and social dancing for teens is not wildly popular. However, I've found classes at Booth Dancesport. Ellie had half of a private session with the dance instructor to find out which class would be best for her, she attended the two back to back classes on Wednesday and then did the second half of the private block after that. It was a lot of dancing. about 2.5 hours worth, but it was fun.

On the way to class she was anxious. She did't want to be the only new kid, the only kid who did not know what to do. When we arrived we found a gaggle of kids stuffed around a tiny table, about seven or eight of them sharing four chairs. We waited quietly, rather nervously, on a bench near the door. We had arrived about 15 minutes early. After a short while three girls from the friendly gaggle came over and introduced themselves to Ellie and invited her to sit with them. Ellie was shy and happy to be included. I thought it was a wonderful way to start a new adventure.

Now, we just have to figure out all this business with jazz shows, dance pants and flowy skirts.

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