Saturday night I headed to a barn dance up the road as part of my recent folk endeavors. I wasn't really sure what the dance would entail, but I was able to get my name and my friends' names on the concessionary ticket list since we are local, so why not check it out?
It was at the Finsbury Town Hall in a large ball room that was beautiful.
When we arrived, the band hadn't started yet and people were kind of just standing around. I immediately felt underdressed, but soon realized we were also the youngest people there. There were a lot of late 20-somethings, but there was a strong representation of 30-somethings and 50+ people as well.
The first dance, we initially decided to wait it out and just see what things were like, but a friend and I decided we might as well just go for it. There was a lady up front announcing the moves and teaching everyone what the dance was like. We missed the first bit though, so we ended up not really having any idea what was going on. This dance required switching partners each time, which was so much fun. You'd end up with someone else who had no idea what was going on, and you'd both just give each other a shrug saying, "I have no idea what to do, but oh well!" and attempt to follow along with the dance.
This is basically what happened for the rest of the dances... so much fun. Some of them my friends and I actually understood, so we'd spend the dance trying to help other people figure out what was going on while not stepping on anyone's feet. I was definitely laughing most of the time. I love folk music. It really was quite the experience and is one of my favorite things I've done in London that I definitely would not have been able to do on campus.
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You come from a long line of accomplished dancers, of course, so I'm not surprised at your dancefloor acumen... (haha)
did you shimmy?
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