Dancing - Past and Present.
By Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
United Kingdom
November 24, 2015 3:09pm CST
There is dancing to a live band every night in our hotel in Spain. I used to love dancing, but now due to my husband's health problems we mostly just sit and watch.
This is great entertainment and we love to listen to the music as well, but occasionally my husband will feel able to attempt a shuffle around the floor for one of the slow dances.(He's nearly 85).
Once I was known as 'twinkle-toes',
I did a great fandango,
I'd twirl around and strike a pose,
You should have seen my tango.
The fellas would queue up for me,
Yes, I could really dance,
They liked that I was wild and free,
All night we'd whirl and prance.
Now for me the beaux don't scuffle,
I have no men in thrall,
With my love I dance a shuffle,
He's proved the best of all.
Do you/did you enjoy dancing?
Original poem by Jabo. Photo is my own.
The fellas would queue up for me,
Yes, I could really dance,
They liked that I was wild and free,
All night we'd whirl and prance.
Now for me the beaux don't scuffle,
I have no men in thrall,
With my love I dance a shuffle,
He's proved the best of all.
Do you/did you enjoy dancing?
Original poem by Jabo. Photo is my own.58 people like this
61 responses
@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
25 Nov 15
I love that comment, too. It's wonderful to be with someone who knew us all through the years.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
27 Nov 15
bless his heart, so glad he feels up to such e'ery now 'n then. i adored dancin' myself, though now i can't seem to 'ttempt such a feat. adorable how ya set it to rhyme, my dear friend. big hugs 'n love comin' at'cha!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
2 Dec 15
@DaddyEvil Cripes I can't remember where she told me about her dancing days - it may have been here on my 'Expensive Day Out' post. Anyway, she won prizes for her dancing!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
27 Nov 15
@crazyhorseladcx Yes, you've told me about your dancing days Crazy - I'd love to have seen you perform
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@DaddyEvil (137504)
• United States
1 Dec 15
@jaboUK Well, she never told me! Were these discussions here on myLot or did @crazyhorseladycx do those on Bubbs?
If they were on Bubbs, maybe I can find them in the Archives?
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@AdrienneJenkins (274)
• Vancouver, British Columbia
25 Nov 15
That's sweet. I hope when I'm no longer as agile that I can still enjoy the music and dances and yes.... a shuffle or two.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 15
@AdrienneJenkins I'm sure that you will still be able to enjoy the music when you are old Adrienne - that isn't age related. As for the dancing, it's only been just this last couple of years that my husband hasn't been able to dance much. Despite an artificial hip I could still do it.
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
25 Nov 15
Conservative would be an understatement in my bygone days. I loved dancing and simply enjoyed watching as we co8uld never dance unless we were married - our family rule. Once my bro in law a great dancer wanted to pick me up but I said that my first dance would be with my husband and waited for that day only to realise that my husband never danced. Till today I have not danced with another but have stolen the floor with the free style that is open for anyone wanting to shake a leg with or without a partner.
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@allknowing (137605)
• India
26 Nov 15
@jaboUK And to think that I have organised so many parties that included a lot of dancing (lol)
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 15
@allknowing Goodness, I did not know that was the custom in India, Grace. You've missed out on one of the pleasures of life, but I'm glad that you've managed to steal the floor on your own.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Nov 15
I actually took ballroom dancing many many years ago, I was in my early teens. I think it was my mother's idea - that and making me learn the accordion. Very nice poem!!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
26 Nov 15
@jaboUK My parents met at a USO dance and my mother always told us that she would not have married my father if he didn't know how to dance...They could really cut the rug those two!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Nov 15
@AbbyGreenhill There you go! You wouldn't have existed without dancing
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 15
@AbbyGreenhill Learning ballroom dancing used to be the thing to do when I was young. We always used to go to a dance somewhere on a Saturday night, even if it was just in the church hall. Thanks for liking the poem.
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. Spain is lovely thanks, we are really having a good time.
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
26 Nov 15
I didn't enjoy dancing when I was young, well, maybe I enjoyed it, but I was also self-conscious and therefore wasn't able to enjoy myself thoroughly. Once I hit twenty-six, most of my reserve left me and I was then able to shake a leg more freely, although I never did fancy dancing nor posing. I danced at wedding until a few years back when I hurt so much after one such night that I decided I'd better quit for a bit.
Since my husband now sports a prosthetic, we don't do much of that anymore although he'd be able to do more than shuffle during slow dances, we've not gone to anything for many years to check our form these days.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
26 Nov 15
@MarshaMusselman I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy dancing when you were young Marsha - my teenage years and early 20s were my best dancing days. I'm sure your husband would be able to dance perfectly well even with his prosthetic.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
2 Dec 15
@MarshaMusselman Those dang hospital bills - I hope you are free of them soon.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Dec 15
@jaboUK I'm sure he'd be fine too, if he'd try it, but we don't have the opportunity to much right now since we're working so much. Maybe in a few years once the hosp bills are paid up.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
25 Nov 15
@Poppylicious why is it always two left feet with that expression? Would 2 right feet be just as bad?
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 15
@Poppylicious I expect you could dance if you were taught properly. You are too young to have learnt as a matter of course like we did.
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@JudyEv (341824)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Nov 15
@jaboUK It nearly brings me to tears sometimes. We both loved dancing but Vince played drums in a dance band so we never got to dance much as I'd be home with the boys. We had few years where we'd go to dances and I always thought when we were older we'd do a lot more dancing but it has passed us by. It is one thing I really regret - that we didn't make more opportunities to dance.- not that we were any great shakes but I did enjoy it.
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@Fleura (30539)
• United Kingdom
27 Nov 15
It's sad when you can no longer do something you enjoyed so much. I love to dance although I'm not very good at it. I did try ballroom dancing years ago with my boyfriend but the teacher wanted to appropriate my boyfriend for the competitive team! Some years later I started Ceroc, which is not too complicated and I used to really enjoy that. Nowadays we go to Ceilidhs which we all enjoy.
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@Pattitude (1287)
• Newton, North Carolina
25 Nov 15
My mom and my late dad are/were in the age range just above your father. My dad loved to dance. He knew all the latest crazes and my mom had to learn them all to keep up with him. I wish I would have lived in that era, and all the ladies wore hats, well, everyone wore hats. But I was no slouch in the 70s, either!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
25 Nov 15
@Pattitude Yes in our age group nearly everyone learned the proper dances. That used to be the go-to thing - the Saturday night dance, and what fun it was. I'm glad you enjoyed dancing too, but was that more the disco sort of thing?
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@Pattitude (1287)
• Newton, North Carolina
29 Nov 15
@jaboUK Yes, disco was there, lol, I'll admit I did some of those dances, but others as well.
I would have much preferred to live in other eras, with all the dancing, wearing hats. I always wanted to go to this local swing dance club, but never could get any of my friends interested!
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@Gabugs (1895)
• United States
29 Nov 15
@jabo Wow! You have put it all together so beautifully! I loved dancing too- - - all sorts. You name it and I could do it! I didn't need to learn any steps. At college socials, I was the hot favorite. Currently, my husband and I do dance [mostly slow!] once in a while when we get the chance. We love dining at restaurants where there is live music.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
24 Jan 17
@jaboUK Lovely poem and photo!
I do love dancing. I don't do it as much as I used to due to depression but I do love it when I do dance. It's fun. Great exercise and shows expression too.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
24 Jan 17
@VivaLaDani13 It is great exercise and I would have thought that it would be good for pulling you out of depression.
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