Dance Dance Revolution

My girlfriend Sarah and I had the opportunity to go to, not one, but two swing dancing events this past weekend. For the past month we had planned on attending “Music and Romance,” a fancy schmancy dance put on by Otterbein college. But somehow Sarah also convinced me to attend a swing dance class at the Vineyard with her the night previous. The swing dance class was actually a ’singles outreach event’ in disguise. The majority of the attendees weren’t even single- they were middle-aged, married couples looking for something fun to do on the weekend. Needless to say, it wasn’t my idea of a hot night out on the town. But Sarah insisted we go to practice for Music and Romance. We could have practiced five nights in a row and I still wouldn’t have been ready to dance with Sarah.

You know that dancing game “Dance Dance Revolution”- the one with the pad and arrows that you stomp on? That’s not really dancing. I’m good at that. Real dancing requires actual rhythm. I can cheat in DDR and use my foot-eye coordination to stomp when the arrow enters the little box. Sarah has taken several dance classes and plays the piano (very well might I add). She has actual rhythm. I have watched the TV show So You Think You Can Dance and played the arrow stomping game-DDR. I’m a nerd that can’t really dance. Not to mention, Sarah is an avid feminist so she doesn’t take kindly to the whole “guy always leads” idea. Here is an example of a conversation between me and Sarah as we tried to learn to dance together:

Sarah: “Triple step, triple step, back step, now do the double hair comb Robby.”

Robby: “Let me lead.”

Sarah: “Okay………………now you are going to spin me.”

Robby: “(Exhale)”

Looking back on this past weekend, however, I am glad I attended the free dance lessons with Sarah. I improved a lot between Friday and Saturday night. An older lady even told me she liked my moves on the dance floor. Little did she know, I wasn’t actually leading. Sarah was the one making me look good.

Brandon, Maria, Sarah, and I at Music and Romance.

REAL DANCING

ARROW STOMPING FAKE DANCING