Re: Why do Country Western Two Step dancers always act like white trailer trash???

Date: 29 May 2003 13:24:58 -0700
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"Richard Maurer" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<01c32495$3f4f6240$5908510c@default>...
> << [John Wheaton]
> Don`t feed the Troll
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> << [Barry Chin]
> are you kidding? IMO reading this thread so far was a lot more
> entertaining & potentially useful than typical posts if we take it as
> a reminder that we can take ourselves way too seriously.
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> My sentiments exactly.
> Usually I am all for ignoring trolls, but this *has* been the
> most entertaining thread in months, and has the potential
> to form a demarcation, so that when it is over we can
> get back to the good stuff.
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> Now most people seem to think that our troll is an
> International Ballroom dancer. While that is likely,
> I think there is a 30% chance he is a hip-hop dancer (or derivative).
> He is young anyway, just out of his teens, or maybe still in them.
> Maybe he is envious because he can't yet
> get the hang of cw dancing.
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> Richard Maurer To reply, remove half
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i suspect that this person is actually a skilled dancer in multiple
genres, including c/w. part of why i think this way is that one of my
closest dance friends (who until recently ran a monthly ballroom dance
and programmed a lot of c/w music, btw) once told me that she loves
west coast swing (and is terrific at it - both lead & follow), but not
the people who dance it - and i have seen examples of behavior (the
'in' crowd, the hangers-on, women who only dance with leaders who
compete in jack&jill so as to improve their own chances, etc.) at
wcs-swing only venues that make it easy for me to understand why she
feels that way.
bc
(pasadena, ca)
p.s. at the risk of starting a legitimate discussion, do people find
that there's a difference in behavior/etiquette/expectations based on
whether it's a 'club' dance/venue vs. a "ballroom-type" setting? (i
would define 'club' as being where one could expect the dance in
question to be danced 80-90% of the evening, whether it be two step,
salsa, or argentine tango - although oddly enough, i wouldn't
categorize swing & lindy that way)