Followers Courtesy Lesson
I visited Seattle one year ago, Sept 12th (or so) Century Ballroom. A special night, live music/dinner event and my first time in a city away from my small northern California coast, Mendocino Tango Community. I alone, everyone else appeared to be with friends, coupled, and busy dancing. I was excited to be in Seattle for one precious night! Towards evenings end, I finally began to dance. Lovely partners, courteous, friendly and skilled. Impressive community. Tango heaven. A special partner, who danced with sweet and furious heart, placed my mind at rest and my body in full service of the dance. Connection. Rare Miracle. I was wearing a long beaded scarf at my waist and it wrapped us both in delicious delayed boleos as if to bless every pivot. We parted politely, thanking. Later, unwittingly, I accepted his offer of a drink and concurrently a last tanda dance from someone else! I have regretted this confused and rude mistake ever since. I did not immediately grasp the implication of my quick (and greedy) decision on the floor. My inexperience is no excuse, but a reminder that there are lots of ways I need to improve my Tango!
[Admin Note: Moved posting from "How to Use this Message Board" topic to its own topic thread. See also Susan's comment on allseattletango.com Facebook page, where you can also reply: http://www.facebook.com/pages/All-Seattle-Tango/220675553027 jwl, 2010-08-25 ]