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In my previous post Do you ever play the Deaf card? my husband and I just joined a dance class. We are now into our fifth lesson, however we have missed a couple due to illnesses and a concert to Bon Jovi. We haven’t been practicing much at home. Our teacher expects us to practice.
Yesterday’s lesson was the waltz, box waltz, revolving swing move, dancing on a diagonal. WHEW it was hard work. It wasn’t just remembering the steps, it was standing straight, feeling graceful and working together. My back hurt, hubby’s back hurt. We were feeling it pretty good.
During the class, our instructor who is close to 80 but moves like she is in her 30’s came up to me and said “did you ever think he’d be dancing?” She was making a reference to my husband. I’d like to think it is because he is a man, but it was because he is Deaf. Actually, I never did! I have been waiting for this since my wedding day. We didn’t have a reception with dancing and so I suppose this will just give me reason to throw a reception for our 10th anniversary. We’ll have 2 years to get the moves down!
I also convinced my husband to take the classes so that when his daughters have Daddy/daughter dances he’ll feel more confident in going. My girls are into dance. I also thought it’d be great if he could dance with them at their weddings.
So last night, my hubby made sure to tell the instructor that Marlee Matlin is going to be on Dancing with the Stars tonight. It will be really exciting! I don’t ever vote for people but I believe I’ll be voting for Marlee Matlin! I love how she says she is doing it to be a cool mom.
Happy Dancing!
March 19th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Yay for you and hubby! I’ve never watched Dancing With the Stars before, but I did just to see Marlee. She looked SO beautiful! And I’m with you, I think I’ll be voting, as well!
May 8th, 2008 at 10:14 am
June 16th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
[...] It’s about exploring, listening and tuning in to our environments. After years of asking Carl to try dance lessons, I finally got him to commit to a class with me. He did excellent, in fact - I’m the one that had difficulty with the Waltz steps, Carl grasped them almost instantly. See Dancing is Hard Work [...]