Weddingbee Blog

What a ridiculously hectic weekend!!! I baked the last batch of macarons, my sister flew in for my (last minute) bachelorette party, and we organized and assembled all the paper goods and items to take down to our venue. Oh yeah, we also squeezed in a dance lesson!

So, after reading Miss Yorkie’s post on her dance lessons, I panicked and realized that I had forgotten to schedule lessons. Well, at this stage in the game, that means one (singular) lesson. Ha!!

I pick up choreography and dance very quickly, because, well, I spent the better part of my life in ballet and jazz classes. The problem is, when Mr. P and I dance together, I usually lead… for example, I dip myself:

This is not a good thing for your wedding dance, as you may confuse your partner. We needed a lesson to teach Mr. P to lead and definitely a lesson for me to learn to follow. So on Thursday, I found a couple on Craigslist to teach us. However sketchy that may sound, they were the only ones who could get us in last minute.

Turns out they were a nice retired couple, who teach ballroom dance at a local community dance center. They also give private lessons in their basement in McLean, Va. Bonnie and Art are the cutest, most patient and thoughtful teachers! We did a quick hour and a half fox-trot lesson to our song (it’s not really “our song”, it’s more the theme song of the wedding), Nina Simone’s “My Baby Just Cares for Me” (the soft version).

Their dog, Red, wasn’t really impressed (by our skillz).

We looked a little (read: a lot) awkward together, and it made me giggle. The lesson was definitely geared towards the male partner, as he will be doing all the leading (and all the work). I was so proud of Mr. P, he picked up a lot—-a real lot—in the 90 minutes.

So, I feel okay about it, because Art and Bonnie said that as long as I follow Mr. P closely, but help him smooth it out, then we’ll be fine. If anything, it’ll be amusing!!! Here’s a couple who does it right:

Next up, the macarons!!!