I *love* to dance. A few years ago, my perfect night was going out and shaking my booty. Now I’m old and I get tired at 9 PM, so my perfect Friday night involves jumping around our living room and playing Just Dance 2 on the Wii.
Video via YouTube
But just because I can rack up the points on Just Dance 2 doesn’t mean that I can actually dance well!
Back in university I took swing-dancing lessons with my friend Gord. I may have convinced him to take lessons with me by telling him that it would be a surefire way to meet girls. We were total keeners and we practiced all the time. Then life got busy and that was the end of dance lessons.
Mr. Gazelle and I have decided that we do not want to middle-school sway for our first dance. As soon as I Googled “dance lessons Calgary” last week, I realized that we better hurry up with those lessons. Time is ticking down quickly to the Gazelle wedding, and we don’t have much time to get our dancing skills on! We decided to enroll in West Coast swing lessons at Alberta Dancesport. What does West Coast swing look like?
Video via YouTube
Our first lesson was a lot of fun…but naturals we were not. My previous lessons covered a different type of swing dancing. I’m sure with plenty of practice we’ll get there! Regardless, it is something really fun for us to do and learn together. I’m pretty excited about that! Are we going to go for some kind of serious kick-butt first-dance routine? I have no idea, but we are learning how to move and get comfortable with each other on the dance floor at the very least.
Did you and your significant other decide to tackle your two left feet?
This sounds fun! I hope we’ll get to see an awesome video of the Gazelle first dance!
I love to dance too, but we’re not taking lessons. We will do the sixth-grade sway, but we started holding our arms like we’re waltzing so we look fancy and mature. 
Oh my yes Mr. M. has two left feet but he still had a great time out on the dance floor. 
Love that flash mob video! And coincidentally I think I might have the opportunity to give Just Dance 2 a try tomorrow afternoon. 
Mr. Tartlet and I took lessons as well to spice up the dance floor a bit!
We took one lesson, but they ended up being a little pricey – so sway we did
West Coast Swing is our FAVORITE dance!!! We learned over two years ago and of all the dances we know (waltz, foxtrot, cha cha, ect.) West Coast is by far our favorite and most fun to do!! I love that you can do it to so many different styles of music! I hope we get to see a video of your dance
Also this is one of my favorite wcs videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a3RY8UbE0w
They are professionals and really good, but it shows the potential of the dance. Plus it is just really pretty
How exciting!!! We are considering taking dance lessons, but I doubt it’ll happen—I think we’ll wing it!
We are currently doing some lessons, but at the speed we’re progressing I doubt we’ll do more than just sway around when the time comes!
our coping mechanism for dealing with the first dance is just to never speak of it. I’m pretty sure this should work out in our favor.
… NOT.
@centralcoastbride: That video is great. Thank you so much!
@Miss Pony: Video…we’ll have to see what we can do. For the sake of blogging!
@Miss Snow Cone: Hahaha! Good luck!
ooooh, i heart swing and cannot WAIT to see your first dance.
Ms. Gazelle, Calgary/Vancouver Age and Occupation: 32, Engineer Fiance's Age and Occupation: 32, Technology Analyst Engagement Date: September 3, 2010 Wedding Date: July 2011 Venue: Brock House Restaurant, Vancouver About Me: I am a marathon runner, cyclist, Ironman triathlete and beautiful shoe fiend who also loves kicking back and watching Glee. I grew up a bit of a nomad as I traveled around the world with my family, living everywhere from Australia to England to South America and Indonesia. I finally settled in Calgary a few years ago and met Mr. Gazelle who loves me even though we cheer for different hockey teams. We are planning a bit of a destination wedding in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia and we can’t wait to share the day with our close family and friends.
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