Finally!

topic posted Sat, May 3, 2008 - 10:41 AM by  offlineMatthew
I danced in public. See my profile pics. :D
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Matthew
Orlando
  • Re: Finally!

    Sat, May 3, 2008 - 12:53 PM
    And?

    Share the feelings! Tell us of the fear! Exhilaration? Audience reaction? Afterglow? Wetness of pants? ;-)


    Congrats!
    • Re: Finally!

      Sat, May 3, 2008 - 2:07 PM
      A wee bit of terror and annoyance at Wednesday night's practice - still wasn't getting part of the moves down right, which put me at times facing the wrong way. Not fun, with everyone else nailing it... including two ladies who started five months after me. I went over the videos Thursday and Friday after work, and all became well.

      Once I had the first of three sets down, the second and third were gravy. I loosened up, had fun with it, played with the ladies, encouraged the folks who hopped up to dance with us. All of the good pictures are from those two sets.

      Audience rocked: one of the best ones in all I've witnessed.

      Afterglow was good, tempered with so-so service at Bennigans after, un-tempered by some wonderful bonding time with a dearfriend this morning.

      Pants? Surprisingly dry!
      • Re: Finally!

        Sat, May 3, 2008 - 3:50 PM
        AWESOME! I'm so excited for you. One more score for the men of ME dance. Way to go Matthew. Bask in the glory that is you man. I'm hoping to be not far behind you in performing in public.
  • Re: Finally!

    Sun, May 4, 2008 - 6:21 AM
    WAY TO GO MATTHEW!!

    That is excellent! I think everyone should have the experience of performing in public, there is so much more good than bad that goes with that! And going out to eat afterwards is almost mandatory, almost 1/3 of the experience is in the restaurant getting to know your fellow dancers and sharing stories!
  • Re: Finally!

    Mon, May 5, 2008 - 7:15 AM
    Ahhh, I remember my first time....*begin nostalgic flashback*

    It was in a hotel room in Minneapolis. My at the time new girlfriend (soon to be fiance) and I decided to do it there for the first time together, a friend invited us to. It was at an after party for a sci-fi convention. When we got there, we watched some other people do it and they were good it got us excited too. There was even a Klingon watching us...it was a little unnerving. Needless to say by the time we got done many more people were watching us.

    We will alway remember that time.

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