We Love to Dance..... Ras-This! » Dance Partners http://www.ras-this.com It's Not About Waiting for the Storm to Pass.....It's About Learning to Dance in the Rain! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:59:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Country Countdown http://www.ras-this.com/country-countdown/ http://www.ras-this.com/country-countdown/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:12:29 +0000 admin http://www.ras-this.com/?p=332
It was turning into another successful night of dancing at the country dance club’s monthly dance. Music was good, dance partners were plentiful….okay, okay…….maybe not plentiful, but reasonably good by local standards…..and we were enjoying the night. It was getting late and the club staff was starting to clean up…..putting chairs away…….turning lights off…………………WAIT A MINUTE!!!!!!………….lights off?? We still have 6…..that’s one more than 5……..minutes left! That equates to 2 more dances!!  TWO!! And……..to all of you who are dance addicts (did you take our previous poll to see if you qualify?) two dances is still worth fighting for. Well………..the lights came back on and we danced to the last two songs…….it’s 11:02 (early by the standard of many dancers, but past closing time for the club) and the music has not been turned off…………..a county 2-step comes on and a loud groan (we love to 2-step).is heard through the crowd………OK…….5 dancers is not a crowd…..but we can obviously make a whole lot of commotion. Once again, the club gurus acquiesced, and not only did we get to dance one more dance, we got to dance one of our favorites. Who ever said life wasn’t great!
]]> http://www.ras-this.com/country-countdown/feed/ 0 Dancing and Cruising! http://www.ras-this.com/dancing-and-cruising/ http://www.ras-this.com/dancing-and-cruising/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:17:48 +0000 Michele http://www.ras-this.com/?p=326

danceshoesFor those of you that remember my “whining” not “wining” about lack of dancers on my last few cruises. Ras #2 and I, at the insistence of our members have decided to organize a dance cruise aboard the Carnival Splendor,  Sept. 27, 2009. I twill be 7 glorious days and nights of dancing, workshops and parties.

UCWDC Master Dance Instructor Mike Eads and his lovely wife Cassie, along with 12 year UCWDC competitor Joe Tschirhart will holding workshops on sea days and dancing the nights away on all of the ships dance floors.

You will have the time of your life, please help us to fill the dance floors aboard the Carnival Splendor.
Until Feb. 28th, 2009 you can hold your cabin for only $25. Hurry and sign up, as space is limited.

There will be no lack of dance partners and fun aboard this ship!

Check out incentives for ship credit here!

Happy dancing,

Ras #1

]]> http://www.ras-this.com/dancing-and-cruising/feed/ 0 Dancing Magic! http://www.ras-this.com/dancing-magic/ http://www.ras-this.com/dancing-magic/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:04:04 +0000 admin http://www.ras-this.com/?p=322

I decided to put dancing and mental health (mine) to the test last night. Long story short, I’ve been an emotional wreck over the past 2 weeks (nearly recovered now, thank-you), to the point I even chose not to dance one night when I was feeling particularly crabby.  So, even though I didn’t really feel like it, I forced myself to go dancing with the swing dance club at one of the local honky tonks last night. I discovered, or likely re-discovered, that dancing can indeed improve, sometimes dramatically, your state of mind. Although all but one other gal and I were there with a partner, I am fortunate to belong to a dance club where the women graciously share their dance partners with those of us who have none. While the music, with a mix of oldies, some country and band material, was not always the best for swing dancing, I did get in several 2-step dances along with a few east and west coast swing dances. The icing on the cake, however, was when one of the swing dance instructor’s husband told me that my dancing had definitely improved.
 
Life is good and dancing helps it to be that way!

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