Where is the strangest place you've ever danced at?

[salsachinita]

Yesterday I went to see a DJ/muso friend playing at one of those car yard promotion thingies. It was a beautiful day, so everyone would rather go to the beach than shopping for a car. There were NO customer insight & the staff looked like they'd rather be at the beach too :roll: .

So my DJ friend put on some good salsa and we started dancing on the wooden deck area :lol: . We had so much fun dancing out there even though the only audience were some bored staff and a bunch of new cars :wink: !

We put on a great show just for ourselves & had the best fun :bouncy: !

Have you even danced at any unusual places...?

[SDsalsaguy]

I’m most often guilty of restaurant dancing…El Torito, Firdays, etc.

[pygmalion]

On chairs at a concert. Rickety chairs. :lol: :lol: But if I stood on the floor, I wouldn't be able to see the stage. :lol:

[dancersdreamland]

This goes back to an older message...but dancin' in the car! :wink:

[Spitfire]

I once danced with a friend's girlfriend in a sandy wash.

[youngsta]

Is the parking lot of IHoP while waiting for a table considered strange?? :lol:

[Phil Owl]

Eons ago, a lady friend of mine and I would once a month do a waltz on the beach.

[Vince A]

Ok . . . here is one for the books . . . I taught a line dance called Strokin'
to over 300 nude dancers at a nudist resort, and I taught the 'dirty' version of the dance! :shock:

[salsachinita]

Ok . . . here is one for the books . . . I taught a line dance called Strokin'
to over 300 nude dancers at a nudist resort, and I taught the 'dirty' version of the dance! :shock:

:shock: WOW! :shock: Don't think any of us could top that...!

[salsachinita]

Is the parking lot of IHoP while waiting for a table considered strange?? :lol:

I got a friend who is usually shy until she hears the music :P (crazy R&B dancer!)

One night after clubbing we went to get a late night souvlaki. We parked as her favourite song came on the radio. So she started dancing right there in the middle of the street :lol: .....!

[salsachinita]

Eons ago, a lady friend of mine and I would once a month do a waltz on the beach.

This is a weeky ritual for us during the summer months. There's a little cafe on the beach front that hires our favourite DJ to play salsa every Sunday afternoon til evening :D . We got people dancing everywhere within earshot of the music! Musician sometimes bring their instruments to jam along & you should see how their kids DANCE (little heartbreakers in the making)!

[SDsalsaguy]

Ok . . . here is one for the books . . . I taught a line dance called Strokin'
to over 300 nude dancers at a nudist resort, and I taught the 'dirty' version of the dance! :shock:

:shock: WOW! :shock: Don't think any of us could top that...!
I second that! :shock: :shock: :shock:

[SwinginBoo]

Hmm...let's see. Strangest place I've ever danced might just be at this Chinese restuarant. Our favorite band was playing there, (which in itself was very odd). There was no room to dance it was only for dinner entertainment. So we ended up dancing in this corner where the waiters/waitresses kept coming out of the kitchen and practically running them over. It was a lot of fun.

[danceguy]

Ok . . . here is one for the books . . . I taught a line dance called Strokin'
to over 300 nude dancers at a nudist resort, and I taught the 'dirty' version of the dance!

Vince,

You are my new idol!

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[salsachinita]

Hmm...let's see. Strangest place I've ever danced might just be at this Chinese restuarant.

Yeah, what is it with salsa nights in Chinese Restaurants :shock: ?!?

I went to one like that in Seattle, and there's also one in Sydney....

[dnquark]

Here's my list: the beach, a random highway rest stop somewhere along I-80, middle of Pac Bell Park. :D

[Sagitta]

Welcome to the family of active DF forum posters dnquark :)

Me, I dance anywhere if the mood takes me. Unfortunately I don't frequent and experience as weird situations as Vince. So, he's still the one to beat!! :)

[Vince A]

Ah, it was just a fluke. I HATED going back every other weekend for three months . . . besides "the pay", they actually paid me by passing a hat. I made over a grand on one Saturday. But since no one had pockets or purses, etc., I didn't want to ask where the $$$ came from :wink:

[dancergal]

Ok . . . here is one for the books . . . I taught a line dance called Strokin'
to over 300 nude dancers at a nudist resort, and I taught the 'dirty' version of the dance! :shock:

:shock: :shock: :shock: VINCE!!!! And we thought Dance Mentor had the sordid past....... :lol:

[dancergal]

Once I danced in a parking garage because there was a lot of space there and we were practicing a routine, another time some friends and I did some line dancing on the pavement at an art and craft fair because the DJ was playing country music. We had quite an audience and some tried to jump in and pick up our line dance too!

[Vince A]

Ok . . . here is one for the books . . . I taught a line dance called Strokin'
to over 300 nude dancers at a nudist resort, and I taught the 'dirty' version of the dance! :shock:

:shock: :shock: :shock: VINCE!!!! And we thought Dance Mentor had the sordid past....... :lol:
Hi Pam . . . how are you? When are you going up to the SaddleRack or Two Left Feet again? Maybe we'll get a crowd together and go too!

No, DM has the sordid past . . . I don't think I could beat his adventures!!!

[dancergal]

When are you going up to the SaddleRack or Two Left Feet again? Maybe we'll get a crowd together and go too!

Hi Vince, I think we are going to try to go to the holiday party at Two Left Feet on Sat. the 13th. Looks like fun! Did you get a chance to go to the US Open? The dancing was great!

[Vince A]

When are you going up to the SaddleRack or Two Left Feet again? Maybe we'll get a crowd together and go too!

Hi Vince, I think we are going to try to go to the holiday party at Two Left Feet on Sat. the 13th. Looks like fun! Did you get a chance to go to the US Open? The dancing was great!
We've talked about it, and I think that is a weekend that Care has off. So we may get a few and go up . . . maybe see you there. More pictures!

We didn't make it to the Open . . . way to much going on. It sounds like you enjoyed yourself with all the dancing???

[dancergal]

Dancing was really good at the Open. Nice big dance floor, plenty of room to dance. Lots of familar faces and lots of new people too. All in all a fun time. I think the level of competitor's was lower than expected, but the Showcases and Cabaret were great!!! Oh, and the Young Adult was awesome. Those kids are going to be the next superstars! Check out the videos. http://www.usopenswingdc.com/

[Vince A]

Dancing was really good at the Open. Nice big dance floor, plenty of room to dance. Lots of familar faces and lots of new people too. All in all a fun time. I think the level of competitor's was lower than expected, but the Showcases and Cabaret were great!!! Oh, and the Young Adult was awesome. Those kids are going to be the next superstars! Check out the videos. http://www.usopenswingdc.com/
I thought the dancing was very late at night??? We would have gone!

The young adults get better every year.

Thanks for the website . . . I'll check out the videos.

[dancergal]

Well most of the dancing was after midnight when the competitions ended, but there was plenty of dancing in between competitions sometimes an hour or so and lots of dancing in the afternoon before most of the events started. The only problems we found was our seats were in the balcony, so we had quite a walk to get down to the floor each time there was a break and we got to dance. But the view was super cool. No one sitting in our way and everyone could see the whole floor. They are going to have it in San Jose next year too. Great!

[Vince A]

Kewl.

In San Jose again? I plan to work on getting a new Pro and competing in "Swing Only" events, maybe even some Lindy events if I can learn it from one of the other moderators on the DF who lives close by.

I've already started in on Salsa . . . that could make a fun event as well.

Wish I had gone to the Open . . .

[salsachinita]

:shock: :shock: :shock: VINCE!!!! And we thought Dance Mentor had the sordid past....... :lol:
No, DM has the sordid past . . . I don't think I could beat his adventures!!!

:? Anyone care to let me in on this....?? :? Did I miss a thread somewhere?

*just being nosy :wink: *

[Sagitta]

:shock: :shock: :shock: VINCE!!!! And we thought Dance Mentor had the sordid past....... :lol:
No, DM has the sordid past . . . I don't think I could beat his adventures!!!

:? Anyone care to let me in on this....?? :? Did I miss a thread somewhere?

*just being nosy :wink: *

I can help out. Check out the "Are you a heavy drinker?" thread in the Dancers Anonymous forum, starting on page 2. Not sure if it is mentioned anywhere else. :)

[salsachinita]

I can help out. Check out the "Are you a heavy drinker?" thread in the Dancers Anonymous forum, starting on page 2. Not sure if it is mentioned anywhere else. :)

Thanks :wink: ! Just read it :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Sagitta]

Anytime!! :) Glad to be of service!!! :D

[Vince A]

This such a "kewl" site . . . it always brings smiles to my face :) :D :wink:

[SwinginBoo]

The other night Bruce and I were on our way out the door of a Starbucks coffee house when they started playing the theme to Charlie Brown, which until then I had never realized what a great swing tune it is. So we dropped everything and started dancing right there! The people behind the counter started cracking up, but watched the whole thing. It was a lot of fun. :D

[DancingMommy]

How about this... In the mall outside the organ store... That guy was playing some fuky WCS and we started grooving... Tee hee hee. I hope we got them some business. :lol:

[ballroomboilergirl]

In the coffee lounge of a funeral home :shock: My aunt died about a month ago and I was out of town at her funeral two days before the Ohio Star Ball and thus I didn't get much time to practice with my partner and I was kinda freakin' out...my cousin, who also does ballroom, offered to help me practice since she can do a pretty decent lead. We ended up doing the Quickstep down the length of the lounge :lol: Ok, so it isn't as interesting as Vince's sexcapades, er, ESCAPADES with the nudists, but then again we all can't have sordid pasts like Dance Mentor and Vince :wink:

[MNswing]

Johnny Rockets at the Mall of America - videotaped

Gas Stations while pumping gas... regularly and recorded on video

Parking lot of one of those walk-up and order Dairy Queen restaraunt.

Mel's Diner in Upper Michigan - also on video

I try to make lindy-bombing a regular occurance :D

[Sagitta]

Aha!! So it is you on those video clips on the website!! :)

[MNswing]

:oops: sad, but true... that was a while ago... i would like to think i've gotten better :oops:

[Sockhopper]

I lindy-hopped in Vatican Square on New Year's Eve of the millenium, with fireworks raining down, the Pope giving a speech, Italy's top band playing in the piazza (paid for by the church), and with half a million people drinking champagne from the real wine glasses they'd brought with them in their jackets' pockets.

Four days later, in a Mithraic temple (2000 years ago), 3 levels beneath Rome, at the stone-benched room where members of this cult slaughtered bulls and then drank their blood.

[pygmalion]

Wow! That sounds so cool. 8) Welcome to the forums, Sockhopper. :D

[d nice]

3000 miles high over the Atlantic ocean.

[SDsalsaguy]

Thanks for reminding me d nice, I'd forgot about the airplane thing! I've practiced rib isolations and hip setles, etc. -- while most others were sleeping, at 3am -- somewhere on the way to England!

[HothouseSalsero]

I had a salsa practice partner who was a pred-med. student. We used to sometimes practice in a chemistry lab at the college where she was studying.

[pygmalion]

Hi HothouseSalsero! Welcome to the forums! :D

[Dancegal]

Pier 1 Imports - did WCS - yes, making sure I stayed in my slot (imagine narrow aisles filled with breakables) :lol: ...........

[salsachinita]

I danced at a Art & Craft Market last Sat morning :D !

It was at a stall that sells salsa clothing; the guy who owns it is a regular local salsero (who always asked me to dance, even though I have a hard time following him every time).

So we danced, in the middle of a crowded market stall. I was doing my best while battling with my non-salsa-friendly shoes :shock: !

I must say it was great fun though 8) .......very fitting during the Bacardi fever!

[zfazel]

Strangest place?hmmmmm, well.....I do have to say many come to mind.... :lol: But my favorite is dancing in the kitchen of a hotel, for the kitchen crew, before we went on stage. Come to think of it, they were a more fun audience anyway.

[Jmatthew]

Some street musician was playing swingable toons in the middle of Portland's Saturday Market one afternoon, so of course we had to stop and dance for a few songs, which of course quadrupled the number of people paying attention to the street musician. :)

[SDsalsaguy]

Welcome to the Forums Jmatthew! :D

[SDsalsaguy]

OK, I've now got one more to add to my list... outdoor concrete basketball court in the middle of the night! :D

[salsachinita]

OK, I've now got one more to add to my list... outdoor concrete basketball court in the middle of the night! :D

:shock: Did you just do that tonight :shock: ?

8) !

[SDsalsaguy]

OK, I've now got one more to add to my list... outdoor concrete basketball court in the middle of the night! :D

:shock: Did you just do that tonight :shock: ?

8) !
Nope, it was Thursday night! :D

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

Would, in the bathroom while brushing teeth, constitute a strange place? 8)

[SDsalsaguy]

Would, in the bathroom while brushing teeth, constitute a strange place? 8)
You mean there are people here who don't do this??? :shock:

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

Would, in the bathroom while brushing teeth, constitute a strange place? 8)
You mean there are people here who don't do this??? :shock:

Hmm... I´m not sure but I think so... :?

I once heard that some people think it´s a little dangerous by the tub on a slippery floor. Can you imagine? :wink: :wink:

[dancin_feet]

I've danced Mambo in an Irish pub!

[cocodrilo]

One of the most fun places I danced was at the "Mextravaganza", a huge all-day/night musical event in Cabo San Lucas two summers ago. A fabulous group "Ozomatli" came on and I just started to salsa! Some guy grabbed my hand and we started dancing together! The place was a dirt field and the dust storm we created was hilarious!

[Pacion]

I danced at a Art & Craft Market last Sat morning :D !

It was at a stall that sells salsa clothing; the guy who owns it is a regular local salsero (who always asked me to dance, even though I have a hard time following him every time).

So we danced, in the middle of a crowded market stall. I was doing my best while battling with my non-salsa-friendly shoes :shock: !

I must say it was great fun though 8) .......very fitting during the Bacardi fever!

Whilst not the strangest place, one of the nicest places I have danced salsachinita is at Darling Harbour (Sydney)! Darling Harbour is just that, a harbour and with hugh sidewalk type thingys. It also has various shops/restaurants along in. When I was there, there was the Bacardi festival and one or two other events I think, but don't remember exactly :roll: (There was a party at one of the venues at Darling Harbour but it was packed. You could hear the music from outside. My friends and I sat outside and danced there instead :D )

That is one of the best experiences I have had because until then, I had never danced in an open space, warm air (moonlight sky) like that :wink: Yes, like some of you, I have danced in the street, :D but there was just something about Darling Harbour sigh

[cocodrilo]

Wow! That harbor in Sydney sounds cool!
Just last summer, a bunch of us local salseras got together for a BBQ at a local park. One of the guys brought a boom box and we cranked the salsa tunes. We were all dancing, in sandals, dust flying, with stunned Japanese picnic goers viewing with mouths agape! Particularly memorable was doing the "Mayonnaise Dance" & "La Bomba". What a hoot!

[Bronzestudent]

This will not compare to some of the more exotic tales I read about, but my colllege Social Dancing classes were taught in the Applied Science building, and if we were still dancing during class change, the biology or chemistry or whatever class next door would look in on us. You could almost read the envy on their face "I'm sitting through a lecture on the ecosystem, and these folks are dancing!"

That, and a new Mexican restaurant opened up in my hometown, and I was eating with a friend, and there was this nutty group of Mexican singers going to EVERY table and singing crazy songs, like "Kung-Fu Fighting" or whatever in Spanish. I knew they'd come to my table eventually, so I said to the guy, "Play a Mambo, I want to dance with one of these beautiful Ladies!" So I danced with the girl that had the tamborine, and my friend I was eating with shook the tamborine! It was fun, and she was a pretty good dancer!

[pygmalion]

LOL. I'm glad you didn't try dancing to Kung Fu Fighting. What is that anyway? Some kind of swing? LOL.

[Bronzestudent]

LOL. I'm glad you didn't try dancing to Kung Fu Fighting. What is that anyway? Some kind of swing? LOL.

That was some 70's song (I think 70's), Tom Jones sings it (the "Sex Bomb" guy).

It goes "everybody was kung fu fighting those kids were fast as lightning" that's all I remember!!

I hope I'm not the only one here that remembers that song!! :wink:

[pygmalion]

Sorry to say, I remember it. Hopeless lyrics. My brother had a copy of the 45. Yes, a 45 rpm vinyl record. Those were the days. I don't remember the name of the original group -- Tom Jones did (IMHO) a much more interesting cover version.

Maybe I should google. Oh yeah, I think I'll google. :lol: 8)

[pygmalion]

Artist? Carl Douglas. Like who would have remembered that? Yeesh.

Lyrics? Just for the heck of it.

Kung Fu Fighting
Carl Douglas

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

They were funky China men from funky Chinatown
They were chopping them up and they were chopping them down
It's an ancient Chineese art and everybody knew their part
From a feint into a slip, and kicking from the hip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they fought with expert timing

There was funky Billy Chin and little Sammy Chung
He said here comes the big boss, lets get it on
We took a bow and made a stand, started swinging with the hand
The sudden motion made me skip now we're into a brand knew trip

Everybody was kung-fu fighting
Those cats were fast as lightning
In fact it was a little bit frightning
But they did it with expert timing

(repeat)..make sure you have expert timing
Kung-fu fighting, had to be fast as lightning

[pygmalion]

Did I mention that I was raised on Tom Jones? My big sisters (grown when I was born) were IN LOVE with him and Englebert Humperdink. Sick, sick girls. LOL. I always preferred Tom Jones. That guy has sex appeal -- even now, when he's a relatively old guy. Yup. He knows how to wrap his voice around some soulful lyrics. Not bad, for a guy from Wales. 8)

[salsachinita]

Did I mention that I was raised on Tom Jones?...... That guy has sex appeal -- even now, when he's a relatively old guy.

:lol: You wouldn't believe it, Jenn. My all-time favourite salsa partner (the 'gangsta' smooth dude.....see my post "What crazy/funny outfits have you ever worn to go dancing?")'s dad is the Chilean version of Tom Jones :shock: ...still knocking around the clubs with the rest of us...... 8) !

[salsachinita]

Whilst not the strangest place, one of the nicest places I have danced salsachinita is at Darling Harbour (Sydney)! .......That is one of the best experiences I have had because until then, I had never danced in an open space, warm air (moonlight sky) like that :wink: Yes, like some of you, I have danced in the street, :D but there was just something about Darling Harbour sigh

Sorry I got to this post so late, Pacion!

When did you visit Sydney......? I have been going to Bacardi at Darling Harbour for the last 3 years.......always had a blast.... :D !

I swear, ever time I go there I meet sooooooo many people....!

Maybe we were both there without knowing it :shock: ........wouldn't it be weird.......?

[Christina75]

When swing dancing became so popular a few years back, every club in Atlanta felt the need to start a "swing night". Before it was all over, I had danced in a fetish club, a sushi bar, and a 24-hour club frequented by bikers and strippers. LOL

2 stories about fun but odd dancing situations:

Some friends and I went to see Jerry Lee Lewis when he was playing a big Country dance club in Atlanta. A dozen kids with greased hair and two-toned shoes doing swing moves on a floor full of hundreds of cowboy hats and stetson boots!

About that same time, a bunch of us went to Athens, GA for a concert and during the opening act, the entire downtown area lost power. The opening act was a local Ska/Swing band and so even though they had no microphone for the lead singer, the horns and drums kept right on playing. With no lights or air conditioning, the venue opened the doors and we all spilled out onto the sidewalks to dance. It gave the local college kids something stare at as they milled around in the dark. :-D

Christina

[TemptressToo]

In Waffle House...to some Elvis song. :)

[borikensalsero]

The LIE (Long Island Expressway) on the way home from a night of salsa. Pulled over near exit 50 and busted into a 2 couple party of our own. :banana: :banana: :banana:

[salsachinita]

The LIE (Long Island Expressway) on the way home from a night of salsa. Pulled over near exit 50 and busted into a 2 couple party of our own. :banana: :banana: :banana:

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
:notworth: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth: :notworth:

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

Yesterday evening I danced in the park beside a giraffe.

[Sabor]

Yesterday evening I danced in the park beside a giraffe.

:lol: made u feel pretty short huh :D

[MapleLeaf Salsero]

Yesterday evening I danced in the park beside a giraffe.

:lol: made u feel pretty short huh :D

LOL! Yeah Sabor, you could say that. :D

[salsachinita]

Every summer we have this Zoo Twilights on weekends where bands play from 6-10pm, at the zoo. At least two of these would be salsa, and we've always joked about fetching a couple of gorillas or chimps to dance with :wink: !

I guess giraffes would be all legs...... :lol:

[SDsalsaguy]

I guess giraffes would be all legs...... :lol:
better than all hands though, right? :wink:

[missy_xx]

I know I'm very late with a response, but I have danced at a very strange place this morning. I had a doctorsappointment and we were waiting for a long time all ready. Then my boyfriend (who is a salsero too) and I heard salsa music. Since it clearly was going to take some more time before we were gonna get called in we started to dance. And salsa music kept on playing (some kind of radio programm was on so: 1 hour of salsa) so we did some salsa, merengue, mambo and even bachata for 45 minutes. I really didn't care about all the people watching, while I'm normally very shy. The doctor is settled in a hospital so there was enough space. It was really fun and we got a big applause.

[DancePoet]

Way to go Missy!

I was in the Fanuel Hall Market Place back before the holidays last year. Unfortunately it was just me and no one else to dance with. I probably knew enough Rumba and Cha-Cha that if I had some one to dance with we could have had some fun dancing to some music being played by two guys with a guitar and bongo drums. Great stuff! Bought a CD!

Actually danced a basic rumba in an art museum last summer with my most recent girlfriend. It was fun and sweet. Unfortunately, she never really took to the dancing, and now the relationship has been over for a few weeks. (Although dancing didn't seem to be an issue, I now hope to find some one who is at least open to dancing, but after I have spent some time recovering.)

Not sure anyone can top Vince's experience for strangeness, and frankly, I'm not sure I'd even try!

[squirrel]

:( Sorry to hear about the break up with your girl, DancePoet... hope you are ok! And I'm sure you'll find a dancer next time! :D

[MacMoto]

You know, I'd love to dance somewhere strange if an opportunity comes my way. It's one of those things you've got to do before you are 80, isn't it? Of course, being a salsa dancer who doesn't know how to dance to any other type of music (well, other than merengue, cha cha and bachata) limits your opportunity somewhat.

Some of my salsa pals were in a car playing a salsa CD on the way back from a good night, and when their favourite song came on, they just couldn't resist stopping the car, bursting out and dancing on the street (you can see some photos of this at http://www.salsaholics.co.uk/pics/200404/index.html). I wasn't there... :(

Then there was dancing in a waiting room at Barcelona Airport. I was there but my knee was swallen and I couldn't walk, never mind dance :(

[Lita_rulez]

Strangest place ?

Well, I would not call the beach a strange place, since we actualy had come for this.

The barge a few hundred yards from the beach, just floating away on the ocean was quite peculiar.

During my time in LA for the congress we went to the alley (that funy mexican street down town where everything is "cheaper") and after not even a quarter of a block, we passed in front of a shop playing salsa. Well obviously, a friend of mine grabed one of the girl and started dancing with her right there in front of the shop. The owner then came out and danced a bit with her, then 2 other guys came in and stole her from one another.
Before you know it, there was an 8 couple rueda in the middle of the alley ! Great souvenir (and I actually caught that one on tape ;) )

But I believe the most bewildered looks I ever got was someplace where there actually was no music :shock:

In the airport in NYC while waiting for a connecting flight, a few bewildered looks, but hey, there were like 40 something salseros around, so no big scary looks.

Then once, coming out of a lesson, there were 4 couples of us waiting for the metro, 10PM (so still a lot of people around)
The metro was not coming, we were all in a good mood, talking about salsa, as usual, and where we had danced, where we had not...
Someone just said " I've never done it in the metro"
Of course someone (not me, I swear you honour, I'm inocent) had to burst out and say "then let's !"
And there you go, four couples lost in a rueda with no music playing whatsoever on the metro peer...

(we actualy tried to keep dancing inside the metro, but way to much people... which is a good thing, caus I believe it moves so much we would have fallen down anyways !)

[MacMoto]

Then once, coming out of a lesson, there were 4 couples of us waiting for the metro, 10PM (so still a lot of people around)
The metro was not coming, we were all in a good mood, talking about salsa, as usual, and where we had danced, where we had not...
Someone just said " I've never done it in the metro"
Of course someone (not me, I swear you honour, I'm inocent) had to burst out and say "then let's !"
And there you go, four couples lost in a rueda with no music playing whatsoever on the metro peer...
:!: Why didn't I think of that when I was in London, waiting for a tube train with 6 other salsa dancers!? (I must say I prefer having music to go with dancing though...)

[DancePoet]

Squirrel: Thanks for your kind words! I'm doing well. Progressing throught the stages of grief to the best of my ability. Just letting it happen, and not fighting it. Such situations are never easy. Thanks again!

[MacMoto]

You know, I'd love to dance somewhere strange if an opportunity comes my way. It's one of those things you've got to do before you are 80, isn't it?
Okay I've danced salsa barefoot in a cafe :D -- but it doesn't really count as a particularly strange place since it was inside the UK congress venue, with salsa music blasting in the hall all day and night. The people working at the place seemed to think it was amusing anyway, and I enjoyed it too :wink: (even though it made my sore feet worse -- dancing LA style barefoot on concrete floor is not the most sensible thing to do after 5 workshops :roll:).

[Sagitta]

I danced my first salsa dance, with no one else on the dance floor, in a night club, to jazz music which pretended to be latin, barefoot. I asked a friend to dance and as we were dancing she challenged me and while dancing I kicked of my sandals. They went flying off and luckily no one was hurt.

[motardmom]

I found myself doing the samba - alone - in the aisles of the department store about an hour ago. The music was soooo gooooooood! :banana: I just couldn't help it! I tried to keep from getting too far into it, people were starting to watch the white girl shaking her tushie in the store. :?: :shock: :?: It's bad enough when I look so different than everyone else, it just compounds it when I start dancing. Really draws attention to myself. :roll: :lol:

[Swingolder]

My last class reunion! That probably doesn't sound too strange to everyone else, but having been to many previous reunions and only sat and watched others while wishing I could get up and dance too, this reunion was different. My dh and I have been taking lessons for a couple years so we were among the dancers!

Now everywhere I dance - weddings, concerts, and reunions - is strange and wonderful because I never dreamed I'd be doing it.

[Lita_rulez]

Almost got another one this week end : a chocolat store. We were browsing through the wonderfull different flavours, when suddenly the latest marc Anthony poped on the radio. I know MA is not the absolute sonero, but some of the work he has done on his latest album really moves me.

I grabed the girl I was with and asked her to dance, but she argued that putting our huge bags down, taking our 3 layers of jackets and sweater off in the midle of a tiny chocolate store to dance around amongts the incoming croud of customers would not be a very good idea, and the moment was gone.

Besides, she was right...

But still...

[tacad]

Nowhere strange.

[Sagitta]

I danced outside a club/bar tonight. I wanted to dance inside as well but no-one would dance with me. :cry: Outside they were standing and so half the battle was already won. :wink: :)

[amrimi]

In the summer I dance regularly with my best friend on her roof top. Actually it's not supposed to be walked on because evenso its a flat roof it's still tilted with no raillings around it and her house has 4 floors.


Everytime I have to wait for a bus I practise new steps at the busstop.

[pygmalion]

Dancing on the roof sounds really fun. Too bad mine is at a pretty ugly slant. I can just see it now -- a nice cross body lead, right off the side of the house. Ouch! :lol: :lol:

[Sabor]

LOL!.. or if u are on a big boat or something.. and the same happens.. 'Salsera Overboard!'.. ok NEXT.. :lol:

[motardmom]

I teach high school and have done some very basic tap dancing.

Tacad's story reminds me....

I was a senior in high school. Everybody knew I danced C&W. Even the teacher. We were studying something, I can't even remember how this all tied together, it seems like it was a U.S. something-or-other class. Anyhoo... He wanted to demonstrate the swing (I can't remember how it was pertinent to class, but whatever) and I got drafted to dance with my teacher in front of class.

He wasn't a bad dancer. But it was kind of un-cool to be dancing with my teacher. :lol: (I remember this particular teacher looked like an overgrown leprechaun and was kinda geeky. Definitely not one of the "cool" teachers. LOL)

[jenn]

i did a salsa dance for my 4th grade students recently (by request). they loved it!!! i ve never danced for my students before, and now, they all want to learn salsa! :D

the other interesting place ive danced was while waiting in the lines at magic mountain. i went with a bunch of salsero friends to MM and danced to no music while we waited in lines. needless to say, people were staring! :D
it was fun. 8)


...and oh, ive also danced on my treadmill. :lol:

[Sagitta]

i did a salsa dance for my 4th grade students recently (by request). they loved it!!! i ve never danced for my students before, and now, they all want to learn salsa! :D

the other interesting place ive danced was while waiting in the lines at magic mountain. i went with a bunch of salsero friends to MM and danced to no music while we waited in lines. needless to say, people were staring! :D
it was fun. 8)

...and oh, ive also danced on my treadmill. :lol:

There goes. This can be the extar curricular activity that you supervise. From waht i knwo teachers usually do something extra in addition to just teaching....

[jenn]

i taught my students the basic to salsa and cha cha and they cant get enough!
yes, students need a break from the daily routine once in a while to have some (different kind of) fun! 8)

[amrimi]

In the summer I dance regularly with my best friend on her roof top. Actually it's not supposed to be walked on because evenso its a flat roof it's still tilted with no raillings around it and her house has 4 floors.


Everytime I have to wait for a bus I practise new steps at the busstop.

The picture of my avatar was shot while dancing on her roof

[dTas]

i love dancing outdoors, its just hard finding good music and wearing the proper attire...

how about:
Foxtrot at night on the Vegas strip infront of the Bellagio!! that was GREAT!Salsa at Seattle Center fountain at night after a Marc Anthony concert. :)
Waltz on the top deck of a ferry going across Puget Sound.
Samba in the middle of a shoping mall.

[fascination]

hotel laundry room....gotta practice man

[Axle16th]

swimming pool.......... strange yes but i find myself trying to salsa there some of the times. It's actually nice and fun.....

[swingsparkle]

In the middle of the street during a rain storm in New Orleans. drunk

[Medira]

The strangest was probably on the platform in the art studio during breaks when I used to model. I dance pretty much anywhere though.

[Twilight_Elena]

At school, during breaks, I think. But when Helep gets back, we're gonna dance our arses off at the airport! ;)

Twilight Elena

[Zhena]

Last summer my husband and I went on a 15-day whitewater rafting trip in the Grand Canyon. The trip included a string quartet. The music part of the trip was organized by a violinist who loves the canyon and loves string quartets. If my memory is correct, this was the 17th trip he had been on. Most of the music he brought was traditional classical stuff, but one morning after breakfast they played some lighter pieces that were danceable. There was a big stretch of nice moist firm sand (the river level fluctuates daily, and it was low tide that morning), so we danced a tango, foxtrot and east coast swing. After the tango we looked back at our tracks in the sand, and they looked very strange! Another evening they played the tango again, as well as a west coast swing and a rumba. At that site the sand was dry and had been walked all over, so it was more lumpy. I was amused to see our slot for west coast was very well defined at the end of the dance.

This was an incredible experience because
(1) We were in the Grand Canyon. If you've seen it from above, you know that pictures can't capture its beauty, but the view from above can't begin to compare with what you see at the bottom. Every hour of every day we were surrounded by unbelievable vistas. There is nothing like it in the world.
(2) We had wonderful music played by musicians who loved what they were playing. Live music always has its own special magic.
(3) The musicians were playing for us to dance. It wasn't a dance venue where we showed up with lots of other people -- there was just us and the music.

The violinist told us many people on previous trips had tried to tango when they played that piece of music, but we were the first who actually looked like we knew what we were doing.

I will never forget it....

[fascination]

hotel laundry room

[dgcasey]

Standing in line at Panda Express. Hey, the showcase was coming up and I still needed to familiarize myself with a couple of variations. ;)

[SlowDancer]

Grocery store. Sometimes the store where I shop will play a good rumba or chacha over the Muzak system, and I'll dance all by myself down the aisles. I don't like grocery shopping but a good tune to dance to makes it bearable.

[NielsenE]

Arches national park

And the strangest I've seen, not done, was a couple dancing on top of MIT's Great Dome one evening around midnight... I was with an astronomy class on the roof of another building when suddenly we heard music, looked around and saw a couple dancing (tango as it turns out, though I didn't know the dances at the time) on the dome....

[chandra]

A sushi bar? An airport?
Lots of clothing shops (Swing Diego is coming up again! So excited)
-Amy

[Marko]

While crossing the road after the dance class. You just have that mood when you just don't want to stop dancing... and don't care about anything else.

[MacMoto]

On planes. I get a lot of joint pains being strapped up in the seat, so when the seatbelt sign is turned off, I go to the back of the plane, do stretches, work on body isolations and throw in some shines to loosen up.

[Twilight_Elena]

Arches national park

And the strangest I've seen, not done, was a couple dancing on top of MIT's Great Dome one evening around midnight... I was with an astronomy class on the roof of another building when suddenly we heard music, looked around and saw a couple dancing (tango as it turns out, though I didn't know the dances at the time) on the dome....

Stranger things have happened on the Dome. :p

T_E

[samina]

Stranger things have happened on the Dome. :p

T_E

:raisebro: :raisebro: :raisebro:

[samina]

hmm. no strange dancing venues to report. suchanewb.

something to work on over the holidays, perhaps. lol

[Terpsichorean Clod]

Office - The carpet had just been soaped. It won't happen for another 6 months. :mad:

[Terpsichorean Clod]

Last summer my husband and I went on a 15-day whitewater rafting trip in the Grand Canyon. The trip included a string quartet. The music part of the trip was organized by a violinist who loves the canyon and loves string quartets. If my memory is correct, this was the 17th trip he had been on. Most of the music he brought was traditional classical stuff, but one morning after breakfast they played some lighter pieces that were danceable. There was a big stretch of nice moist firm sand (the river level fluctuates daily, and it was low tide that morning), so we danced a tango, foxtrot and east coast swing. After the tango we looked back at our tracks in the sand, and they looked very strange! Another evening they played the tango again, as well as a west coast swing and a rumba. At that site the sand was dry and had been walked all over, so it was more lumpy. I was amused to see our slot for west coast was very well defined at the end of the dance.

This was an incredible experience because
(1) We were in the Grand Canyon. If you've seen it from above, you know that pictures can't capture its beauty, but the view from above can't begin to compare with what you see at the bottom. Every hour of every day we were surrounded by unbelievable vistas. There is nothing like it in the world.
(2) We had wonderful music played by musicians who loved what they were playing. Live music always has its own special magic.
(3) The musicians were playing for us to dance. It wasn't a dance venue where we showed up with lots of other people -- there was just us and the music.

The violinist told us many people on previous trips had tried to tango when they played that piece of music, but we were the first who actually looked like we knew what we were doing.

I will never forget it....
:wondering about the music instruments: :shock: Waterproof cases, perhaps?

[Zhena]

:wondering about the music instruments: :shock: Waterproof cases, perhaps?
Drybags inside very large cooler for violins and viola, drybag strapped on top of cooler for cello. In addition, the cello was not wood, but a new composite material that is not sensitive to moisture or ambient heat. The instrument raft was rowed by one of the more experienced guides. (Only one raft, rowed by a relative novice, flipped during the whole trip.)
I was on the instrument raft the first morning of the trip and was scared stiff of landing on top of the cello during bumpy parts (I didn't have my "sealegs" yet).

[Anna]

Wow. When I used to play the cello, the main problem was keeping it from drying out in the winter. I never had to deal with the opposite problem!

[Anna]

I guess my weirdest place is a singles squash court. Small beans compared to some of the stories here!

[Twilight_Elena]

:raisebro: :raisebro: :raisebro:

There's some sort of running joke about the MIT Dome. Google it and you shall see. I happened to run across this fact while drooling over MIT's webpage. (I can only hope that one day I'll be able to study there).

T_E

[Zhena]

Wow. When I used to play the cello, the main problem was keeping it from drying out in the winter. I never had to deal with the opposite problem!
There was also the problem of rain, which ended a couple of the concerts. When it started to sprinkle during one concert, they had a guide hold a large umbrella over the musicians. At that point I stopped listening to the music, because I was fascinated at his ability to hold the umbrella in his ourstretched arms for minute after minute. Rowing evidently was very good for him! It eventually started raining harder and the musicians gave up before the guide did.

[samina]

There's some sort of running joke about the MIT Dome. Google it and you shall see. I happened to run across this fact while drooling over MIT's webpage. (I can only hope that one day I'll be able to study there).

T_E

now how on earth did they get a fire truck up there??? :shock:

it would be lovely to see photos of people dancing up there...

[Terpsichorean Clod]

Drybags inside very large cooler for violins and viola, drybag strapped on top of cooler for cello. In addition, the cello was not wood, but a new composite material that is not sensitive to moisture or ambient heat. The instrument raft was rowed by one of the more experienced guides. (Only one raft, rowed by a relative novice, flipped during the whole trip.)
I was on the instrument raft the first morning of the trip and was scared stiff of landing on top of the cello during bumpy parts (I didn't have my "sealegs" yet).
:shock: I would soooo not want to be responsible for the instrument raft.

[Terpsichorean Clod]

Wow. When I used to play the cello, the main problem was keeping it from drying out in the winter. I never had to deal with the opposite problem!
Reminds me of one summer at orchestra camp. My section was rehearsing outside and there wasn't enough room for me to fit into the shade with everyone else. My violin got pretty sticky. :shock:

[chandra]

Engineers and college campuses have all sorts of interesting traditions. Check out UBCs triangle (which is regulairly NOT a triangle anymore), and the VW bug thats been ABSOLUTELY everywhere.

[Zhena]

Bump for DP ....