Disco!
When I think of disco, I think of this:
I think of leisure suits, hands pointing towards the sky and John Travolta. That's just one more difference with these English languages. Here, a disco is a dance, like an event rather than a step. There was a disco at school tonight and when they asked for volunteers to help chaperone, well, I couldn't resist.
When Sarah Jessica Parker started at a new school in the beginning of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," that fabulous 80s dance movie, she stood shyly in front of the classroom as the teacher encouraged her to introduce herself. She talked about being an army brat and how she had moved around a lot. The teacher encouraged her to share her hobbies. She simply said, "I love to dance." From the first time I watched the film, probably twenty years ago, it had me from the get-go. I LOVE to dance. I've never taken lessons, I'm certainly not a professional in any sense of the word, but if there is a beat, I have a hard time not moving to it.
Tonight, I got to join in with the middle schoolers at a dance for the first time since I was in middle school. I used to live for those dances in the Highlands Day School gym with Mr. Mac, the science teacher, as our DJ. We danced a lot, loving all of the line dances, and of course the girls stood on one side of the room watching as the boys gathered in a group on the other side of the room. We were thrilled to dress up, let our hair down and wear a bit of make-up. It was the social event of the season!
Things haven't changed.... We did the YMCA and the Macerena (which I remember doing at my 13th birthday party). The kids joined in with the popular dance song of the day, "Gangnam Style." The girls chased the boys around while the boys played games of tag. The only real difference is that kids now have mobile phones.
Otherwise, middle school dances are just the same, and I think I had just as much fun as I had almost twenty years ago. :)
I think of leisure suits, hands pointing towards the sky and John Travolta. That's just one more difference with these English languages. Here, a disco is a dance, like an event rather than a step. There was a disco at school tonight and when they asked for volunteers to help chaperone, well, I couldn't resist.
When Sarah Jessica Parker started at a new school in the beginning of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," that fabulous 80s dance movie, she stood shyly in front of the classroom as the teacher encouraged her to introduce herself. She talked about being an army brat and how she had moved around a lot. The teacher encouraged her to share her hobbies. She simply said, "I love to dance." From the first time I watched the film, probably twenty years ago, it had me from the get-go. I LOVE to dance. I've never taken lessons, I'm certainly not a professional in any sense of the word, but if there is a beat, I have a hard time not moving to it.
Tonight, I got to join in with the middle schoolers at a dance for the first time since I was in middle school. I used to live for those dances in the Highlands Day School gym with Mr. Mac, the science teacher, as our DJ. We danced a lot, loving all of the line dances, and of course the girls stood on one side of the room watching as the boys gathered in a group on the other side of the room. We were thrilled to dress up, let our hair down and wear a bit of make-up. It was the social event of the season!
Things haven't changed.... We did the YMCA and the Macerena (which I remember doing at my 13th birthday party). The kids joined in with the popular dance song of the day, "Gangnam Style." The girls chased the boys around while the boys played games of tag. The only real difference is that kids now have mobile phones.
Otherwise, middle school dances are just the same, and I think I had just as much fun as I had almost twenty years ago. :)
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