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John S
19th-April-2002, 03:31 PM
What's the strangest place anyone has danced Ceroc?

Maybe it was somewhere totally inappropriate, or somewhere no-one expected it, or somewhere you soon wished you hadn't started, or whatever.

For me, it was probably in Luxor this year at a wedding party in an Egyptian nightclub where no-one spoke any English but the music was eminently danceable to.

It was fine to begin with, dancing with my partner, but what I hadn't bargained for was the Egyptian custom of men dancing with other men (or possibly we were just in that kind of nightclub!):eek::o

Still, it worked out ok as I finished up dancing Ceroc with a very attractive (and very female) belly-dancer.:rolleyes: ;)

Fox
19th-April-2002, 10:32 PM
Hi John

Strangely enuff, Allison and I were also at Luxor, they had a party on the cruise boat on the Nile....we danced our sox off, it wasn't ceroc though. Also we had a belly dancer with us too!!...small world huh??.

Luxor was good.....very friendly ppl.

Fox
~always odd~
~so any location really~

Bob
20th-April-2002, 01:19 AM
Similar idea, Cerocing on a evening cruise boat whilst on holiday celebrating my 40th birthday in Hawaii last year.

We started Cerocing at the edges of the boat during a 'freestyle' session whilst the 'official' dancers were taking a break, but were soon guided into the middle of the dance floor with a sizeable audience !

It seemed to go down very well...

Twenty minutes later though, the 'official' dancers were back on stage - and guess who was 'invited' up as a 'volunteer' (thankfully, amongst others !) from the audience to dance the 'hula' ?
:)

Yes, you've guessed it....at least I can now say that I took part in a 'hula' dance with some Hawaiian ladies...

Marvellous...and all thanks to Ceroc.

Keep swinging those hips...

Regards,

Bob

filthycute
21st-April-2002, 01:54 AM
I think the strangest place i ever danced was outside a pub in Edinburgh. We were waiting for ages!! to get in....we could hear the music, so just thought we'd dance anyway :D
We got some weird looks ...but a round of applause aswell :waycool:

filthycute x x

DaveD
21st-April-2002, 03:40 PM
Several strange places for me, but the best was again a boating experience - The Newcastle to Ijmuiden (Holland) "Ferry". Not so much a ferry, more a cruise liner with several bars and a dance floor with a live band. Nearly empty dance floor and had a great time - the funniest was watching other people afterward trying to copy the moves and failing miserably before resorting to the disco one step.

On the way back, the dance floor was totally empty, but it was a sever gale, which made dancing slightly more challenging as we didn't know if the floor was going to come up to meet us, or drop away! Still great fun, and as Bob said, all thanks to Ceroc!

Dave

John McAulay
6th-May-2002, 01:06 PM
Not a strange places but depressing.
I was going to New York with my pal steve for boys weekend,
drink, dance & baseball spent month talking about my upcoming trip to the big apple and my intention to ceroc dance in new york to any one who would listen.
I must have had all the people at the palace (blast from past) bored about this trip before I even left.
I had contacted the teacher in NY through the London office every detail was planned we were off.
In NY got taxi to venue it was not open, we were early.
Went next door for beer, went back outside for 7.15pm and found venue still closed but a good looking girl standing there.
I asked her If she was waiting for the ceroc class, she said she was the teacher and the Thursday class had been cancelled due to lack of numbers, as this was the first night of cancellation she had turned up to catch any one who did not listen in class.She also hoped we had not travelled far DO'H!

MartinHarper
24th-November-2004, 04:51 PM
Cool thread.

The best I can manage is rubbish in comparison - on the street immediately outside a freestyle. We'd decided to go home, and then a great song came on just as we stepped outside... couldn't waste the opportunity. :)

Will
24th-November-2004, 04:55 PM
What's the strangest place anyone has danced Ceroc?

Maybe it was somewhere totally inappropriate, or somewhere no-one expected it, or somewhere you soon wished you hadn't started, or whatever.

At a funeral?

Lynn
24th-November-2004, 05:00 PM
Cool thread. Also check out thread Where have you danced? (More unusual places) (http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3109)

Bangers & Mash
24th-November-2004, 05:28 PM
Newmarket Point to Point Ball - next to the bucking bronco machine :waycool:

latinlover
24th-November-2004, 05:35 PM
I ALMOST :tears: did it in a New York subway station-Madison Avenue, I think.
There was a fantastic band busking,and I was desperate,but Sue chickened out on the grounds of "not embarrassing the children" :sad:
she was probably right -they might have been irredeemably disturbed,- but how much more romantic could you get? :waycool:
next time maybe :drool:

Trish
24th-November-2004, 05:44 PM
At work outside Rachel's office.

In the pub car park

In the car park at work

In fact various car parks at various times (mainly after freestyle while talking to my sister).

On a giant speaker in a nightclub in Ibiza with my sister and my cousin (I was 18 and very drunk at the time - before my more sober Ceroc days - I can't drink and Jive!)

drathzel
24th-November-2004, 06:27 PM
Ok i think the oddest for me was at a shopping centre (ok it was a busk) but i am only new to this! Anyone who wants to take me dancing in odd places is more than welcome!!

I have noticed however that ceroc-ers do tend to just randomly dance! I think its great but i never get to dance in the places that i want to! ie when shopping and a great song comes on!!!

ASDA!!!!! i would love to ceroc in the middle of asda!!! oh idea for a busk maybe!!! :rofl: :rofl:
:hug:

Lynn
24th-November-2004, 06:45 PM
I think its great but i never get to dance in the places that i want to! ie when shopping and a great song comes on!!!

ASDA!!!!! i would love to ceroc in the middle of asda!!! They played 'Spooky' in Sainsburys the other week - but I was there by myself - had to do some dramatic moves and pauses with the shopping trolley instead! :rofl:

drathzel
24th-November-2004, 07:12 PM
They played 'Spooky' in Sainsburys the other week - but I was there by myself - had to do some dramatic moves and pauses with the shopping trolley instead! :rofl:


I've done that one too! you get so many odd looks! Especially when you are by yourself!!! I reckon we should try it at 3 o clock in the morning in the 24hr tescos at Knocknagony (?)
:hug:

BeeBee
24th-November-2004, 07:23 PM
I've done that one too! you get so many odd looks! Especially when you are by yourself!!! I reckon we should try it at 3 o clock in the morning in the 24hr tescos at Knocknagony (?)
:hug:

I've went to Asda after a Ceroc night and found myself grooving in the aisles with my trolley. Only blessing perhaps is that it was mainly just the nightshift that witnessed it, and having done nightshift before, I know that seeing some bird dancing in the aisles is the least worrying thing that goes on . . . :eek:

Bring on the Asda / Supermarket busk!! :)

Gojive
24th-November-2004, 08:33 PM
Oooh, what a great thread (and the other one Lynn :flower: ). I thought I was alone until now!....

The most magical ? - Open air, top deck (15th), of a Caribbean cruise liner in Jan this year (as Adam/Gordon will testify - shame about the slight drizzle in the end eh? :wink: ).

On that same cruise, my (ex) dance partner and I managed to dance on all 15 decks at some point :waycool: . We were even mistaken for being part of the ship's carnival one night for a few seconds :blush: . I understand Gordon has/had a video of that somewhere? :eek:

I've also danced on a Sienne dinner & dance (but no one else seemed willing until we did) cruise in Paris, in full DJ etc [:D]

In August this year, a friend and me danced to a street band in a square in Barcelona, seconds after getting off an open-top bus tour.

More recently (Sat), my current partner and I danced on broken plates in a Greek restaurant near Esher, Surrey - we had a smashing time! :yum: :wink:

ps, I love those who've danced in supermarket aisles :clap: :clap: . Must try that soon :D

baldrick
25th-November-2004, 01:12 AM
I've went to Asda after a Ceroc night and found myself grooving in the aisles with my trolley. Only blessing perhaps is that it was mainly just the nightshift that witnessed it, and having done nightshift before, I know that seeing some bird dancing in the aisles is the least worrying thing that goes on . . . :eek:

Bring on the Asda / Supermarket busk!! :)
All sounds soooo familiar. My ex used to hassle me for dancing in the aisles before i knew what ceroc is.
Lets busk baby, busk :D

Almost an Angel
25th-November-2004, 01:17 PM
Oddest place I've ever danced -

On the back of an articulated lorry last night during the Fleet Festivities. :waycool:
Luckily for us the lorry was stationary!!! :rofl:
Once you get over the fact you only have about 9 foot wide to dance in you get on fine. as long as you stay away from the edge. :eek:

They pedestrianise the High street when switching on the Xmas lights and we're part of the entertainment (you can take that any way you like). :wink:
So there we were last night having a lot of fun despite it being cold having been invited back for the second year (we had such fun last year too) :clap:

Angel xx

Alex Mitchell
25th-November-2004, 01:27 PM
Here are some of the odd loacations I have danced at over the years. On the beach in Pwhelli North Wales on a party weekender :waycool: . At the top of the Alps mountains whilst on a Skiing holiday and lastly on the steps at a Mavericks concert at the MEN Area Manchester many years ago.

drathzel
25th-November-2004, 02:59 PM
All sounds soooo familiar. My ex used to hassle me for dancing in the aisles before i knew what ceroc is.
Lets busk baby, busk :D

Or we could just hi-jack asda one night after ceroc, some one bring a cd player and we can give it large in the aisles!!!!

Bangers & Mash
25th-November-2004, 03:06 PM
Or we could just hi-jack asda one night after ceroc, some one bring a cd player and we can give it large in the aisles!!!!

Sounds like a good pulicity stunt - make it festive and become the Dancing Santas - mix in a little of your "inappropriate touching" and we've even got the asda pat on the bum :wink:

BeeBee
25th-November-2004, 03:07 PM
Or we could just hi-jack asda one night after ceroc, some one bring a cd player and we can give it large in the aisles!!!!


A kind of vigilante ceroc-ing . . . ? Which aisle would you favour the most? Baked beans? Frozen goods? :cool: Or by the tills for maximum impact? Whaddya think, where would you station yourself? :nice:

Beebs

Bangers & Mash
25th-November-2004, 03:10 PM
A kind of vigilante ceroc-ing . . . ? Which aisle would you favour the most? Baked beans? Frozen goods? :cool: Or by the tills for maximum impact? Whaddya think, where would you station yourself? :nice:

Beebs

In with the nuts and crackers :rofl:

or perhaps the twirls :blush:

BeeBee
25th-November-2004, 03:11 PM
In with the nuts and crackers :rofl:

or perhaps the twirls :blush:


Not the buns section then . . . :o

Bangers & Mash
25th-November-2004, 03:13 PM
Not the buns section then . . . :o

If it was Drath' it would have to be the sweets :wink:

BeeBee
25th-November-2004, 03:34 PM
If it was Drath' it would have to be the sweets :wink:

Drathers, are you blushing?! :o Pun-orama :)

BeeBee
25th-November-2004, 03:51 PM
All sounds soooo familiar. My ex used to hassle me for dancing in the aisles before i knew what ceroc is.
Lets busk baby, busk :D

The question is Balders, if you knew then what you know now, would you have danced in the aisles??? :waycool:

drathzel
25th-November-2004, 04:30 PM
A kind of vigilante ceroc-ing . . . ? Which aisle would you favour the most? Baked beans? Frozen goods? :cool: Or by the tills for maximum impact? Whaddya think, where would you station yourself? :nice:

Beebs

I reckon at the entrance!!! How many people could we scare away!!! :clap:

drathzel
25th-November-2004, 04:31 PM
If it was Drath' it would have to be the sweets :wink:

You really know how to make a woman :blush:

drathzel
25th-November-2004, 04:35 PM
The question is Balders, if you knew then what you know now, would you have danced in the aisles??? :waycool:

I'm sure he would!!! Once the rythym takes over him he loses control! :hug:

Yliander
25th-November-2004, 04:55 PM
I have 2 rather odd locations

middle of a semi major road @ 1am and yes we did have to move off the road for cars....

in the supermarket, mid day on a Saturday while shopping for dinner between workshops.... :blush:

BeeBee
25th-November-2004, 04:58 PM
in the supermarket, mid day on a Saturday while shopping for dinner between workshops.... :blush:


:worthy:

I waited until the shop was pretty empty . . . .but Saturday afternoon? That deserves a round of applause! :clap: :clap:

drathzel
25th-November-2004, 04:59 PM
in the supermarket, mid day on a Saturday while shopping for dinner between workshops.... :blush:


Oh... respect! Want to come to our asda coup?

BeeBee
25th-November-2004, 05:00 PM
Oh... respect! Want to come to our asda coup?

Erm, do they have Asdas in Perth, Australia? :confused: :nice:

drathzel
25th-November-2004, 05:04 PM
Erm, do they have Asdas in Perth, Australia? :confused: :nice:

Is asda not part of the walmart chain? I assume they might have something like that! We could dance at the same time across the two continents!!

or you could come and visit us and dance at asda!

BeeBee
25th-November-2004, 05:06 PM
[QUOTE=drathzel]Is asda not part of the walmart chain? I assume they might have something like that! We could dance at the same time across the two continents!!

I like the idea of a tandem coup - synchronise watches and all that . . .?!

drathzel
25th-November-2004, 05:09 PM
[QUOTE=drathzel]Is asda not part of the walmart chain? I assume they might have something like that! We could dance at the same time across the two continents!!

I like the idea of a tandem coup - synchronise watches and all that . . .?!

Woohoo! but how could you synchronise with someone so far away!!! I mean its not as though even on the phone you could say because the is a time delay!!!

DavidY
25th-November-2004, 07:47 PM
This sounds a lot like CJ's Pillow Fight Club... :eek: :eek:

Yliander
26th-November-2004, 05:52 AM
Erm, do they have Asdas in Perth, Australia? :confused: :nice: no we don't have Asdas in Perth, Australia - it was Coles - a big national chain here.


Is asda not part of the walmart chain? I assume they might have something like that! We could dance at the same time across the two continents!!

or you could come and visit us and dance at asda! this sounds like a riot of an idea - although think we should find a willing accomplice it NZ then we could make in 3 continents!!! might even be some sort of world record :rofl:

maybe there is some high tech clock/time website we could use to synchronise our watches :wink:

drathzel
26th-November-2004, 09:55 AM
no we don't have Asdas in Perth, Australia - it was Coles - a big national chain here.

this sounds like a riot of an idea - although think we should find a willing accomplice it NZ then we could make in 3 continents!!! might even be some sort of world record :rofl:

maybe there is some high tech clock/time website we could use to synchronise our watches :wink:

Oh sounds good! anyway it doesn;t have to be syncronised to the sec as i am sure we could dance for a few minutes without being kicked out! Or we could organise it with them!!

What do you think franck?

:hug:

Bangers & Mash
26th-November-2004, 10:15 AM
Oh sounds good! anyway it doesn;t have to be syncronised to the sec as i am sure we could dance for a few minutes without being kicked out! Or we could organise it with them!!

What do you think franck?

:hug:

Why not tie it in with a charity - for example BBC Children in Need and set the challenge to dance in the aisles in an ASDA in every country in the world simultaneously.

Get in touch with ASDA marketing department and ask for assistance in doing it. They will probably go for it if they get good publicity out of it and who knows it could be incorporated in ASDAs next advertising campaign.
:clap:

baldrick
26th-November-2004, 12:10 PM
The question is Balders, if you knew then what you know now, would you have danced in the aisles??? :waycool:
Oh yes indeedy, and probably have roped in a shelf stacker or two. :clap:


I'm sure he would!!! Once the rythym takes over him he loses control! :hug:
Hey come on, i may miss a catch or two but losing control? Thats being sympathetic to hijacking, you know. I only lose it properly when you Yo Yo me. :blush:
Lets try for the aisle dance :clap: Are we allowed to practice, or would that give them to much advance warning of our intentions? :cool:

bigdjiver
26th-November-2004, 01:17 PM
Another possibility for joint promotion for a new supermarket is during the build. There comes a point where the construction is complete, but the floor is bare, with no shop-fittings. A dance there, perhaps with charity associations, would be good pre-publicity for the Supermarket, and for MJ. The same idea could work for any new building that might want pre-opening publicity - eg an office that will be looking for staff, a new council facility.

Lynn
26th-November-2004, 01:48 PM
I've done that one too! you get so many odd looks! Especially when you are by yourself!!! I reckon we should try it at 3 o clock in the morning in the 24hr tescos at Knocknagony (?)
:hug: OK - so after the party on 29th Dec we could head to Knocknagoney! :rofl:

drathzel
26th-November-2004, 02:41 PM
OK - so after the party on 29th Dec we could head to Knocknagoney! :rofl:

All of us.... we could continue the party there!!!!!

:hug:

drathzel
26th-November-2004, 02:44 PM
Why not tie it in with a charity - for example BBC Children in Need and set the challenge to dance in the aisles in an ASDA in every country in the world simultaneously.

Get in touch with ASDA marketing department and ask for assistance in doing it. They will probably go for it if they get good publicity out of it and who knows it could be incorporated in ASDAs next advertising campaign.
:clap:

That sounds like a good idea but too much like hard work! But we could do it for a charity!!!

Baldrick, yes that would give them too much warning!!!

:hug:

BeeBee
26th-November-2004, 02:44 PM
no we don't have Asdas in Perth, Australia - it was Coles - a big national chain here.

this sounds like a riot of an idea - although think we should find a willing accomplice it NZ then we could make in 3 continents!!! might even be some sort of world record :rofl:

maybe there is some high tech clock/time website we could use to synchronise our watches :wink:


I'm up for it if anyone else is!!!! :clap:

drathzel
26th-November-2004, 02:45 PM
I'm up for it if anyone else is!!!! :clap:

Me me me but i think we have established that already!!! :hug:

Gojive
27th-November-2004, 03:03 PM
Oooh, the idea of dancing in a supermarket aisle sounds grrrrreat to me!. So what would we dance in the tinned food aisle?.....the can can? :na:

Or maybe in the home bakery section, we could do the shelled waltz, or the tango in the drinks section?....how about the nesquick step?.....ok, ok, I'm obviously off my trolly :yum:

Seriously though, I think the idea of a trans-continental sychronised MJ event for charity is a brilliant idea :clap: .

Put me down for it!

drathzel
28th-November-2004, 09:18 PM
Oooh, the idea of dancing in a supermarket aisle sounds grrrrreat to me!. So what would we dance in the tinned food aisle?.....the can can? :na:

Or maybe in the home bakery section, we could do the shelled waltz, or the tango in the drinks section?....how about the nesquick step?.....ok, ok, I'm obviously off my trolly :yum:

Seriously though, I think the idea of a trans-continental sychronised MJ event for charity is a brilliant idea :clap: .

Put me down for it!

Woohoo I think we should go ahead with this. It could be so much fun!!

Lou
23rd-April-2005, 03:34 PM
Digging up an old thread - but wish me luck, as I'm planning to go to the New York class tonight.... :wink: Anyone know anybody there?

ElaineB
23rd-April-2005, 04:22 PM
Digging up an old thread - but wish me luck, as I'm planning to go to the New York class tonight.... :wink: Anyone know anybody there?

Place name dropper!! :rofl:

Elaine (raining in Bristol!)

Lou
24th-April-2005, 07:44 PM
Place name dropper!! :rofl:

Elaine (raining in Bristol!)
It's been raining here too. :)

Last night was very interesting. This was only the second class that these guys had done. There have been previous classes taught be other people, but they hadn't caught on, for some reason.

Anyway - the class took place in a dance studio in chelsea. The majority of folks were new beginners, but there were a hardcore of people who'd been dancing MJ for a while. It consisted of 2 classes - beginners & intermediates. Both of which were easier and far more drawn out than we're used to. The natives are very friendly - I was made to feel very welcome & I had some lovely dances. The style was slightly odd - the male teacher, Ken, was Australian & the demo, Lily, was English CerocTM, which made for an unusual combination. I think I would've prefered more freestyle, as the classes both took nearly an hour each (probably due to the high numbers of beginners).

I'd definitely go back, though! Anyone up for a NY shopping & dancing trip before Xmas?

Oh - and CJ - have you seen Rammstein tickets for Glasgow go on sale tomorrow? :whistle:

Right! Back to my holiday. I love NY! :)

Tellina
13th-August-2005, 05:46 AM
It's been raining here too. :)

Last night was very interesting. This was only the second class that these guys had done. There have been previous classes taught be other people, but they hadn't caught on, for some reason.

Anyway - the class took place in a dance studio in chelsea. The majority of folks were new beginners, but there were a hardcore of people who'd been dancing MJ for a while. It consisted of 2 classes - beginners & intermediates. Both of which were easier and far more drawn out than we're used to. The natives are very friendly - I was made to feel very welcome & I had some lovely dances. The style was slightly odd - the male teacher, Ken, was Australian & the demo, Lily, was English CerocTM, which made for an unusual combination. I think I would've prefered more freestyle, as the classes both took nearly an hour each (probably due to the high numbers of beginners).

I'd definitely go back, though! Anyone up for a NY shopping & dancing trip before Xmas?

Oh - and CJ - have you seen Rammstein tickets for Glasgow go on sale tomorrow? :whistle:

Right! Back to my holiday. I love NY! :)
Hi, I wish I'd seen this thread earlier!

The classes stopped last year because the guy teaching them had other commitments that prevented him from organizing and teaching at the parties. But he's back now so we have two teachers! He also dances Lindy, WCS and some ballroom and he's a really fun guy; the classes are a blast!

I agree about the freestyling! I would love to have one shorter class followed by an evening of freestyle dancing but unfortunately a lot of the dancers here don't yet know enough moves to keep them going all night.

It's interesting that you thought my style was Ceroc. What made you think that? I'm curous :grin: . I learned Rock 'n' Roll in France, dancing in the slot with a back-step triple-step triple-step base and lots of focus on frame and lead/follow technique. What I found when I moved here was very different to what I was used to dancing but I am able to follow most of the time!

Glad to hear you had a good time though :waycool:. I hope you do return - NY is such a great place to visit! I'll be coming to the UK in November to go to the weekender at Camber Sands. Can't wait :clap:

Lily

Tiggerbabe
13th-August-2005, 08:38 AM
I'll be coming to the UK in November to go to the weekender at Camber Sands. Can't wait :clap:

Lily
If you're still here the weekend of the 18th/19th/20th November you should venture up to Aberdeen. We'll be having another of our fab Beach Ballroom Weekends, fantastic fun at one of the most beautiful venues in the UK (and it has a sprung dancefloor).

A chance to meet more forumites and dance your sox off :clap: :hug:

Tellina
13th-August-2005, 03:38 PM
If you're still here the weekend of the 18th/19th/20th November you should venture up to Aberdeen. We'll be having another of our fab Beach Ballroom Weekends, fantastic fun at one of the most beautiful venues in the UK (and it has a sprung dancefloor).

A chance to meet more forumites and dance your sox off :clap: :hug:

I may well still be around then :grin: . I'll be staying with family in Suffolk before or after the Jive Weekender but I haven't decided on exact dates yet...

Lily