I think there are so many different ways of doing these things that I am quite nervous about going to my second class tomorrow evening!
I thought I was doing pretty well to remember some of the moves I learned last week and now I find I not only have to think about the clothes I wear and the next moves I'm going to learn, but also about all these wee things that could go so wrong! I'm dizzy just thinking about it!
Seriously, I think in this day and age we all get too hung up on what etiquette permits etc etc and whilst one person would be happy with the ending provided by one dance partner, the next partner may not be happy with that. I think as long as you are happy with how the dance ends (and if that includes walking them back to the place you found them, which I think is a Scottish thing as I was always taught this during the ceilidh dance lessons in school and I think is a nice thing to do) then that's all that matters. If there's one thing I've learned about my (almost) 29 years on this planet, it's that you can't please all of the people all of the time. As long as you are polite and courteous to your dance partner (ie with pleases and thank-yous) then I don't think anyone can really complain.
Nikki
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