Now I've had time to think about this a bit more, I've realised what appealed to me so much. There's elements of a night of handbagging that you just don't get from a whole night of MJ (and visa versa).. I'm not talking about the actual dance styles (that's obvious) but i'm talking about the atmosphere that's created..
When you partner dance, its very insular, which can be fabulous as we all know
but you miss the community atmosphere, where everyone comes together. There's something very uplifting about singing your heart out with a group of people who also, know the words.
Contrary to people might think, IMO there's still a lot of lead and follow involved, watching the people around you and tuning into how they're dancing interpreting the music, its great fun to copy and join in!
A bit more pure cheese for the future wouldn't go a miss. I think we should make the effort and learn a dance like 'The bus stop' before we get there
its easy peasy and IMO would be a good laugh!
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