Thursday, January 05, 2006

And another thing

I am planning on petitioning my MP. It's time something was done. If we don't act soon, it will be too late!

All the old people who know how to dance properly will be dead and dance-floors will be filled with ugly jostling gyrating bodies instead of sleek smooth-movers. We did our best at the New Year's Dance but the floor was so crowded with people WHO DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO CIRCLE THE ROOM ANTI-CLOCKWISE that we had to give up and jiggle on the spot with the rest.

Ballroom dancing should be part of the National Curriculum. Like English and maths it should be a core subject. How can we expect to produce anything other than a nation of hooligans if we don't teach them the basics of polite society? Latin American should obviously be kept back until the students are mature enough to cope with the sexual aspect, but the quickstep and waltz are perfectly acceptable.

Rant over.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

It's worse in Washington, the center of power in the universe, where people think they know how to dance, but really don't. All the top competitors are in the North, in New York or the Midwest. The only notable dancers here are some immigrant teachers from Russia. It really is quite amazing: the interest level is here, but the quality certainly is of low level, and often disappointing and frustrating. Also, it's hard to find a sizeable floating wood floor of any sort of quality, here. In fact, I doubt that anyone here has ever heard of Blackpool, and occasionally someone has heard of the Ohio Star Ball.