Dancin' Fool

This past weekend, I danced my fool heart out at the Down East Country Dance Festival held every year in Topsham, Maine. I danced so much that after a while it hurt more to sit down than to dance. I took it all the way to bliss. I am still high from it two days later. Dancing is like that, and contradancing is really like that! My friend Richard happened to be in the bleachers with his camera, and caught some of the late afternoon "Gypsy Dances". These are contras that all have the gypsy figure in them, in which two dancers lock eyes and use that energy to turn. Very  sexy! The dancer in the long purple skirt and pale lavendar  shirt is me. This is the first time I have seen myself dancing. The amazing dance band is Catharsis.

Comments

[Angela]

Oh! How much fun does that look!?!? Is it hard to learn?

[Carla Sanders]

OH, Angela, it is so easy. They call the dances, and other dancers are very generous in helping new dancers. It takes consistent dancing to get comfortable, I am still learning.
It could be a great goal to aspire to as your knee gets better.