The hubby and I have taken up Scottish Country dancing (SCD) this year. He is a war gamer and a wood chopper, and I sew, spin and knit. As far as hobbies go, there is not a lot of overlap between us! But this year when we moved to Upper Hutt, we thought we would try to find something in common, and so we got the local phone book and looked up clubs. He reckoned he wouldn't mind giving SCD a go, rang the number in the book, and a couple of months later when the season started we went along. It's great. I love making the patterns, the people up at Upper Hutt are fantastic, and don't get cross when us beginners do it all wrong. We have had special step classes put on so we could get the hang of it all quicker! No extra cost, and it has made the whole thing more fun, faster. He already has the full kit, kilt, shoes, socks etc, and wears a mess kit shirt and bow tie on the top, with his red mess kit jacket. Very spiffing. I have dancing shoes (like cinderella did) but no other gear. Its kindof funny him being better dressed than me, unusual.
So we can jig and reel, and strathspey, we are capable of pas de pax setting, possettes and allemande, and we even know the names of some of the people that go there.
For my next trick, I have to make the child a kilt like daddies. Progress on that is likely to be incremental in the extreme - check the instructions!
Posted by Toni at June 12, 2003 08:42 PM