Surprisingly, Friday’s elementary/intermediate school dance turned out to be a lot of fun.

During the setup, I expressed my doubts as to the wisdom of such a dance – and received likewise comments from some of the other adults…yet, I also learned that it was the kids themselves who requested the dance after getting a taste during a winter auction/fundraiser a while back.

This taste was enhanced during the school year by a local lady who took it upon herself to each these children how to dance properly. No fast, bumping grinding here – just some basic swing moves, two step, foxtrot and other classic dances of years gone past.

I, for one, am slightly jealous of these kids has they are learning skills that will enrich their lives for many a moon. The rest of us…well, we had to learn such style the hard way – through many an embarrassing dance party (school, wedding, ect).

On the bright side, I did have the pleasure of cutting the rug gym floor with my lovely bride as well as my young son (it is amazing how much fun a three person two step can be!).  😀

Oh, and the music turned out good.

I was able to filter most of the not-so-good-for-young-ears songs without offending too many kids (it is bad when ten year olds are requesting by name song I won’t even listen too?!)

All and all, Friday evening was a wonderful time spend dancing under the lights to the rhythmic beats of Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus. 😛