Swing Dancin'

 

This Weekend Seth and I went Swing Dancin' at the Kennedy Center. Every year, they host an free outdoor swing dance, complete with a live band and instructors from the area. How cool is it to go to a free event right on the potomac river, surrounded by monuments, at a historical location, great music, superb company, and my favorite form of dance??? This is also a fun event because it marks the third year that Seth and I have gone to it together.

Year One was right when Seth moved out here. He'd posted something to the listserve about it, and I think he and i had talked previously about it as well, but I went with him and a few other friends to the dance. The things I remember most? Sneaking outside on the roof of the Kennedy Center, even though it was closed "due to high winds" and being SCARED out of my mind that we'd get caught. Swing dancing and doing the "Shag" (A fast form of dance similar to the jitter bug i think...). Seth trying to send me into a lift and me forgetting to kick my legs out, and instead kicking them back, right into seth (I think i was wearing heels, sorry babe!). Waltzing on the terrace of the Kennedy. Laughing and talking the whole time.

Year two was even better because I got to be with just Seth the entire night. Besides wearing the wrong shoes and being in SUCH GREAT PAIN, I had yet another fantastic night. This time Seth and I were able to go on the roof without getting in trouble, and had some beautiful moments (in fact, sometimes I just wish that someone would follow us around with a camera to take pictures of all of our cute moments, because I'm sure they look nearly as fabulous as I imagine them to be in my mind...). After the dance we found this little area that had benches and round tables, and we sat and talked for a long time.

Year Three, equally great. I was all sorts of nerbous about the outfit this year, mostly because i changed last minute and was a little self conscious of the pirate look (it's classic, just not polka dot dress classic like the julie bradshaw). Anyway, we had fun this year, and had a great Shag dance that was SO FUN! We went up on the roof, we talked by the side, we almost died on our ride home with Dave, whos Beemer goes a little bit too fast for me.... Mostly I liked this year because it was just comfortable. It is ALWAYS fun to dance with my Seth, he's just a great leader, a great dancer, and easy to feel comfortable around. He makes me better than I am, and dancin' is just an outward manifestation of that.