Men Becoming Dancers

Actually you were always a dancer. Somewhere along the way you lost it simply because your peers convinced you that it wasn't right. Now is your chance to get back into it without having to get a partner first. Line Dancing.

"Friendships double your joy and divide your griefs"

Line Dancing is moving along very nicely in Oahu. And plenty of ladies are learning the movement in the dance good enough to phase over into partner dance. However the scarcity of men really astounds me. Some of the best potential dancers on this Island are walking through the streets or drinking in the bars of Oahu right now. Go to any bar and you will see the amount of men and so few women.

We have to find a way to communicate to these men that there is a much better way than drinking one’s life away. Drinking is not that bad if it is coupled with food and dancing. In three hours you will drink less and have more fun than three lonely hours in a bar.

On Oahu, they teach the steps first, then a little of the rhythm and timing and then the music. Street dancers learn it the other way. The music first, then the rhythm and the timing and then the steps. By that time you can move to anything. So get the music that you want to learn to dance and listen to it, and even move to it. A couple of days of doing that off and on and you are ready for your first go round in Line dancing.

And you don't have to be Spiderman!
 
Since there are at least ten women for every man in line dancing you can start there (no booze) and follow them. Get used to fact that the men are at a premium. But most ladies are good in their styling even if different from each other. Imitate all of them. You won't succeed of course, but you will develop your own unique style. From there it is a skip and a jump to Ballroom partnered Dancing and a lot more fun.