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2006-04-06 05:55:09

Lost Soul Red Under the Bed Posts: 34	Shim Sham & Big Apple Last Sunday we had an hour long lesson in the shim sham and the same for the the big apple. It was fun! On the rare occasion I go for job interviews I list one of my many outstanding qualities as 'fast learner'. I now realise this to be an outright lie as I have the learning capacity of a small twig. At least where dancing is concerned. I estimate a further 46 lessons to learn the shim sham. And the big apple? Somehow I can't see myself doing that in public unless under the influence of bourbon and crack cocaine. Frankly, I found it to be a little bit of a silly dance. Especially 'the scratch'. Any other movers and groovers enjoy these dances?

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2006-04-06 06:26:58

lindydivaus Posts: 11	Re: Shim Sham & Big Apple I'm not a big fan of "line dances", even when they're done in a circle. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] I've learned the Shim Sham, used to know it well, and at this point I can kinda fake my way through, but give me lindy hop or balboa any day!

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2006-04-06 12:31:12

The Bubbler Posts: 17	Re: Shim Sham & Big Apple Nope. Just because something is old, or because someone says it's 'cool' doen't make it good IMHO. I've seen enough of this, and even participated in a lesson or two, but it left me cold. I don't like Balboa either. Lindy Hop and Charleston are great dances, the rest can be consigned to the annals of history for my part.

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2006-04-06 12:45:21

Lost Soul Red Under the Bed Posts: 34	Re: Shim Sham & Big Apple <!--quoteo(post=79178:date=Apr 6 2006, 07:31 PM:name=The Bubbler)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(The Bubbler @ Apr 6 2006, 07:31 PM) [snapback]79178[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> Lindy Hop and Charleston are great dances, the rest can be consigned to the annals of history for my part. Wow, that's a bit of a sweeping statement! Do you not like to Shag? OK, the double entendre chortles should have subsided now. I think the shim sham looks really good when done well and I like the idea of a jazzy little line dance for when you fancy a bit of a move but have drunk a little too much to think about partner dancing. I can't do Balboa but I think that's also a really neat looking dance that I hope to learn one day. Come on Bubbler, aint it about time you got your dancing shoes on again?

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2006-04-06 12:53:06

The Bubbler Posts: 17	Re: Shim Sham & Big Apple <!--quoteo(post=79179:date=Apr 6 2006, 08:45 PM:name=Lost Soul)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lost Soul @ Apr 6 2006, 08:45 PM) [snapback]79179[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> Wow, that's a bit of a sweeping statement! Do you not like to Shag? Yes, but the position's ridiculous and the expense damnable. <!--quoteo(post=79179:date=Apr 6 2006, 08:45 PM:name=Lost Soul)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lost Soul @ Apr 6 2006, 08:45 PM) [snapback]79179[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> Come on Bubbler, aint it about time you got your dancing shoes on again? Well, perhaps. But I grew weary of entertaining someone else missus, and realised I was never likely to progress beyond basic 6-count moves without a regular dance partner. Which left me with sore feet. So be it. Andy

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2006-04-06 13:00:50

Lost Soul Red Under the Bed Posts: 34	Re: Shim Sham & Big Apple Hmm, excuses, excuses. Most chaps I see at dances have arrived on their own. Mind you, I'd be the same. I rarely dance with anyone else except Miss R. And that's the way I like it! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] But anyway, we can still all shim sham!

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2006-04-06 13:56:06

The Bubbler Posts: 17	Re: Shim Sham & Big Apple <!--quoteo(post=79181:date=Apr 6 2006, 09:00 PM:name=Lost Soul)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Lost Soul @ Apr 6 2006, 09:00 PM) [snapback]79181[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> Hmm, excuses, excuses. Most chaps I see at dances have arrived on their own. Mind you, I'd be the same. I rarely dance with anyone else except Miss R. And that's the way I like it! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] But anyway, we can still all shim sham! I 'hit the scene' for a full two years, so I think I gave it a good shot. I'm not one to give up on things easily, but I just wasn't getting out what I was putting in. Learning dance moves for me is excruciatingly difficult, as I have two left feet- partly compensated by having two right hands. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img] I have no problem with going places alone, I do it all the time- the price of having highly unusual interests and tastes. But wherever I have gone, I generally manage to get along with those I find there. However, I never felt quite at home among the swing dance fraternity. Always felt it's a bit shallow- all fancy clothes, fancy moves and no personality. There are exceptions of course, but a handful of people does not a good scene make. Perhaps it's me......... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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2007-10-10 04:21:26

Lindy Laura Swingin' Kitten Posts: 0	Re: Shim Sham & Big Apple <!--quoteo(post=79183:date=Apr 6 2006, 09:56 PM:name=The Bubbler)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(The Bubbler @ Apr 6 2006, 09:56 PM) [snapback]79183[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> However, I never felt quite at home among the swing dance fraternity. Always felt it's a bit shallow- all fancy clothes, fancy moves and no personality. There are exceptions of course, but a handful of people does not a good scene make. Perhaps it's me......... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img] NO, IT ISN'T JUST YOU. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] hi folks i'm back after, ooh, a year or so? and i'm fed up with the dance scene too. it IS shallow, it IS a parody of vintage living, and it DOES do my head in. and I hate El nino too. (only brits will understand that one) [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] x

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2007-10-10 07:32:28

Dr. Swankenstein Posts: 0	Re: Shim Sham & Big Apple Welcome back LL! I hope by your making an appearance here you're not mad at us as well. We like ya'. I think a "swing" scene is kind of silly anyway. I've always been a bit pragmatic about such things and know you can never go back, your best hope is to bring a little of the best of the past along with ya'. Mind, I dig nice clothes, would very much like a chance to have a nice evening with a lovely companion which included dancing and maybe some dining. And if I just had to put up with some shallowness to get it, eh, I guess I would. But I'm with you LL if you're talking about the snooty uppity-ness I've seen on display a couple of times in the past. I want to feel at least as welcome with other strange fish as I would around "normal" folks. Down with El Nino, durn thing causes hurricanes as well as unseasonably hot weather.

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2007-10-11 04:13:59

Lindy Laura Swingin' Kitten Posts: 0	Re: Shim Sham & Big Apple haha well exactly! except this el nino has turned the whole 'retro' scene into somebody wearing a waistcoat with no shirt, a woman's scarf, and a tiny, toy-sized top-hat. I hope you'll agree, that's not a good look [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] I'm not mad at anybody on here at all, I just got overloaded with things I was doing, and lost touch with what was going on here. I figured it would be too much like hard work to get involved again- but nevertheless, I'll stick my oar in when I feel it is necessary [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] <not the best picture, and I'll admit he is wearing a normal sized top-hat, but still... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img]

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2007-10-11 10:14:28

Dr. Swankenstein Posts: 0	Re: Shim Sham & Big Apple OOOHHHhhhhh! I think that look quite makes hurricanes look good! We're moving kinda slow around here at the moment, so probably not much work keeping up. Always a pleasure, whenever you show up, know you've got friends here.

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2009-11-04 16:38:59

Lost Soul Red Under the Bed Posts: 34	Re: Shim Sham & Big Apple We accidentally did another Big Apple class and were were absolutely hopeless. Never again. Quite enjoying the Charleston Stroll every time I get drunk though.

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