We arrange our schedule to be home on Tuesdays to catch them. They are fine musicians who play a broad variety of tunes, all of them danceable. Chip in a couple of dollars for coffee and treats, and away we go.
Ironically, on the day we decided to bring the camera to get some photos so we could remember this event, the people who organize things were having a birthday party for Danielle, one of the women who regularly attends and listens. She is one of several people who we have met at these dance/practices who is friendly and warm.
OK. We're just starting here.
So, we ask Danielle what day her birthday is and she says "Friday, the 31st."
Well, Friday, January 31, is also my birthday, which we just had to share and which everyone thought was very fun.
OLD MAN HUMOR ALERT! So, my joke was "Dan"ielle and "Dan" are celebrating their birthdays together today at a "Dan"ce. (You were warned).
MORE OLD MAN HUMOR ALERT! How coincidental is this? One of the cakes actually had MY name on it! How did they know ahead of time?
Here are the birthday septuagenarians:
Here is Vicky with our buddy Esther who we always sit with at these dances. She was 97 on Christmas. She has been attending these dances for three decades.
And now for some nostalgia. One of the reasons we love coming to these dances is that this room contains powerful memories. In 2005, my mother who was 83 at the time, was a member of the tap dance group in Leisure World. My daughter Emily and I attended her last performance in 2005 as a member of that group.
She never had dance lessons. Yet in her mid-70s, just decided that she could do this.
Who takes up tap dancing at age 75?
And here we are, 15 years later, dancing in the same room. Who could have predicted that? I feel her presence every week we go. But this time it is she who is watching us.
Mom is on the far right, at her final concert at age 83. Way to go mom....you look great!
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