OK, I know it’s been forever since I’ve posted anything on here. A part of me feels like I should apologize, but the rest of me doesn’t; I’ve been really busy getting some very important things settled in my life, and setting wheels in motion for other things. And that means that I’ve been pushing my blog to the back burner.
But tonight, I really wanted to share something about my new exercise discovery. See, I recently rented the movie Strictly Ballroom to watch with my sister. I’ve always loved the scene where Scott and Fran are dancing cha-cha to Doris Day’s “Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps” behind the curtain while the competition is going on in front of the curtain. Well, when the movie was over and I took it out and went downstairs to my own room, I found myself almost involuntarily dancing cha-cha while I walked. It made me remember just how much I enjoy dancing. I’ve never particularly been a performer, especially when it comes to physical things, and that’s mostly what has intimidated me about dance. But I love music and have a natural feel for the rhythms, and dancing is just one more way to appreciate both.
So, I thought to myself, “Wouldn’t it be great if I could dance every day for my cardiovascular exercise?” And then I thought, “Surely someone must have made an exercise DVD like that.” So I looked it up online — and then I thought to myself, “Indeed they have! And don’t call me Shirley.” The only problem was, that I couldn’t afford to buy the DVD at the time; but the next I had an epiphany, and I found the DVDs I was interested in on Netflix! The first one came about a week ago, and I’ve used it for my daily exercise almost every day since then. And I love it!! It’s hosted by Lisa Rinna: Dance Body Beautiful, Disc 1 – Jive Jump Ballroom Bump. This particular DVD includes jive, cha-cha, salsa, and disco. I knew that I loved cha-cha already, but I was shocked by how much I love dancing disco! It’s a really simple dance, and I have so much fun rolling my hands and pointing my arm up in the air! It’s great.
Anyway, I wanted to ask for help. Today I took about a half-hour and pulled together a quick, short list of songs already on my computer that I can use to dance these dances. I had tons of appropriate jive music, and the cha-cha list is growing every time I listen to my music … but I still need some more songs for both cha-cha and disco. Any thoughts about songs I would be likely to own that would also be good for dancing cha-cha or disco?
I’m really wishing that I had “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor. Alas, alack.
