| If you are anything like me, it was my wife who | | | | daunting to me. It was difficult enough for me to be |
| dragged me along to ceroc dancing. "We should get | | | | learning with my wife let alone anybody else on my |
| out more, we should go dancing!" she said to me for | | | | first night! But Tina explained that this actually meant |
| weeks. "Fine, I will go give it a go but make no | | | | we would learn faster because we wouldn't learn bad |
| promises," I finally relented. | | | | habits from just one individual who may not be |
| I was concerned and nervous about my two left | | | | learning the move correctly either. Thus, it was a |
| feet and what everyone else would think of me. But | | | | sort of group learning exercise. As I quickly found |
| to cut a long story short I am glad I went. Here is | | | | out, everyone was very helpful and patient with me |
| what happened. | | | | as we were all in the same boat and I needed have |
| My wife and I entered the local hall where our dance | | | | worried after all. |
| lesson was to take place. In our case it was a | | | | Once we had learned the first move, Will and Tina |
| company called Addiction Dance which holds classes | | | | taught us the second move and how to put them |
| in Tamahere (near Hamilton) and also Te Awamutu, | | | | together. Once again we practiced this with different |
| New Zealand. I mention this because before I go any | | | | partners until everyone had mastered it. |
| further it is important to realise that each ceroc | | | | Then we moved onto the third and then the final |
| company puts its own spin on its classes. So what | | | | move. |
| happened at Addiction Dance may not be exactly | | | | By the end of the night I was surprised - I had |
| what happens elsewhere. But will probably be near | | | | actually learned four moves and how to put them |
| enough. | | | | together to make a routine! The class was great, |
| There were maybe 60 people. Mostly couples, but | | | | good fun and the people were fantastic. |
| singles also. Our dance instructor, Will, invited us all | | | | I must admit, that as the man who has to lead, I did |
| onto the dance floor forming a large circle, in dancing | | | | find remembering the moves somewhat hard. Will |
| pairs. The single people who were there paired up | | | | and Tina even explained to me after the lesson that |
| and a couple women were left over. The women | | | | this was normal and that it can take up to six lessons |
| who were "left over" stayed in the circle without a | | | | before men feel fully confident. But the really neat |
| partner. (They were not without a partner for very | | | | thing about Addiction Dance is that they put a |
| long.) | | | | review of the moves on their web site for a week |
| Will and his partner, Tina, explained that would be | | | | after the lesson. That way, the next day after work, |
| learning four dance moves and be putting them | | | | my wife and I could watch the video online and then |
| together to form a dance routine. | | | | practice in the privacy of our own home. I found that |
| Will and Tina demonstrated the first move which was | | | | to be a great help! |
| easy enough. We went over the move several times | | | | So if you are considering Ceroc Dancing, my |
| until everybody "got it". Each time we practiced the | | | | suggestion to you is to be brave and go along to |
| move, Will would say, "Ladies, move down one." The | | | | your local ceroc class - give it a try. And if at all |
| ladies would move down the circle and by this | | | | possible, find a class which provides videos |
| method we were quickly rotating through different | | | | afterwards because I suspect that is going to speed |
| partners. | | | | up my learning quite considerably. |
| At first this method of changing dance partners was | | | | |