Lindy how has been going pretty well- the people in the class are really great, and I've started going to this bar, "The Jazz Keller," each Thursday for more (attempted) dancing. A large part of the beginner class goes, but it is vastly the advanced class that shows up.
Walking into the bar is a surreal experience. The decoration and activity inside is a total timewarp. The television screens play black and white films of old-time dancing and the speakers blare Big Band music (lots of Louis Armstrong).
The good dancers are realllly good- Dancing With The Stars instructor status. On both nights I went, it was someone in the room's birthday, which requires a Lindy Jam to form (apparently). The person who's birthday it is must dance with everysingle person in the room, and a ring of intense, energetic clappers forms around the couple of the moment, until someone new gets dragged in. Here is an example (less energetic, less awesome dancers):
Now you can imagine that this is actually a terrifying event when you are new to dancing and to the group of people. I, and the other newbies, tucked my tail and hid in the corner. It was really awesome though, and one day it would be cool to join in.
To give you an idea of how the people dance, they dance the style beginning at 1 minute 50 seconds, and they dance it well:
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