take a dance class

I was thinking about doing something in the Fall, but as we’ve been refining budgets and such, I realize that the money that would go to this is better spent other places. (No, I’m not cheating myself or sacrificing—the money’s going to other goals that are more important to me than this one.)

I thumbed through the 2007 catalog for the dance school my daughter attends. (They have adult classes, too.) I may revisit this when the 2008 calendar comes out, and possibly do a dance class that is NOT an exercise class.

Last night in Zumba for part of one dance the instructor had us pair up and dance together instead of just being in the usual big line. So for the first time perhaps ever I found myself dancing with my wife doing steps I knew reasonably well, and could actually lead a little bit.

It was fun, and she seemed so happy that I know we’re going to have to do a non-exercise dance class down the road. The main ting holding us back right now is time.

I decided I’m not going to count the hip-hop class as meeting this goal. My intention with this one was really a more formal dance class, not an exercise session.

So, I’m leaving it on the books.

I’m going to go ahead and try out that hip-hop class at the gym tomorrow night.

I arrived early for body sculpt last night and saw the tail end of the Hip Hop class at the gym. I normally wouldn’t consider a gym class as a “dance” class (I know I don’t think of my Zumba class that way), but these folks really had the moves, and the instructor was breaking it down as steps, teaching a dance, not just leading exercise based on dance.

I’ll definitely keep this in mind as a possibility for the future. I’m not quite ready for it yet, with the other exercise I’m working on.