Another good reason to enjoy Scottish Country Dancing

[Arlen]

I admire you folks that enjoy dancing. I for one don't dance at all, as I feel very self conscious when I do. It has never been a fun event. Now, that being said, maybe dancing kilted would be a whole different matter.....I might have to give it a shot.

Take it it from someone who recently got the heart-breaking comment at a wedding of 'Oh my god, you dance just like your dad!' Scottish country dancing can be really fun and help you to dance better.

For what it's worth, here are the two main things which helped me a lot.


1: There is a severe shortage of men. So the ladies are always very happy to have a gentleman to dance with and being so appreciated really helped me to start working on actually learning to dance well.


2: One of the secrets to dancing well in SCD is having strong legs and an ability to control your body.
It sounds odd, but doing martial arts really helps with this.


So, we can conclude by saying that SCD makes you a sought-after man and you have to be relatively manly to do it!

[davedove]

1: There is a severe shortage of men. So the ladies are always very happy to have a gentleman to dance with and being so appreciated really helped me to start working on actually learning to dance well.

I find that's true of most dances. I just started some ballroom dance classes and while my class seemed to somehow get the same number of men an d women, the class before us had about a third more women than men.

I think the problem is most men don't like to dance unless they know what they're doing. But, of course, if you don't try it you'll never learn.

So guys, if you have any inclination to try out any type of dancing, go for it. You will probably be very popular there.

I will have to try out SCD some day.