Dead? No. There's a pulse.

November 29, 2007

At the outset, it looked like it was going to be an unusually dead night. And then Zern and Euvian showed up followed by Liam and Steph. One might have thought Euvian would be a bit rusty after a fairly long break – not so – at least not during the first two dances I had or saw. A few others like Nicola and a large group possibly associated with Shiraz showed up, and there also was the pair of Haihan protégés, who I found highly amusing - I was reminded of a comment about acting confident no matter what. What about the German pair (actually I don’t know that for sure except in the case of Natalie and I originally thought she was of Hispanic origin)? The party did go on until midnight as usual. Oh and I almost forgot to mention that Cyrille is back – he got there before me. No Ivan – huh?

Song selections were mostly back to familiar with likes of Se Formo Rumbantelo, Mambo Mongo, Barrunto, Vamos A Reir Un Poco (this one’s an unusual choice), Delta Mambo, La Fiesta De Pilito, Esta Cobardia (or some other Frankie Ruiz), Fuego A La Jicotea, Muneca (Palmieri), Alabanciosa, Mentirosa, Fragile, a Bachata (Debo Pensar?) with a sprinkle (maybe a quarter to third of the selections) of unfamiliar. There were some nice dances, good dances, fun dances, etc yet it was all a little oddly unsatisfying.

Cyrille mentioned about a party on Saturday but did not seem to know much detail about it. Also on the drive back, Liam talked about not having enough alcohol for good dancing. Yeah - maybe that's the problem - not enough alcohol. Let's not even get into trying out new cool patterns.