Script gone awry

November 15, 2007

It was another strange Thursday. No Southeast Mafia. No Cyrille. Ivan was back from his vacation. Liam showed up again. Among the usual suspects, present were Sebastian, Mark, Rajiv, Polly and Kate. Nicola apparently substituted for Jane and Charlotte – although Jane showed up later for the social. No idea if there’s any underlying reason for absences other than people simply being busy. I joked that people decided to stay away because they could not handle both Ivan and Liam being there at the same time.

The social still went til midnight – I left around 11:50. Despite missing large number of usual people, it was no less busy than usual. Some other people stayed longer to fill the vacuum. Life went on. I danced with at least seven people for at least 11 dances including with Maya from the Ballroom class. It was more like a Friday type dancing day rather than a typical Thursday. Then again what is typical? Things change all the time.

I think Sally probably used 2 or 3 CDs for almost all of the evening. She opted to switch one CD when Gloria Estefan came on, but she was nowhere to be seen when a Bachata came on. Maybe she was hiding. There weren’t a lot of surprises – Malaguena Salerosa, La China De Mi Barrio, Mujer Erotica, La 33 & Soledad, Ojos Chinos, My Favorite Things, Trucutu, Lady, Merecumbe (Los Titanes), Arinanara or Caravan. Aside from first few songs, everything sounded familiar. No complaints though.