Social Dancing

From Walter Kim, Waipio

Even with all of the shortcomings of ballroom dancing on Oahu that I have been reading about, I have great hopes. We can see that in the Western part of this island, ballroom dancing is definitely getting to be more popular. And most everyone has been aware that the social club ballroom environment in town has been in decline for over a decade and no one knows why.

"It's not the difference between people that causes problems, it's the indifference."

There’s a melodramatic battle among the dancers, an unspoken melee. Despite each and everyone’s hard work, all the dancers end up in a hapless cringe of prestige. And many will not even talk about it. The cliques are passionate about it. In the West, dancers are willing to talk about it to make it better.

De jure authorities in the Social circles should be stricter in their control and not let the de facto rulers make the rules. In order to better promote the ballroom environment, they should be stalwart to come up with a system on how to run it, have it verbatim, and then implement it. A good system to accommodate problems will aid into resolving the matters that need to be resolved.

Ballroom dancing is much too serious a business to be taken for granted. It is a shame that those who are into it, though not all, are the ones underrating it and running it into the ground. More than anything, it is imperative to change the stigma of ballroom dancing in town in order to keep its ubiquity for the years to come.

Lastly, it’s actually just as simple as coming to terms with their problems in this potentially large group…well, maybe not that simple but…hey, it has to start from somewhere.

Revival?  RESURGENCE is more like it!

At the Ko’Olina resort:

The Chef at the hotel was accused by one of the cooks.
"Banging pots?" exclaimed the Manager, "what kind of a charge is that?"
The Cook replied, "I really think you should ask Miss Potts."

From Dance Notes

There is no divine court to which one can appeal for a declaration that the so-called "real Latin" is the only way to dance; nor is any other styling the only way, whether American, Country, International, yours or mine. We should revel — celebrating the richness we have in the vast variety of the dance world as societies, cultures and individuals contribute their own color, texture and flavor to the mix.

Pub's Side Note: But I thought he was dancing incorrectly.