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To: LindyBill who wrote (33563)	3/9/2004 8:55:14 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793964

The best thing they could do for these kids, and for all kids, for socializing, is force them to go to a weekly social dance class for about a year when they are 12. Unless, of course, one is of the belief that dancing is sinful, which is surely the case with at least some of these families. You just got me thinking about dancing. I haven't danced socially since I was in college. We were doing the twist then. I remember being a teenager going to my first dances at the Y and imagining what a Martian (or maybe an anthropologist from the future) might think if he saw people doing that. It seemed so utterly bizarre. Anyway, I have danced for exercise--aerobic dance, belly dancing, etc. I incorporate dance into my daily pool routine. But I cannot imagine ever wanting to get on a dance floor socially. I can understand why others might like it, but it has always seemed an alien practice to me.

To: LindyBill who wrote (33563)	3/9/2004 9:20:37 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Very OT) It sounds as if you are speaking of Cotillion! As a good Southern belle in Virginia in the early 60s, I was sent to Cotillion at 12. It was in the basement of the old Mayflower Hotel in the ballroom next to the garage, and when I smell garages even today, I have a quick flashback to those nights. We were dressed in our Sunday best with tulle petticoats and white gloves. We did a Grand March to start the evening, and had to curtsey to the instructor (the boys, fidgety in their ties and jackets, had to take her hand and bow) and say, "Good EEEEVning, Miss Davidson." We learned to waltz and polka and I think we even learned to chacha. The boys hated every minute, the girls were in an agony over being asked to dance by the right boy. When my boys received invitations to Cotillion, they both flatly refused to go, and their father backed them on it. They can't dance at all, and I think that is sad. Because one is in theatre, he has been forced to learn to waltz, but he approaches dancing the same way he does learning to stagefight. Survival.