When Nicolette and I lived in Hawai’i, it really didn’t matter when we went line dancing because the weather was the same year round. In Kona, it would be sunny in the morning and in the afternoon we would have warm showers. It wasn’t even necessary to put the top up on the Jeep, the showers were so gentle.
There really wasn’t much of a difference in the seasons in Hawai’i. Maybe a little more rain in the Winter, but the temperature was always nice. The changes were very subtle. Actually, the weather could be quite boring at times!
The warehouse where we danced, and took our lessons was open on one side to the outdoors. It was nice that way, especially if there was a gentle rain falling. We danced up in Kealakekua, just below Captain Cook, and Mamalahoa Highway ran right outside our warehouse. We could listen to the cars going by, their tires hissing in the rain. When we were finished dancing, a sliding panel was rolled over the open side. Fond memories!
Now, I think line dancing is more something you would start in the Fall, when it starts to be a little cooler. Line dance instructions can be vigorous for someone just beginning! It’s better to have the weather a little cooler for comfort.
Autumn is always a time of new beginnings for me. School starts. The holidays loom ahead. And before you know it, the New Year arrives with more new beginnings.
If the Boot Fits!
The days are shorter in the Fall, and it gets dark much earlier. Evening activities are now planned for indoors. It’s a nice scene at a line dancing class, everyone arriving, taking off their jackets, chatting with each other. The teacher puts on a little music to set the atmosphere. People sit around the edges putting on their boots, talking about their day. Then, they form a line and, voila, the strains of Shania Twain’s “Don’t Be Stupid” fill the room and everybody starts moving! Line dancing has begun.
For our classes in Hawai’i, we would warm up with a couple of easy line dances everyone already knew, and then the class would begin. Every week a new dance. We would go over each pattern of steps, without music, until we had that set down pat. When we had worked through all the steps, we would walk through the whole dance, again, without music.
Then, we would go through the steps with an appropriate song that was slower than the actual song we would be using for the dance. This always led to a lot of laughs, as we thought we had the steps down, but once we started doing them to actual music, we could become quite befuddled!
After a time, we would get all the steps in the right order and do them to the actual music. This was always a time of great pride and satisfaction! Another line dance under our belts! Hurrah!!
So, I guess if I had to pick a time to start line dancing lessons, I would say in the Fall. Then again, in the Summer, a lot of City Recreation Departments offer free line dancing instructions. And, in the Spring, we can’t wait to start going places again in comfort! That leaves Winter – and there are so many country line dance songs you can line dance to! I guess line dancing is GREAT all year! What do you think?
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