The Centre of our Circle
Last night we met in my favourite hall for a bit of circle dancing. If you have never done this before you really should give it a go. It has a lovely feel good factor, is great fun and surprisingly good exercise.
Very gentle with steps that are enough to engage the brain so that you don't get bored but not over complicated so that you get frustrated with it. The music is wonderful folky stuff from around the world and a real pleasure to listen to.
We were led by the very talented Sandy Gent who is a real treasure. A wonderful person and a very patient teacher who manages to get everyone going. I had brought along some white fairy lights so we had the main hall lights off and set a lovely atmosphere. Sandy always puts a lovely centre piece of flowers and a candle which is our focus for dance.
I don't think anyone had tried circle dancing before (except me) so I was really delighted that people came along and gave it a go. Admittedly there were only ten of us dancing but it seemed just right and was totally enjoyable.
We took a little break after forty minutes and had a cuppa and something nice to munch and then did a couple more songs before finishing with a moment of silence and blowing out the candle to send all the good feeling that we had built up during the dancing out into the world.
Well done to everyone who gave it a go. Thank you for an enjoyable evening.
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