Hello! Yesterday I was out with Daniel and Matthew doing lawns. We actually got 12 done, and didn't get home till 9:30, but that was okay! :) It was nice being back out there again. Now, this is a strange sort of subject to post about, but I was thinking about all the square or Civil War dances I have been to, whether impromtu, or scheduled, and of the different sort of partners one can have. Here is a list ala Rachel of the bad sort, and then the good sort.
Bad Sort of Partners To Dance With:
The Whirligig: These young men swing you and spin you as if they were intent on patenting you as some sort of armless doll. Dancing with one of these, you are in danger of breaking an ankle, or getting a compound fracture! :)
The Etymologist: These are the young men who hold your hand by the extreme tips of your fingers and barely move you throughout the dance. Instead, they stay very far away as if you were a strange species of tarantula that they didn't want to get too close to.
The Buzzard: These are the pale sort of young men who stand along a wall, and wait to see what sort of girl is left without a partner. They wait until the dance is beginning, then go pick a partner from the left-overs, and dance indifferently, then proceed to disappear immediately after the music stops. A very shady, backslidden young person.
The Officious Dancer: This is a young man who thinks he can dance, has too much confidence in his own grace, and asks you to dance with promising gallantry. Then, he proceeds to push you around like a vacuum cleaner and step on your skirt, or he forgets which hand is left, and which is right.
The Patronizer: This sort of partner is abominable. He is vain about how he can dance, and makes an elaborate bow when beginning the dance. But when he asks you for a dance, his manner is full of patronization and pity for the fact that you haven't been asked yet. Then, he proceeds to watch you dance with a sort of indulgent smile. Ew!!!
Now, for the good sort of dancers:
The Gallant: These young men go around rescuing obscure girls from the embarassment of having to sit out a dance, due to not knowing many people there. These gallants care little for whether they know the young lady or not, and make sure that every one of them has a good time.
The Accomplished: These are the partners who come up to you, ask you in a cordial way for a dance, lead you to the circle, and proceed to carry on a comfortable stream of conversation while leading you through a very intricate series of steps, with all ease. A priceless find.
The Correct: These young men do everything according to dance-ettiquette. They ask you in a manner quite polite, they dance with you in a manner quite correct, and they return you after the dance with all due gratefulness for standing up with them. If these young men do lack a bit of spunk, they are good and dancing and that is why we have next:
The Spunky Jovial: These young men are acceptable dancers. What they lack in correctness, they make up for in the spirit in which they dance. You cannot dance with a "Spunky Jovial" without laughing. This sort of partner, if he does miss a step, merely laughs at himself, and continues on, little bothered. This sort is also usually good at sashaying in time to the music, which is priceless indeed!
There you have it! What do you think? Daniel is the Spunky Jovial, and Matthew is either the Gallant or the Correct, with a bit of spunk.
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