I Have Embarrassing Childhood Memories

I remember every May Day and weeks leaving up to it , learning to may pole dance , in our primary school it was mixed dancing . Alternate boys and girls , and group Morris dancing too

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ArishMell · 70-79, M

It would be a pity if it put you off folk-dancing, or any dancing I suppose, but I can understand because young boys do, or at least used to, regard dancing as somehow sissy.

Then they become old enough to discover night-clubs, where I gather that showing any genuine musical or dancing skill is Not Done.

I am very two-left-footed, but until I developed arthritis, I enjoyed the occasional barn-dance - though I've never quite understood why it's compulsory to call them "ceilidhs" even when very far from the Highlands and Islands!

Sharon · F

@ArishMell

...call them "ceilidhs"

A friend calls them "colliders". ;)

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Sharon LOL!

I am not surprised, having had often to think very rapidly such things as which hand or direction is left or right, especially where it's difficult to hear the caller clearly!