Tuesday 31 Aug 2010 by Orphi the AweKid.

On Friday night I again took Lynn to Wellingborough. (Lavinia can’t make it because it’s a Friday, unfortunately.) Also present were Pam & Clive and Barry & Elaine. And, much to my surprise, the club was much, much busier than last time. As you may recall, last month the club was basically dead. There was maybe two-dozen people in the entire place, which for such a big hall is nothing. But not this time! Whilst there was still no shortage of entirely empty tables, they did seem to be outnumbered by occupied tables.

It seems this is due to the band. Last time it was supposed to be Brandie & the Bad Cats, but they were replaced at the last minute by a group of nobodies. They were OK, but they didn’t exactly set the place on fire. This week, as billed, we had The King Cats. These guys got the joint properly rocking. I mean, when we arrived at 9 the place was already much more alive if only due to the volume of people. Already lots of people were on the floor dancing. But when the band came on and started playing, they put out a good vibe, got the place jumping.

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Monday 30 Aug 2010 by Orphi the AweKid.

I’ve blogged a lot of things since I started this site. But today I have especially exciting news: last night, I lost my virginity.

That is all.

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Monday 23 Aug 2010 by Orphi the AweKid.

Well, Saturday night saw me, Lynn and Lavinia at the ill-fated Roade event. Of course, due to the Roade club shutting down due to non-payment of rent, the event organisers had to rapidly find a new venue and try to communicate this to everybody. What they found was Ashton Rugby Club, about a mile down the road. Now I drove over there the other day, and it looked pretty damned small. But once you get inside, there’s actually quite a large dancefloor in there. (Certainly much larger than the one at the Roade club — although that’s not exactly hard!)

What there wasn’t much of is tables and chairs. But Lynn wanted me to put her jacket back in the car, and when I came back the girls had found some extra chairs and even a table for us to use. As we were walking into the club we saw Pam and Clive arrive, and the five of us parked ourselves round the back of the right speaker stack. (Better behind it than in front of it!) We were right by the back door, which was wide open. It was quite chilly outside, but regardless it got very hot inside as the night went on. I certainly think we picked a good spot.

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Thursday 19 Aug 2010 by Orphi the AweKid.

So on Sunday I got a text from Pam telling me where the event at Roade has been moved to. She says it’s one place, Royal Mail claims the postcode refers to somewhere else. Anyway, I drove over there and had a look. Doesn’t seem hard to find, but it looks very small and run down. We’ll see if this turns out to be any good… I also had a look at the club in Roade. The sheet of paper tied to the gate informs me that the land owner has “peaceably rentered the property due to non-payment of rent”. So there.

On Monday I sent Lynn a text telling her I’d found the new venue. She thanked me for my company (and more importantly my dancing) on Saturday. Says she had a great time. Oh, and would I like to come over and chill out one evening. Apparently the house she’s looking after has a tile floor in the kitchen, and she’s hoping I might show her a few new dance moves. Well I’m not likely to turn that down, am I?

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Monday 16 Aug 2010 by Orphi the AweKid.

It’s Saturday night, it’s dancing time!

It rained quite a bit on Saturday, but I did eventually get a moment to vacuum the carpet in my car. (You’d be amazed how quickly it fills up with dead leaves and so forth.) And then I went to pick up Lynn and Laivinia.

This is easier said than done; I drove to the place, and I was told the house is “just at the end of the road”. What I didn’t realise is that the road goes on for about half a mile! Eventually I ended up on somebody’s back garden patio. I managed to quickly do an 87-point turn before the owners of the house noticed some random dude in their back garden. And when I drove back round the corner, Lynn and Lavinia were waiting for me outside their house.

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Monday 16 Aug 2010 by Orphi the AweKid.

As expected, Friday night was the last dance class of the month. Which I suppose isn’t surprising given the very low turnout. We had maybe 8 dancers or so. Needless to say, we didn’t learn a whole heap. We finished the new move in the Quickstep (or, more accurately, it finished me). It finishes with a Spin Turn, which I can’t even remember how to do anymore. We danced the Argentine Tango. (I danced with Mavis, who tells me the steps need to be softer and more draggy.) And I think that was just about it.

I mostly danced with Mavis. I also danced with some lady who’s supposedly Debbie’s sister’s mother or something random like that. Either way, it wasn’t the most fabulous night of dancing.

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Friday 13 Aug 2010 by Orphi the AweKid.

Last night, as arranged, I had a nice night out with Lynn.

She did say something about going ice skatting, but the place is only open Tuesday and Friday nights. So instead, we visited her horse Echo, and then we spent the evening at the Black Horse. She bought me drinks all night (I was only drinking J₂O), and we chatted for hours on end. In fact, we didn’t leave until 11 or so. And even then we didn’t go directly home.

I’ve agreed to take Lynn to Far Cotton tomorrow. It turns out her friend Lavinia (not Olivia like I keep thinking it is!) wants to come too, so I’m giving them both a lift there. From Wednesday it looks like there won’t be too many other people I know, but hopefully me and Lynn will have a laugh together if nothing else. (The detour on the way home was so I could see where I’m picking the girls up from.)

Presumably tonight is my last Ballroom & Latin class until next month. Hopefully that’ll go smoothly, and then I’ve got tomorrow night to look forward to. (Assuming I can find this place!)

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Thursday 12 Aug 2010 by Orphi the AweKid.

Well, last night was the last Wednesday class until next month. Debbie had the brilliant idea of writing dances or routines on cards, and getting people to pick a card. Whatever card is picked, that’s what we all have to do next.

In a single class, we did the Stroll, Baby Workout, Barndance Jive, Tiger Feet, Lindy Rock, Rockabilly, the Panic Routine with changes of partners, Double Trouble with changes of partners, the Gate, and god only knows what else! I haven’t been this wet in a long time. Now Tiger Feet is my dance, but we only did half the track time, and I had stitches by the end of it. I was so hot and tired by the end of the class, you don’t even wanna know!

All I can say is this: You know it’s serious when Laura is too tired to dance.

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