A Little Bit of This and That

It is 2:56 A.M at night. Happy 16^th July everyone.

I am listening to the acoustic version of Broken By Seether.

Beautiful.

Moving on … Upon his insistence I went to Saurabh’s salsa class today. I had Sobby for company. We sat there watching 6 couples move their waists, sometimes irregularly but moving them nonetheless.

After much deliberation Sobby and I concluded that the entire session was … well… ordinary.

It was at this juncture that Saurabh informed us that we were bearing witness to a class of beginners. Fair enough.
The dance instructor was obese, if I may say so, but I am told that he dances like a dream, which I choose to take at face value here.

This was followed by the three of us discussing plans for the next 6 months.

Our itinerary is as follows :

Oasis-2006 BITS Pilani September 16 or so

Rendezvus-2006 IIT Delhi September 22 or so.

Mood Indigo IIT Bombay December 22 or so

You see we’ve decided we shall only be attending the major fests in the coming 6 months.
We shall be going sans girls in all three in all probability.
There shall be no Mujhse Shaadi Karogi type songs. If you missed us perform that then you’re lucky.

We shall not be murdering salsa again either.

Many of you may not have a clue about what I just said but trust me, that’s a good thing.

Here’s what our format is going to be :

0:00 - 4:00 (Approx) - Michael Jackson (Who is it/Dangerous/Billie Jean mix)

4:00 – 4:30 – 4 people go change their costumes backstage with one person still on stage with the spotlight on him.

4:30 – 5:00 – The single guy goes backstage and the other 4 come back for a minimum of two formations.

5:00 - 7:00 – Powerdancing.

7:00 – 9:00 – Something on the lines of Allah Ke Bande (MLN style ;) )

9:00 – 11:30 or so – Freestyling ending on Smells Like Teen Spirit.

I suppose conditioning shall be starting off by the next weekend.

And this goes out to all you wannabe freestylers.

If you’re starting off on waving … try it out in a full sleeve shirt of proper fitting.It is easier to achieve the final effect this way.

If you truly wish to learn it then try rolling up your shirt to your shoulders and then practice.

Note - Do not forget to include the shoulders in the overall motion.

The shoulders follow an up-down motion. When one goes up the other goes down and vice versa.

And and and … lest I forget … try and practice these moves in front of a mirror or better still … turn off the lights and light a candle. Now stand between the candle and a wall so that your shadow falls on the wall. If you achieve the wave effect on the shadow on the wall then you’ve got it !

I hope that was helpful. Any and all doubts shall be entertained.

If any of you reading this is male and interested in dancing then please do get in touch. We are looking for people for the aforementioned fests.

Enough of that.

If you’re still reading this …

Goodnight
A.G