this is a followup to Mirror Image, check that out first so you have some background...
went down to CT with a bunch of friends to celebrate the New Year at a club and we were treated to live music, dinner and open bar till 9pm. it was an amazing evening…
since we had a large group, a table was reserved and it became HomeBase for the evening. once again, we have a fantastic place to enjoy the show... table near the stage, alot of laughs and some serious hording of free drinks by the wife from private bar! the Show starts promptly and people start flooding into the room. we hold our ground with some serious boxing out of the Others... after a few songs, theres a Rumble building around the table, apparently there is someone dancing ridiculously near the stage... a friend recognizes the guy and points out his finding to me and as i turn back towards the stage, the crowd parts just right and i have a clear view of this guy… you guessed it, its the Dancer... he is in a snazzy SweaterVest tonight and still flailing about just as wildly as before...
one of our group is also a Mocker of Bad Dancing and so he wants to get right into the Fun... i like his enthusiasm but i tell him to relax and that its early yet! this confuses my friend and he persists “lets go get him right now” so i develop a plan of action: send the Mocker over first, while i scout from afar, then i will make my move alone and later we would combine to devastate him together to finish it up... my friend objects so i flash my camera in his eyes to diffuse the situation, this starts a Camera-Flash Dance-Fight with him for a minute or so... having won that, i regain focus and continue to enjoy the show... after a couple more songs, i realize there is some disappointment regarding my decision to not immediately head over there and rectify this Situation with some Mocking... instead of enjoying the music and the company of my friends, i briefly head into the fray and acquire the Target...
photo recon acquired, i head back to the HomeBase to begin analyzing his Style… it consists of dance moves such as Washing the Window, a DoubleSpin to DeepKneeBend and something that looks quite similar to Yosemite Sam’s Wide-Legged-Rootin-Tootin-Dance… this guy had really stepped his game up a notch since our last encounter. the 1st set ends, the room we are in has cleared out significantly, we continue our festivities, so many pictures, big smiles and wonderful people... its during this time that i lose sight of SweaterVestDancer, i figure he is in the other room dancing ridiculously to another band that is playing…
our evening continues and eventually the music starts up again in the room we are in. this time, we all press forward towards the stage and end up on the rightside of it. to my immediate right, the SweaterVestDancer and his chick… they have effectively occupied 5 spaces of dance room, her in 1 and he, taking up 4 spaces… i decide that texting a few longtime and seldom-seen buddies is more important than a serious MockDance Session… im just grooving to the beat and letting out some Lil Jon “yeah”s between texts when theres a tug on my jacket sleeve. i turn and see the SVD’s chick, the music is loud so i bend down and hear her say this: “i remember You from the last time, i don’t want you to make fun of him tonight and ruin this show for us” and all I could muster after many trips to the pooltable champagne serving stations: “Happy New Year”
sidestory~ went to an allmans show over the summer and was subject of confrontation there... a guy sitting in seats behind us didn’t like that we were dancing during the show because he couldn’t see the show since he was Sitting… he makes this known to us early on, we reluctantly comply and sit for awhile... as the show progresses, more good songs come on and we get dancing again… he tells the group of us to move to open seats in the next row if we want to dance, i offer him the same opportunity… i leave the area and return later to hear that the guys wife is trying to play nice to get us to move. she pulls me close and sweetly tries to convince me to move the group over… i promptly tell her that we are at a concert and if he isn’t happy with his seat, he is welcome to move to the next row over or stand up and dance… she scowls at me and sits far back in her seat… after a few more songs, he reaches out and grabs my shirttail in an effort to drag me down into my seat… i spin around, knock his hand away and calmly ask him: please don’t put your hands on me again…then proceeded to dance fight for the rest of the show... i tell you that to explain my thoughts and why i Mock: if youre at a show, you Dance… my Issue here is with Type of dancing, especially in restricted spacing, Dont Monopolize what little space there is~
im pretty upset that i dont have something better to report ie. a friend tells me my response should have gone something like this: im flattered that you remembered me but your boyfriends unforgettable! and jumped on the Mocking Train right there… i agree with him but theres only so much you can do in a day and hindsight is 20/20…
so with these ideas expressed and with the wife is on top of her game, she pressed the record on our camera and captured 22 seconds of this so-called Dancing. its dark, grainy and sideways but i believe this clip accurately depicts what not to do at a crowded show! wonder if i will ever get another shot someday? who knows but in the meantime, i give you the SweaterVestDancer…
~Life is Short, Get into it~
14 years ago
1 comment:
having experienced SVD first hand I may say that I whole-heartedly agree with Finnie in his assessment of said dancer's style. I would have to disagree however with the author's display of tact in his dealings with said DB's girlfriend. Personally I feel telling her to "get fucked" would've been way more effective.
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