Hyperreal

Now my Grand Tour of Scotland is over, I thought I should have a look back at the whole experience and see what I can learn from the experience…

Let’s see… We’ll mix the good with the bad…

• Don’t dance with indigestion.
• Don’t have the pasta at the next Musselburgh comp (maybe related with the previous point?)
• Don’t expect to feel good about your standard of dancing at a competition unless you win something.
• Don’t try to take photos of dancers in action without a flash unless you’ve got a tripod, and a very fast exposure on your camera.
• Don’t expect your dancing to up to scratch when you’re mentally and physically tired.
• You can enter a competition and not do well and the world doesn’t end.
• You have to be careful of dancers who will hurt you pretty much everywhere you go.
• Sometimes it’s the dancers that can hurt you that will also give you the best dances.
• The very best dancers will only give you heart-ache.
• Don’t try to go to Aberdeen when there’s an oil conference on.
• Take chocolate with you.
• A lack of people, especially women, can diminish an otherwise good night.
• It’s difficult to learn complex moves when you’re sitting off at the side for a third of the class.
• Learning the same move three times in a week doesn’t always help.
• Everywhere you go to dance, if you’re prepared to work a little, you’ll have a great time.
• Good dance shoes can still lead to sore feet.
• Scottish Ceroc dancers are the greatest bunch of people.
• English Ceroc dancers are an alright bunch too.
• In fact, where-ever you come from, you’re probably cool, as most people are good, honest, kind, and helpful.
• We have a fantastic bunch of teachers.
• We have some of the best DJs in the UK.
• Seducers are lovely.
• Aberdeen had the best buzz.
• Dundee had the most enthusiastic dancers.
• Edinburgh had the best looking women (but it’s a close contest!)
• Nothing beats Glasgow though.
• Sitting on a train with nothing to do for three hours can be a good time for reflection.
• Especially in the windows.
• As an adult, you really shouldn’t sit on a train sucking your thumb.
• It’s nice to go away once in a while.
• It’s nice to come home too.
• It’s good to hear that you’ve been missed.
• Not dancing can make you grumpy.
• Dancing makes you happy.

What other things have I missed? What have you learnt from your reflections on dancing? Give your comments below…

The big question… Would I do it again?

Yes – no question.