The "Dancing With My Star" Story
It was an ordinary day. 10:00 PM. "Dancing with the Stars" had just ended. First show of the season. One of my favorite shows. If I have to watch a reality show, this is going to be the one. Hey, you guys reading this who have never watched it, you should start. The girls on this show try to see who can wear the least amount of clothing. And the guys throw them around while grabbing almost every part of their body. All in the name of dance! The professional dancers are assigned to a "Star" who may or may not be someone you have heard of. Usually are a few athletes, an 
actor or actress or two, sportscasters, an astronaut, an ex-senator, reality show stars and musical performers. The hosts of the show this year are comedian Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke. There are also three judges: Carrie Ann, Len and Bruno who are professional dancers who assign a score after the contestants complete their dance. And ...... the viewers vote for their favorites. I actually did this one time!! The votes are tallied weekly and they eliminate a "Star" every week. She was a professional wrestler and came in second in an earlier competition. The set, lighting and band are really great. After watching it about 5 years ago, I was hooked. I would constantly go in to the framing gallery where I work the next morning after the show had aired and talk to Keith, my boss and former student, about who did what. Keith doesn't have cable TV so he never watched it. I always told him I wish I could dance like that. My mom and dad were great dancers and every wedding we would attend with them, they always won the competition for best dancers at the wedding reception. They could do the foxtrot, waltz, jitterbug and anything else that they did on the show. Not fair though, since they belonged to a dance club. My mom watches it all the time. I have two left feet it seems and Carol doesn't know which one to follow when we dance. We slow dance by rocking back and forth in the same spot. Well, two years ago at Christmas I gave Kieth and his wife Cindy a big basket from Hickory Farms and they gave me a ....... (ready for this?) ..... a gift certificate for dance lessons!! Two hour long lessons and two half hour lessons with the professionals at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio. I'm in my sixties and I'm going to take dance lessons. I put it off and off and finally we had to go or the expiration date on the gift certificate would pass. I called and made arrangements for Monday of the next week at 7:00 PM. Time arrived and we entered the door. Uh, oh! More couples. And they were dressed for dancing with dancing shoes. Didn't know you needed special clothing and shoes. Turns out they were in a special group class and Carol and I were by ourselves. Whew!! Our instructor asked us what type of dance we wanted to learn and we told her something slow. After an hour of practicing one ... two ... three ... four, she wanted us to make our next appointment. And .... sign up for a few more months of lessons, since she could see we weren't going to be pros after a couple. We told her we had to check our date book and would call soon. Luckily, I couldn't locate the date book. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
It was an ordinary day. 10:00 PM. "Dancing with the Stars" had just ended. First show of the season. One of my favorite shows. If I have to watch a reality show, this is going to be the one. Hey, you guys reading this who have never watched it, you should start. The girls on this show try to see who can wear the least amount of clothing. And the guys throw them around while grabbing almost every part of their body. All in the name of dance! The professional dancers are assigned to a "Star" who may or may not be someone you have heard of. Usually are a few athletes, an 
actor or actress or two, sportscasters, an astronaut, an ex-senator, reality show stars and musical performers. The hosts of the show this year are comedian Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke. There are also three judges: Carrie Ann, Len and Bruno who are professional dancers who assign a score after the contestants complete their dance. And ...... the viewers vote for their favorites. I actually did this one time!! The votes are tallied weekly and they eliminate a "Star" every week. She was a professional wrestler and came in second in an earlier competition. The set, lighting and band are really great. After watching it about 5 years ago, I was hooked. I would constantly go in to the framing gallery where I work the next morning after the show had aired and talk to Keith, my boss and former student, about who did what. Keith doesn't have cable TV so he never watched it. I always told him I wish I could dance like that. My mom and dad were great dancers and every wedding we would attend with them, they always won the competition for best dancers at the wedding reception. They could do the foxtrot, waltz, jitterbug and anything else that they did on the show. Not fair though, since they belonged to a dance club. My mom watches it all the time. I have two left feet it seems and Carol doesn't know which one to follow when we dance. We slow dance by rocking back and forth in the same spot. Well, two years ago at Christmas I gave Kieth and his wife Cindy a big basket from Hickory Farms and they gave me a ....... (ready for this?) ..... a gift certificate for dance lessons!! Two hour long lessons and two half hour lessons with the professionals at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio. I'm in my sixties and I'm going to take dance lessons. I put it off and off and finally we had to go or the expiration date on the gift certificate would pass. I called and made arrangements for Monday of the next week at 7:00 PM. Time arrived and we entered the door. Uh, oh! More couples. And they were dressed for dancing with dancing shoes. Didn't know you needed special clothing and shoes. Turns out they were in a special group class and Carol and I were by ourselves. Whew!! Our instructor asked us what type of dance we wanted to learn and we told her something slow. After an hour of practicing one ... two ... three ... four, she wanted us to make our next appointment. And .... sign up for a few more months of lessons, since she could see we weren't going to be pros after a couple. We told her we had to check our date book and would call soon. Luckily, I couldn't locate the date book. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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