Where's the passion?
A friend told me that my recent posts on the blog have lost a lot of the passion of earlier blogs. That got me thinking that maybe I should take a break from the 20 reasons why dancing is good for your wellbeing and add an entry that conveys the passion that I do continue to feel. Tomorrow a group of us will be dancing at the Manurewa Returned Services Association (RSA). 
It's a good venue and a great band, The Constellations, but there is another more poignant reason for this venue.
Recently my Dad (aged 84) and Mum (aged 80) nominated and seconded me respectively, in my application to become an associate member of the RSA. With Dad's active membership of 60 years and Mum's mere 30 years membership, the President rightly commented that with 90 years of membership behind my nomination, how could he decline the application. It is only in the last 30 years or so that women were admitted as members, hence the difference in years of service.
The nomination process gave me the opportunity to state publicly, in front of my Dad, how proud I am of him and Mum and that it was a privilege after all this time to become an associate member of the RSA. So tomorrow might we head off for an early meal at the RSA where I can say thanks for their nomination and thanks for everything they have done for me in my 50mumble years...... then the dancing begins at 7.30pm....
I am very fortunate to have both parents still alive and well. They introduced me to ballroom dancing lessons when I was 14 yrs old and my current passion comes directly from their introduction more than 40 years ago. Legend are the stories that I have heard about my parents' dancing seven nights a week while they were courting. Tomorrow, Mum may not be up to dancing following a recent hip operation, but I am sure that Dad, who is a very good ballroom dancer, will be able to dance with the friends who are joining us tomorrow evening. Five days later my Mum will be 81 so there are multiple levels of celebration tomorrow.
So despite the apparently clinical and dry recent posts... the passion is alive and well.... The next post will be an update on tomorrow evening's dancing.
Chris
www.dancetours.co.nz
