Hi all 2nd attempt at posting, wifi very weak here ( on holiday).
Looks like I didn't miss much luckily, hood to follow the running commentary on here though. .?
I think there should be a red button option for people who want to see dancing from a better angle, I do get a bit cross with camera angles at times.
I've also noticed on this thread though that certain people seem to be looking for fight, seems a shame, it is only a tv programme. Nice to read everyone's opinion but no need to argue. ?
Anyway, hope to be back on my own sofa with all the necessaries next week. ?
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D.D. no offense taken and never will be, these boards are for discussion not warfare. We all have our likes and dislikes "oh" and opinions which are our own and should not be taken as statements of fact. I hold counsel until the real dancing starts, lets face it the Dancing wins in the end. We have all seen some very good dancers leave other years whilst the GBP kept in the clowns, that is a fact of life, I always hated clowns even in the circus although will put up with them knowing their time will come. Get next week over the one I never look forward to and then to Blackpool my favorite. Tentative thought is Louise will be in at the finish, I did say tentative.
Hello , just read back and yes it is Light TV entertainment , some years better than others , liking this one
Does anybody remember Come Dancing that the late Terry Wogan compared , I wonder if they could slot in one of those type shows one week , it would be a novelty
Those were the days D.H. "and the next dance will be the Dorothy Waltz, the ladies are wearing" where upon we got a lecture on fashions for Ballroom Dancing. This would be followed by the Peggy Spencer Dancers doing a sequence dance, all very sedate. Peggy also sat as a Judge on Come Dancing as it was then known, I have memory of Angela Ripon commentating also.
Before your time SGL is that a big humph? We who went to the pictures twice a week saw the Lindy Hop on film and wondered, it was a street dance with no set pattern or rules, when the Canadian's and finally the Americans (they took their time about it) got here we saw the Jitterbug, again a street dance and still without rules or format and then came the Jive and believe it or not, Victor Sylvester cleaned it up added format and rules as to how it was done. That is the form done on Strictly although over the years it did digress, I remember dancing Jive with hops skips knee wobbling and lots of throwing the partner all over the floor. Put your passion killers on Joan we are jiving tonight. It was and still is a young persons dance, not for Lesley at 71 although being the trooper she is she would have given it her best shot. What happened to the music this week? I could give them the correct music if they asked especially for Rumba and Tango. The world has gone mad is my excuse, methinks it time to get off.
Jitterbug came first SGL and involved a lot of throwing around of the girl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc0hr0ih35k Looks positively dangerous to me if you've got a few couples doing that on the same dance floor at the weekly dance. As Frank says, jive has been codified with rules about tempo and feet and technique, much like Walter Laird did with cha-cha and the Brits also did for slow or English waltz and the ballroom tango.
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Hi all 2nd attempt at posting, wifi very weak here ( on holiday).
Looks like I didn't miss much luckily, hood to follow the running commentary on here though. .?
I think there should be a red button option for people who want to see dancing from a better angle, I do get a bit cross with camera angles at times.
I've also noticed on this thread though that certain people seem to be looking for fight, seems a shame, it is only a tv programme. Nice to read everyone's opinion but no need to argue. ?
Anyway, hope to be back on my own sofa with all the necessaries next week. ?
Btw, our posts crossed Frank & Lizzie, I wasn't referring to either of you.
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D.D. no offense taken and never will be, these boards are for discussion not warfare. We all have our likes and dislikes "oh" and opinions which are our own and should not be taken as statements of fact. I hold counsel until the real dancing starts, lets face it the Dancing wins in the end. We have all seen some very good dancers leave other years whilst the GBP kept in the clowns, that is a fact of life, I always hated clowns even in the circus although will put up with them knowing their time will come. Get next week over the one I never look forward to and then to Blackpool my favorite. Tentative thought is Louise will be in at the finish, I did say tentative.
Frank.
Hello , just read back and yes it is Light TV entertainment , some years better than others , liking this one
Does anybody remember Come Dancing that the late Terry Wogan compared , I wonder if they could slot in one of those type shows one week , it would be a novelty
All the best everybody
Didn't disbelieve you Frank, sorry bad choice of words.
But sorry, jitterbug before my time
Those were the days D.H. "and the next dance will be the Dorothy Waltz, the ladies are wearing" where upon we got a lecture on fashions for Ballroom Dancing. This would be followed by the Peggy Spencer Dancers doing a sequence dance, all very sedate. Peggy also sat as a Judge on Come Dancing as it was then known, I have memory of Angela Ripon commentating also.
Before your time SGL is that a big humph? We who went to the pictures twice a week saw the Lindy Hop on film and wondered, it was a street dance with no set pattern or rules, when the Canadian's and finally the Americans (they took their time about it) got here we saw the Jitterbug, again a street dance and still without rules or format and then came the Jive and believe it or not, Victor Sylvester cleaned it up added format and rules as to how it was done. That is the form done on Strictly although over the years it did digress, I remember dancing Jive with hops skips knee wobbling and lots of throwing the partner all over the floor. Put your passion killers on Joan we are jiving tonight. It was and still is a young persons dance, not for Lesley at 71 although being the trooper she is she would have given it her best shot. What happened to the music this week? I could give them the correct music if they asked especially for Rumba and Tango. The world has gone mad is my excuse, methinks it time to get off.
Frank
Not sure what you mean Frank......big humph.
Jitterbug, jive, Victor Sylvester all before my clubbing days. Sorry.x
Jitterbug came first SGL and involved a lot of throwing around of the girl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc0hr0ih35k Looks positively dangerous to me if you've got a few couples doing that on the same dance floor at the weekly dance. As Frank says, jive has been codified with rules about tempo and feet and technique, much like Walter Laird did with cha-cha and the Brits also did for slow or English waltz and the ballroom tango.
Doghouse , sounds like Happy memories
Victor Sylvester. . . . Aaaaah