Category Archives: Dancing

We ballroom and swing dance every chance we get so these posts deal with dancing!

Saturday Night Live!

Fact:  Live from New York … It’s Saturday Night!  Chevy Chase first uttered that famous line on October 11th, 1975.  The sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live would become one of the longest-running series of all time, with over 47 seasons … Continue reading

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Work And Play; That’s The Way!

Fact: Months that begin on a Sunday always have a Friday the 13th in them. Out to the Swim Spa was first on our agenda.  But first, we swung by the wall looking for new varmints caught on the traps.  Alas, … Continue reading

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The Weekend Is Here And We Are Dancing Tonight!

Fact:  First archeological proof of dance comes from India’s nine thousand-year-old cave paintings. Mary’s daughter lost her doggy last night, and it was pretty devastating since it was her first pet loss other own.  Champ was her baby.  We found … Continue reading

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Laid Back Until 4:33 PM!

Fact: Every person on Earth is living in the past.  This may sound like the plot of some sci-fi, time-travel thriller, but it’s actually a fact of human biology and the trickiness of time.  Our brains don’t perceive events until … Continue reading

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We Awaited The Arrival!

Fact: Dentistry goes all way back to when humans first had teeth…well not quite that long. However, one study found evidence of teeth being drilled in skulls that dates from 7,500 to 9,000 years ago. The holes were likely made … Continue reading

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Great Fun

Fact: Neil Diamond is best known for his iconic song, “Sweet Caroline”, (you’ve definitely heard it at the Drive stadium), along with hits such as “I Am… I Said”, “Song Sung Blue”, “Cracklin’ Rosie”, and of course, “Cherry, Cherry”. Yeah … Continue reading

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Time To Dance!

Research also proves that dancing reduces stress and tension for the mind and body.  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute studies have shown that dancing also prevents heart disease. In the morning, we worked in the garden, deadheading some of … Continue reading

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The Party Is Over! Let’s Do Another!!

Fact: Most elephants weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale. Thank goodness for our caterers.  When we woke up, the kitchen was spotless, the outside was cleaned up, the trash was taken out, and the place was “spotless”.  We … Continue reading

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Wednesday; A Busy Day!

Fact: Our friends truly bring out the best in us.  In 2013, research at the University of California, San Diego, found that people look more attractive in a group than individually.  It’s a phenomenon called hierarchical encoding, but it might … Continue reading

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Sunday And We Are Off Like A Shot!

Fact:  The earliest historical records show the origin of the dance in Cave Paintings in India, dating back to 8,000 BCE. Even the 5300-year-old tomb paintings in Egypt pinpoint the origin of ancient dances. According to archaeologists, the dance originated … Continue reading

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