The ball was held at Grand Haven Elementary school in McMinnville, the grand ballroom was too small so the ball had to be hosted in the school gym. When I first walked into the gym a flood of color met my eyes. It was like stepping back in time seeing everbody's costumes. There was around 140 people there. 140 people in ONE room. I will admit it, when I saw all the people, I froze in terror. Believe it or not, I am claustrophobic around large groups of people. ;) But there was no time to be timid! The first dance was about to begin! The ball started at 7 p.m. and ended at 11:30 p.m. 4 1/2 hours of bliss! (Well, except for the large, scary group of people.)
My two favorite dances that we did were 'The Dashing White Sergeant' and 'Mary's Wedding' both are very fast and FUN!! I always feel bad for the guys during the Dashing White Sergeant because they never get a rest, they're constantly on the move! But they somehow manage to keep going. :D
I even got to dance with dad! Actually, I think he did three dances in all (ECD is highly addicting). Even more surprising is that my big brother, Chris, danced twice!!!!! I thought for sure I was seeing things when he asked one of my friends to dance. He did really well though. And both dad and Chris are coming with us to dance this Thursday! Hurray!
As you have probably noticed, there are no pictures on this post.....Not one so far. Sorry! But we were to busy dancing to take pictures. Dad however, got a lot of videos, so without further ado.....
This clip is Mary's Wedding; and the song that is playing during the dance is the one that is stuck in my head. Even during church it was ringing faintly! The dance only lasts about 3 minutes, but dad had the camera and was goofing around after it ended so that is why it has such a weird ending. :D The intro is pretty long but you can see that most of the dancers are tapping (or stomping) their feet to the beat.
And I really, truly am sorry if you have dial-up and my videos are making your computer as slow as molasses in January!! (am I the only person who has heard of that phrase?)
Okay, so this is the only clip right now because it took me an hour and a half to upload it. Maybe I'll try another tomorrow....
~Caity
3 comments:
Cool video!
I'm glad that Chris is coming! :)
Is he more interested in dance class now,
or is has been blackmailed?
Well, his friend Katie (not me) has been asking him to come for ages and he finally gave in.
Although I think he enjoys it and just doesn't want to admit it. :D
~Caity
ah HAH!
there is an deeper motive....
I see. ;)
Well, I'll make sure the guys give him agood ribbing. :P
JK!
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