Once a chorus girl, always a chorus girl.

 While doing my prep for retiring I read a lot about mental health. One piece that stuck with me was

To be happy, do more of what you love."

Well that seemed pretty obvious to me> But on thinking about it I found that I was spending waaay more time doing things that I HAD to do rather than those that I WANTED to do.

I figured that the Honeymoon period of my retirement would be the perfect time to focus on that, so I wrote a list of all the things that I had enjoyed doing in my life and coming in at first place was

DANCING!

Not a surprise really. My earliest memories are of learning to jive and waltz around the kitchen with my siblings. Seeing as Mam and Dad were beautiful ballroom dancers we were naturals!!!

Then another big part of my life is LMVG where I was a chorus girl for many years.

A front line dancer, I hasten to add!

During Lockdown I did classes with Dance Yourself Fit online. A bit like Zumba, only every routine was based on a particular dance like samba, jive, salsa, 

cha cha CHAAA, tango etc.

So when I heard that real, in-person classes were taking place in The Downs I set off eagerly.

I was exhausted and in a bucket of sweat....after the warm up! But the music and routines were so fab I kept going. I couldn't believe it when the hour was over. 

So here I am at the end of class, posing and smiling, ever the professional......... I wish!

Definitely beats chair aerobics!