Dances

[Pegtagatha]

What can you wear to a dance? What music and dancing is done at a Dance? Can I wear dresses with lots of sparkles?

[MorningStar]

It's been a long time since I've been to any of those, but I know you can wear anything that's modest. I don't see why sparkles wouldn't be allowed. At youth dances, there was no "double clutching" allowed. Ah, memories.

[Daniel]

It's been a long time since I've been to any of those, but I know you can wear anything that's modest. I don't see why sparkles wouldn't be allowed. At youth dances, there was no "double clutching" allowed. Ah, memories.[/b]

Whats that?

[Dr. Mom]

Whats that?[/b]

:::blushing::: haven't heard that phrase in years!

[CourtneyP]

*LOL* I haven't been to a dance in years! Not that I ever danced at them because I can't dance worth a flip. But I enjoyed watching others and I love to listen to music so they were fun for me anyway.

But anyway...dress modestly. Nothing clingy or that hugs your curves. And dance modestly too.

[Garden Girl]

I love to dance!! And in my day, I could jitterbug with the best of them... now I can picture some of you young'uns out there saying... Huh? Jitterbug Think Big Band era with Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller... I also grew up in the Doo-Wop era... the beginning of Rock N Roll when our folks thought we were lost for sure... but it was innocent fun... What could be more innocent than "See Ya Later Allegator...After While Crocodile" or Sha-Boom, Sha Boom...

It's been years since I've been to a dance, but I can't believe the way teens dance these days... it's jaw-dropping to see them bump and grind... and definitely NOT LDS... I assume young adults dance "modestly."

What to wear to a dance? Something modest and not body clinging... Sparkles? In good taste...

Have fun... The Garden Girl

[Dr. Mom]

I love to dance!! And in my day, I could jitterbug with the best of them... now I can picture some of you young'uns out there saying... Huh? Jitterbug Think Big Band era with Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller... I also grew up in the Doo-Wop era... the beginning of Rock N Roll when our folks thought we were lost for sure... but it was innocent fun... What could be more innocent than "See Ya Later Allegator...After While Crocodile" or Sha-Boom, Sha Boom...

It's been years since I've been to a dance, but I can't believe the way teens dance these days... it's jaw-dropping to see them bump and grind... and definitely NOT LDS... I assume young adults dance "modestly."

What to wear to a dance? Something modest and not body clinging... Sparkles? In good taste...

Have fun... The Garden Girl[/b]

Ah the days of real music! I love to listen to Brian Setzer or the Squirrel Nut Zippers now. When we lived in Socal we would go to the Queen Mary and listen to the Big Bands play and dance our legs off. <sigh> Those were the days!

[Garden Girl]

Dr. Mom... I hear ya... wasn't the music great... and songs had real lyrics... remember all those romantic songs... and how each dance would have the "last dance," usually Goodnight, Sweetheart.

I'm glad for and welcome the many good ways we have progressed in society... medicine, science, technology, etc., but I think there is a "spirit" that is missing from younger people today that they don't understand that we had. I don't necessarily want to go backward, but I do miss some aspects of "the good old days." I think the standards/activities/family values of the Church come closest to what I'm referring to, but society in general seems to be lacking. That's just my opinion.

And today's dancing and music plays a part of that...

Garden Girl

[Dr. Mom]

Dr. Mom... I hear ya... wasn't the music great... and songs had real lyrics... remember all those romantic songs... and how each dance would have the "last dance," usually Goodnight, Sweetheart.

I'm glad for and welcome the many good ways we have progressed in society... medicine, science, technology, etc., but I think there is a "spirit" that is missing from younger people today that they don't understand that we had. I don't necessarily want to go backward, but I do miss some aspects of "the good old days." I think the standards/activities/family values of the Church come closest to what I'm referring to, but society in general seems to be lacking. That's just my opinion.

And today's dancing and music plays a part of that...

Garden Girl[/b]

You couldn't be closer to reality, GG. Today's kids are part of the "it's mine now" era. I remember having to work for the things I wanted. Layaway was a gift from the heavens! Now if kids want something, especially if it's expensive, they slap a credit card down and get it because if they wait until they have the cash the item will be obsolete and the next newest item will always be more expensive than the funds they have. I remember when holding hands meant something. Hubby and I still hold hands everywhere, but we're considered old now. Society is lacking the manners, the respect and the desire to never settle for second best. I could go on and on, but you know the rest. And to think it's only going to get worse...

[Garden Girl]

You are right... when Aug rolled around, the stores were showing fall clothes and my sis and I would go shopping with Mom and we'd each get two or three new sweater/skirt outfits on LAY-AWAY (thanks for the chuckle... kids today think LayAway? What's that??). By time the the weather cooled, we'd finished paying for our clothes. Are you too young or do you remember how our sweaters/skirts matched, and we wore white bucks with colored socks to match our skirts... The goal was to dress as "sharp" as we could... I remember carrying a little pouch filled with white powder that came with our bucks, and if we got a scuff we would powder it out... Ha! I can see some of the gals scratching their head... huh?
I didn't own a poodle skirt... but wore a pony tail...
Every year one of our special dances was called the Twin Sweater Dance... sponsored by Hi-Tri (YWCA service club). The girls asked the boys, and we wore the same color sweaters... held the dance in the gym...
Every month at school there was a special dance of some type... Valentine's Ball, sock hops, homecoming, Christmas Ball, Spring Fling etc., culminating with the Jr.-Sr. Prom... for the prom we always had a "name" band... it was always competition to see which school could get the biggest name band... we had Ray Anthony, Harry James and Ben Pollack my three years in H.S. Dancing was very much a part of our lives...

What a fun memory... Garden Girl