To Dance Again

Sunday found us at a not-so-local, but lovely church where we had the opportunity to help promote the Irish festival by dancing in the courtyard as parishioners exited mass. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed dancing again! The music; jigs, reels and sets; the enthusiastic audience; dancing, reconnecting and laughing with good friends; being treated to lunch afterwards; and the gift cards the church gave us for dancing—so many delights. It was so kind of them to think to “pay” us. And we were so happy just to have the opportunity to dance together again! An elderly nun accosted one of the kids afterward and chided us that the music wasn’t loud enough and that we really needed a better CD player and costumes if we wanted to be taken seriously. "Seriously?" No, please God! We’ve already danced at the serious stuff, and now we want to just dance for the sheer joy of it! Poor thing, she was trying to help, but she just didn’t understand! :) Everyone else was so positive, and it was great to see our dancing make people smile, clap and tap their feet along with us. Especially the little ones that came up around the stage to join in!

The Reunion

Stop playing with the camera, and let's dance!

St. Pat's

Set Dancing--Love the dancing ponytail!

The Grotto

What great memories—and yes, we must do it again!