Free ballroom dancing lessons offered by couple.Byline: J.P. Ellery SPENCER - With this activity you can exercise, have fun, challenge yourself and socialize so·cial·ize v. so·cial·ized, so·cial·iz·ing, so·cial·iz·es v.tr. 1. To place under government or group ownership or control. 2. To make fit for companionship with others; make sociable. all at once. It is called dancing. Here is your chance to learn ballroom dancing for free. The TV show "Dancing with the Stars Dancing with the Stars is the name for a number of international television series based on the format of the British series Strictly Come Dancing. Nevertheless, not all the international versions share this title. " has spurred a renewed interest in ballroom dancing, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Nancy J. Nowak, collections assistant at Richard Sugden Library on Pleasant Street. It just so happens that Mrs. Nowak and her husband, Bernie, from Spencer have been dancing for about 18 years and really enjoy teaching the basic steps in the waltz waltz, romantic dance in moderate triple time. It evolved from the German Ländler and became popular in the 18th cent. The dance is smooth, graceful, and vital in performance. , fox trot fox trot n. 1. a. A ballroom dance in 4/4 time, encompassing a variety of slow and fast steps. b. The music for this dance. 2. A slow broken gait of a horse, between a trot and a walk. , swing and other dances. They taught last year at the library and plan another instruction period starting this month. On Sept. 24 the Nowaks will begin a seven-week course in beginner ballroom dancing, perfect for people of all ages just starting out, they said. The dance program is sponsored by the local library. "We try to make it fun," Mrs. Nowak said. "We're not serious. We don't do competitive dancing. This is just dancing for fun, social dancing." If you guessed it was Mrs. Nowak who got bitten bit·ten v. A past participle of bite. bitten Verb the past participle of bite by the dancing bug first, you guessed wrong. "It was my husband's idea to take a dance class at Night Life, the adult evening education program administered by the Worcester School Department," she said, "and we've been dancing ever since." They now dance at the Frohsinn Club and at SAC Park, both in Shrewsbury, and at the Finnish Heritage Society Sovittaja in Rutland. The Nowaks started teaching dancing a few years ago at the Rutland site "and then last year we decided that we would try it here at the library. "It went very well," Mrs. Nowak said. "Enthusiasm counts for a lot and we had a grand time." The upcoming dance instruction will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m., but she warned that the library closes at 7 p.m. so dance students should get there by about 6:45 p.m. or they may find the doors locked. Preregistration pre·reg·is·tra·tion n. An early registration, as for returning college students, that takes place before general registration. by phone is required. Call the library at (508) 885-7513. She said to call soon because the class is limited to nine couples. You meet new friends when you dance, according to Mrs. Nowak, and "it's great exercise." |
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