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Follow us on Instagram: @ trilogy.medical Facebook: Trilogy Medical Stepping Across the Threshold By Peggy Pollard www.PeggyDance.weebly.com I sauntered up to his table, bouncing my step to the twangy music from the band on stage. I offered my right hand to the hefty, grizzled man, sit- ting under his big cowboy hat, arms crossed. I flashed him a friendly smile and nodded toward the small group of dancers. "Care to dance with me?" He glared at my hand, stone faced, pointedly NOT moving a muscle. I moved on. Next to him sat a lady in a plaid shirt. She giggled at my extended my hand. "No, but ask her," she pointed at a woman across the table. "She loves to dance." The confidence in my smile dimmed after these two rejections. But I continued around the table, my white- fringed cowboy boots clicking on the cement floor. The stocky lady in tight jeans stared blankly at my proffered hand. She blinked. Indecision swirled inside her. She looked up at the band, the dancers, then back down at my hand. She blinked again. The anxiety on her face melted into a smile. She stood up and placed her hand in my open palm. We stepped across the big, scary threshold of fear into the wonderful world of partner dancing. This was my first time in 17 months to do in-person social dancing. It felt glorious. The country western band at our "Hoe-Down" event belted out rockin' songs of American freedom on electric guitars. A hundred attendees chowed down on lunch plates heaped with barbecue chicken and baked beans. A dozen dancers bounced to the music in front of the stage. This is as gloriously Amer- ican as we can be. I led my skittery partner up to the dancing, turned and faced her. Wide-eyed, she smiled with nervous exhilaration. After 18-months of pent-up COVID stress, our faces glowed with relief at being back in actual human society. I swiftly evaluated our situation. She didn't know me, I didn't know her. By her timid hand grip, I instantly surmised that, like most of the people in this big white tent, she had no partner dancing skills. No matter. I quickly calculated, ad- justed my lead tempera- ture down to "Safe and Cool." I offered my left hand to connect in a safe, distant double-handhold. I initiated our dance launch -- big, gentle, gen- erous arm motions and a slow triple-step Swing Basic. As good leaders do, I gave such super-obvious lead gestures that she couldn't help but either —follow it intuitively —or completely ignore my lead to do whatever she wanted -- in which case, I readjust myself to go with that flow smoothly, thus making it near impossible for her to mess up. Happily, I'm able to turn whatever renegade dancing she gives me into a harmonious partnership. To turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. A good lead knows how to do that. (because my goal after all, is for my partner to enjoy the dance not be freaked out by a flashy stranger In white fringe cowboy boots) All this decision making happened in a half-second flash. Then, with very loose hand pressure, and kin- dergarten grade moves I commenced bouncing my hands to the rockin' rhythm . easing us into a synchronized partnership. I swayed and launched into sideways triple-step Swing. She swayed thusly with me for a few phrases of music. Feeling good, I lifted one hand to initiate her Under Arm Turn to the LEFT. She turned RIGHT. I quickly recalculate switched my hand direc- tion to match her turn. She slowly stepped around. We rejoined hands A big grin lit up her face. We repeated this pattern for the rest of the song. At the end, we thanked each other politely, both of us satisfied to have part- nered so well. Phew. I was glad to see my 18-months-dormant lead skills had sprung back to life again so quickly. Anyhoooooo . . .I turned to the remaining audience smiling in their seats, watching us. A few partners later, my last dance ended with an- other new dance friend. We exchanged sweaty smiles and thanks for sharing the musical joy together. Likely I will never see those dancers again. But all of us that day shared an important mo- ment—stepping across that lovely threshold back into the wonderful world of hu- man hand-to-hand dancing together. (see full article at www. peggydance.weebly.com/ santa-cruz-waltz-blog )