When I was in my teens, hitting the town with my mates, the minute we reached the clubs I was THAT guy. The debonair, well-dressed sultry stranger, standing coolly beside the dance floor, probably holding a Vodka-Martini, being eyed up by all the ladies, never dancing but never needing to.
Or alternatively I was the geeky guy standing awkwardly on his own whilst everyone else danced and he looked on trying to be cool whilst unknowingly spilling half a pint of Fosters down his trousers and being laughed at by the ladies. I would never dance for fear of looking an idiot, whilst all around me my friends were waving their hands in the air like they just didn’t care, making fools of themselves but being joined regardless by the same girls I was staring pointlessly at.
It’s only in recent years that I realised the error of my ways and, admittedly augmented by alcohol, became all too happy to jump straight on the dance floor however stupid I may look, put dignity aside and make dad-dancers around the world ask “what the heck’s that guy doing?” And do you know what? It’s SO much more fun!
So often at weddings we see amazing bands and DJ’s being rewarded for their awesome performances by polite gentle clapping from the still seated guests at the tables, just a few kids twirling endlessly on the vast, empty expanse in front of the band, even the bride and groom too busy speaking to guests to find their way to the floor. But the minute everyone decides to step up on that floor the party really gets going and all of the guests start to have some real fun!
So don’t be the one waiting on the periphery, as soon as the bride and groom wave you onto the dance floor dive right in, jump, jive and shake a tail feather. Don’t be concerned by being the first, you certainly won’t be the last, but you will undoubtedly be the one having the most fun in the room. So as a wise man once said, Dance Like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening and live like it’s heaven on earth.
