Skirt followup
Daniel Damouth
helping to make my first skirt-at-a-dance experience a smashing
success.
I took your advice and got an ankle-length 100% thin cotton dark skirt
("Dress for Less", $8). At tonight's dance, I got so many compliments
on it that I lost count. Even the checkout woman at the grocery store
loved it.
I was not trying to costume myself as a woman, but just as a man
wearing a skirt. While some of the dancers in our group had seen men
in skirts elsewhere, there were several gasps and laughs when people
first saw me.
The skirt itself was very comfortable, although I kept stepping on it
and catching it on things (and one time a guy stepped on it while I
was sitting down). Although several people had told me that skirts
are cooler than shorts, I did not think so, because my legs were
sweating. Only later did I realize that I hadn't needed to change
shirts as I usually do at halftime. Maybe my sweating legs were
actually dissipating heat efficiently. I did twirl the skirt a fair
amount. (I wore boxers and no slip).
Our dancing photographer took several pictures of me, which may
eventually make their way onto the web.
The dance featured calling from Tom Hinds (advertised as being from
"East Coast"). He introduced some new things to us, such as the
"Ninepin" square, which is a square with a ninth person standing in
the middle. In the course of the dance, 4 other people join him in
the middle of the square. Those 5 people do various things at the
whim of the caller, and then the caller yells "swing!" and the 5 inner
people must each try to find an outer person to swing. Since there
are only 4 outer dancers, one person doesn't find a partner and
becomes the "Ninepin" for the next round. It was lots of fun,
especially when a tenth person joined our square.
Anyone know what group Tom Hinds normally calls for? I wonder if they
do other quasi-competitive dances like this. He showed us various
ways to "cut in" and replace people in the square by smoothly
replacing someone. Normally I'm not a big fan of this sort of thing,
but we only did it in one dance and the mood ensured that everyone I
saw had fun.
Anyway, thanks again to the group.
-Dan Damouth
--
Joss Whedon, on the Buffy board: "The posting board is... uh, the
people are.. typing, and there is, they communicate from the
typing... my head is swollen."
Gloria Krusemeyer
>The skirt itself was very comfortable, although I kept stepping on it
>and catching it on things (and one time a guy stepped on it while I
>was sitting down). Although several people had told me that skirts
>are cooler than shorts, I did not think so, because my legs were
>sweating
Try shortening the skirt. Wearing a skirt long enough to step on is a
hazard on the dance floor. The only reason "floor length" skirts worked in
the past is because of hoops or petticoats that kept them out and away from
the wearer's feet.
I've found ankle length to be as long as I can manage for a dance skirt.
Even so, it's still going to be warmer because there's not much room for air
circulation.
Most of my skirts are within a few inches of mid-calf. Shorter and there
are modesty issues, longer gets difficult to manage and, as you noticed,
hot.
Gloria Krusemeyer
KMsSavage
--Karen M.
Noemi Ybarra
Gloria Krusemeyer wrote:
> Most of my skirts are within a few inches of mid-calf. Shorter and there
> are modesty issues, longer gets difficult to manage and, as you noticed,
> hot.
I wear exercise-type shorts underneath my skirts - no chafed thighs, no modesty
issues. In fact, when I'm really hot, I often tuck the sides of my skirt into
the waistband for better air circulation. It helps if the fabric looks good on
both sides, but in the heat of the dance I usually don't really care!
Noemi
Daniel Damouth
KMsSavage <kmss...@aol.com> wrote:
> Let us know when you need resources on petticoats & hoops...
>--Karen M.
Being a woman takes too much work...
-Dan
Marla Wilson
there is the problem in a nutshell!
fondest regards
Marla