I had five hours of sleep last night. Must sleep now…
I went shopping today for a dress for my dance exam in four weeks. I have rediscovered that I have no interest in clothes shopping, especially with vague criteria such as:
– One piece dress
– Swishy
– Bright (fluorescent is best!)
– Knee length
– Stretchy to allow movement
I yawned my way through the shopping trip. The only time I perked up was when I spotted a framed world map. It is a reproduction of one of the very first maps of the globe — and it’s in gold. I love cartography, geodesy, spatial databases. I guess I like pictures that contain a lot of information. I bought the map immediately.
I found a dress too. It meets all the criteria, bar one. It is, unfortunately, a tasteful colour.
I spent the rest of the day at Damjan’s taekwondo tournament. He won the bronze medal, losing to the eventual gold medallist by just one point! Taekwondo, an exciting sport. I don’t think I’m competitive enough to do well in martial arts competitions but I can appreciate the struggles of others! I’ll stick to my dancing, thank yee.
You should do what I used to do when I did artistic skating – get a tailor to make you something to your exact specifications. That way you can ask for stretchy material in strategic places, and double stitching and stuff like that.(Although, seeing as I used to live in Hong Kong, finding a cheap and fast tailor was easier than it is here).
Daniel Yeow
At bronze level, you can wear nice casual clothes. At silver, you wear your best dress. At gold, people generally spend a few hundred dollars to buy a proper dance costume. One of my friends spends $500 each year getting a new dress tailored! I’d rather spend the money on private dance lessons so I’m not ashamed when I get on the dance floor. Theoretically, I could do the cha cha in my pyjamas and it should still look good 🙂
I’m doing gold latin and gold street latin. I wish I could do my gold ballroom but we’re a bit backward here — not many people are into ballroom!
I’m finding more and more bronze medallists all dressed up for their exam. I certainly would have felt silly getting dressed up for my bronze street latin last year — I would have looked really flashy as I walked out, raising the expectations, only to anti-climax as I stumbled through my dances.
I think people need to make sure they’re dancing well before they dress up. It’s not to say that the bronze medallists are bad dancers — our bronze medallists were excellent for their level — but obviously they haven’t been taught much technique yet, so sometimes moves don’t look as smooth as they could be.
For the record, I did my first medal in Doc Martin boots — they were the most appropriate shoes I had at the time!
vera