Party-Starting Tip of the Day
Occasionally you find yourself in a questionable party situation. For example, let's say there's a decent DJ playing run-of-the-mill Top 40 music, a huge dance floor, plenty of able-bodied people (at least 140 athletes who have just completed a triathlon and are pretty wired about it), but NO ONE one out there dancing. (Believe it or not, not everyone has as much dance floor camaraderie as the ToDd gang!)
The solution: Teaching your friends and teammates--most of whom are reluctant dancers--the samba line dance (Thank you, Amanda!!).
The solution: Teaching your friends and teammates--most of whom are reluctant dancers--the samba line dance (Thank you, Amanda!!).
- Sell the idea long before the party starts...two days ahead of time will work ("I have to teach you this awesome samba line dance at the celebration party. It's hands-down better than any Electric Slide or the Macarena.") Talk it up until they agree to learn.
- Confirm that said party is slow. While they are playing something akin to "Wind Beneath My Wings," pull your teammates--the enthusiastic and the skeptical--to the back of the ballroom, and teach them the samba line dance steps. You might find your 69-year-old coach is your most willing and quick-to-catch-on participant!!
- Send one of the bystanders up to the DJ to request "Let's Get it Started."
- When the first strains of the song hit the speakers, get out there with your teammates and their new skillz!
- Watch the dance floor fill up with 50+ people, many of whom are watching your feet, trying to catch on to this new-fangled dance. :-)
Ahhh, success. ;-)
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