Dance-related hobbies

[Bill]

Originally posted by Monika
Stuart
I tried it first time at a party (in mini-skirt! ...mental note to find and destroy the film..!) at a friends house = big house with in-door climbing wall! and loved it!

Mon x

Maybe that would catch on Monika................ wall climbing in mini skirts....... how many men would volunteer to give you all a hand?



and Stuart..............my skirts are seldom that short....... obviously depends on the occasion

[Aleks]

Originally posted by bigdjiver
Do I sense a 3D solution forming to the room to dance problem?

Abseil / bungee / balloon jive?

Would that be XTREME jiving ?

[Geordieed]

Shopping for shoes. Find a girl whose other hobby is shopping for shoes and can disguise this under the banner of finding new shoes that 'would look great on a dancefloor' and there you have it.

[Monika]

Stuart

Climbing in Glasgow:
http://www.glasgowclimbingcentre.co.uk

http://www.tiso.co.uk
(Couper Street)

Kelvin Hall Sports Arena, Argyle Street, no web-site, but can contact on 0141 3572525

Edinburgh:
http://www.alienrock.co. uk (converted church)
Ratho:
http://www.adventurescotland.co.uk

...good luck!

[Will]

Originally posted by Stuart M
I've been feeling of late that I ought to develop a new hobby. However I'd like it to be something which helps my dancing in some (not immediately obvious) way. Any interesting ideas out there, or are we all single-minded dance obsessives?

Possible ideas so far are martial arts, and learning to play a musical instrument. Any others? I've been thinking mental rather than physical pursuits, to improve my ability to concentrate/think ahead etc.

I've found Dwarf Tossing very useful.

[Geordieed]

How about Will bashing...

[Penfold]

I think any type of martial art would have some benefit to dancing. They will all help to improve balance, footwork, give's you some form of muscle conditioning and for me has helped with timing. Fencing is good for giving an appreciation of what your partner is doing, just a shame I'm not very good at fencing

I've been having guitar lessons for a few months now and this has helped me notice different ways of picking out beats and off beats in songs, especially when trying to improvise a solo.

[Emma]

Take up sewing, Stuart....never be short of a costume again!

[Rachel]

Originally posted by Emma
Take up sewing, Stuart....never be short of a costume again!

Do you know, that's just what I was thinking ... but didn't dare post!!! (A great hobby, in my opinion.)
R.

[Emma]

Originally posted by Rachel
Do you know, that's just what I was thinking

Great minds, Rachel

[Rachel]

Originally posted by Emma
Great minds, Rachel

And another bonus - very cheap curtains!

Liked the climbing wall suggestions, too! I tried doing that a few times at the wall in Peterborough. Great fun. Reminded me of holidays at Weston Super Mare when I was young and scabbling round the rocks with my father.

But I stopped going to the indoor wall cos I had no-one to go with, and was too nervous to go on my own. All the guys I asked were scared of heights - (this wall wasn't much over 20 ft)!!!!

(Shoes, Mary, shoes??? In my day, we didn't have shoes - I always did it barefoot!)
Rachel

[Mary]

Originally posted by Rachel
And another bonus - very cheap curtains!



(Shoes, Mary, shoes??? In my day, we didn't have shoes - I always did it barefoot!)
Rachel

OK, when I was little I used scramble around the rocks in barefeet!! But I've got soft feet now - think I've gone soft full stop!!

I also suppose you lived in paper bag as well

M

[fruitcake]

YOu should try an outdoor hobby, nothing to do with dancing I would say, like monica suggests rock climbing..I love hillwalking, combined with birdwatching-brilliant fun , very relaxing, orienteering,bramble picking in september is very relaxing too!
You could do something like astronomy which I find fascinating and join an astronomy club or evening class.
Have you thought of sea fishing?If i was a bloke and didnt mind gettin g my fingers dirty an dsmelly thats what i would do!Rhona at work beside me suggests cooking!!!!!!
Fruitcake

[jivecat]

I'd go with the rock-climbing- needs strength, agility, flexibility, poise, balance and control. Occasionally referred to as "rock ballet". However, all the climbers I've known have been obsessive, adrenalin-crazed rock junkies prepared to get up at the crack of dawn at weekends to pursue their addiction. So if you're an obsessive, adrenalin-crazed dance-floor junkie that never gets to bed before 2 at weekends I'm not sure if there's a future in it unless you like existing on hardly any sleep.

[Emma]

Yes, cooking..and sewing...and maybe housework?

[Stuart M]

Originally posted by Emma
...and maybe housework?

Oh yeah, like that's a hobby, Em - some people are just sick....

So far we have:
1)Rock-climbing
2)juggling
3)yoga
4)martial arts
5)sewing
6)cooking
7)guitar lessons
8)music theory
9)astronomy
10)bird-watching
11)hillwalking
12)Dwarf-tossing
13)Will-bashing (there's a joke here somewhere )
14)bungee jumping

I'll have a look into 1-4. Or alternatively there's zorbing, which I believe you can do in somewhere in Perthshire.

[Heather]

Originally posted by Mary


I also suppose you lived in paper bag as well

M

WE had it tough!! We used to live in Shoe Box in't middle of road!!!


Heather,
x

[Dreadful Scathe]

Originally posted by Heather
WE had it tough!! We used to live in Shoe Box in't middle of road!!!

shoe box ??? LUXURY ...we made do with a rain filled pit in the ground....

[fruitcake]

There's always that paint ball shooting thing in woods

I would love to do that....pretend I was a female version of Arnie!which sounds great,what's it called again?

[Stuart M]

Originally posted by fruitcake
There's always that paint ball shooting thing in woods

I would love to do that....pretend I was a female version of Arnie!which sounds great,what's it called again?

Usually just called paintball - Bedlam have a venue near Aberdeen I think.

The one time I tried it, I ended up with a sore back after some idiot shot me there from quite close . Wouldn't go again unless I knew everyone in the parties taking part (we were teamed up against a stag night of neds).