Category: Dance

I just discovered Krystal Ballroom in North Hampton, thanks to Laura, and last night met Laura, Marcelle, and Joleen there for a night of open dancing. I didn’t have high hopes, based on their website, which is far from elegant, but in person the place has polish and style uncharacteristic for New Hampshire, and is certainly a step up from Portsmouth Ballroom, which over the years has sunk into such a doldrums of sad, dumpy sameness that I can’t really bear to go there very often. Some nice points about Krystal BR:

• Clean, updated bathrooms
• Snacks and wine, gratis
• A nice floor
• A coatroom
• Very friendly, engaging staff
• A nice mix of dancers … young, old, experienced, newer
• An undefinable sense of mission, direction

Next Tuesday I’ll go back for an  introductory $10 private and group lesson (a nice idea on their part), and we’ll see where I go with it from there.

Well, it’s the next year. I rolled out of bed at the Sheraton Framingham and got on the road after a quick breakfast at the bar downstairs. It was a fun NY Eve at the Dance Extravaganza, hanging out with the gang from Maine.