This One Time in Dance Camp....

Day 2 of classes here at Herrang Dance Camp - and in that short space of time my love of dance or 'joie de danse' has thoroughly and completely returned.

HDC is still a fun, happy place to be with maniacs who're obsessed with swing dancing all around. Everyone is still being overcharged for crappy, overcrowded accommodation but at least everyone is in the same boat - no VIP section here.

Mitzy and I are in the TV room of a big family home- there are at least 12 people in the house and 5 others in a 'house' out the back and the only shower facilities are through our room. Last night at least 8 people traipsed through circa 3 am for showers including one couple who we think had sex in there... I kid you not.

Many faces from last year are back (if I could've hand-picked the people I'd have liked to see back here I'd have picked all the same people :) I'm finding the classes quite easy and am wondering if I might have been ready to audition for the advanced Lindy class -maybe next time.

Live band tonight, Blues night tomorrow and Cabaret on Thursday - I won't be getting much rest over the next few days.

Oh well I can sleep in the office next week....

Shore Leave

Sweden, Sweden, Sweden... The country where I want to be...
(to the tune of Finland, Finland, Finland.... Monty Python)

As I sit in the office with torrential, incessant 'wetting' rain pouring down on the bleak Dublin landscape, I smile, smugly.

For I am off to Sweden tomorrow :) Land of permanent daytime, sunshine (well more than here) and swing dancing....

Yes I'm going to swing camp in Sweden...again.

How to describe Herrang Dance Camp?

Well you'll find it near Lennox Avenue:

You get to do lots of this:

And some of this:

And sometimes this:


Dancing. All day, every day, all night, every night. Non-stop (well except to re-fuel on chocolate brownies from the Blue Moon Cafe).

Dance floors that look like this:


And every week a Cabaret like no other:


It's a little like Kellerman's in Dirty Dancing except the only activity is dancing and everyone's either a hot Johnny Castle showing off their moves or a Baby eager to learn all they can as quickly as possible.

Yaw Herrang-time again :)