said Kate on Thursday, so I found Anita and someone managed to rustle up a few more for a large, fast rueda. Great fun - we had three ruedas in quick succession - though it started to get a bit unwieldy towards the end. Some of the women in the circle obviously hadn't encountered real rueda before and were a bit startled when the 'por abajo' calls started and men started coming at them from the opposite direction!
All that dancing with Sarah last week has got me dancing in a more subtle and inventive way, at least with partners who respond well to subtlety. Standout dances were two tracks in a row with Sally from Swansea; Emma; and a bachata with my favourite bachata partner.
That 'Rough Guide' CD is on constant play in the car and the track with the pedal steel (Chica de mi Barrio) is growing on me. Actually a lot of bachata lyrics reminds me of the 'crying into your beer' style of country music. 'Amor de mi Vida' is one of the saddest songs ever: the love of the singer's life has died in childbirth, and he promises to look after the children for her because they're all she left behind when she 'went off to the sky'.
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