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Dancing To Distraction© Shira
She Assaulted The Musicians!
She took her place on stage, just in front of the musicians' platform, and began to spin. The audience started noticing that the musicians were struggling to keep playing because they were trying to avoid being repeatedly smacked in the face by the edge of her veil. As she continued dancing, everyone was either sympathizing with the menaced musicians or chortling at their dilemma. The dance itself had lost their attention. June Was Busting Out All Over The music started, and the dancer was announced. She materialized on stage wrapped in her veil and began to dance. Her enthusiasm for the occasion was contagious, and soon the audience was clapping in time to her high-energy music. It was a great beginning! Her opening song eventually concluded and flowed into a soft, lyrical piece of music. With beautiful, graceful movements she removed her veil and began to dance with it. With the veil removed, the audience couldn't help but notice that her costume bra was much too skimpy for a family restaurant. One family who hadn't ordered yet got up and left. A group of young college men gazed eagerly at her breasts, hoping she would pop out. A woman accused her boyfriend of gazing excessively at the dancer's attributes and soon they were fighting. The veil portion of the dance ended, and the music sped up. Two women started talking about how embarrassing it would be for this dancer if she popped out. Soon the audience was buzzing with whispers. When she did a tiny shoulder shimmy, several people in the audience gasped for fear they would see something they didn't want to see. Eventually her music reached another slow section. She turned her back to the audience, and proceeded to descend to the floor in a wonderful backbend. But nobody admired the skill required to do it. They were too busy speculating with each other about whether the shifting of her breasts caused by the backbend would be the final trigger that would release them from their sequined cage. Everybody was certainly gazing at the dancer in rapt attention. But it wasn't her dance they were watching. When she originally planned her costume, she thought she was emphasizing one of the more attractive parts of her body. But she took it too far--she emphasized it so much that people didn't even notice anything else about her show.
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