Dancing with the Stars

Posted by Thomas Alan Gray Oct 14, 2009

My wife and I enjoy dancing and have taken a few ballroom and Latin dance lessons over the years.

That doesn't mean we're quite at the level of Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy (okay, maybe we're more like Chuck Liddell and Cloris Leachman!).

But we believe that our prior training makes us excellent armchair judges for Dancing With The Stars. We do enjoy watching the show and shouting out whenever we recognize one of the steps we know.

"Oh, look, el crechienté!" or "Hey, that was a side basic!"

We also feel that our past lessons have given us excellent judging skills.

"Hmm," I frown, "His timing was definitely off a couple of times."

"Yes," agrees my wife, "and she missed the footwork just after the lift."

We're not entirely blowing smoke; many times the judges will make a similar comment. Ha! We do too know what we're talking about. So there.

While you're waiting for the next episode of Dancing with the Stars, check out these dance-related articles.

• Benefits of Private Dance Lessons
• Benefits of Group Dance Classes
• Old-Time vs Modern Square Dance
• Benefits of Changing Partners in Group Dance Sessions