Bilbo and Agnes Dance - the Sequel!

The success of posting our previous dance video clip (this past Tuesday) has led me to try this again...

The previous clip was from a competition in 2006; the one below is from the Inter-City Amateur Dance Challenge in May, 2001. It's about twice as long as the previous clip because it's a solo exhibition, which can generally last up to three minutes, as opposed to a competitive heat, which usually lasts only 60 to 90 seconds. And, of course, there's a story with it...

If I remember correctly, this was the second solo exhibition we'd done; the previous one was an American Gold Rumba, while this one is an American Gold Waltz. Because it's about 5 years older than the one you've already seen, you'll probably see that my performance isn't quite as smooth as it might be, and that I have a look of sheer terror on my face much of the time. Nevertheless, it was a great routine, choreographed by Ben and Agnes, and we had a ball doing it.

You will also notice that the sound doesn't start until just about the moment we step out into the routine. The company that was always hired to videotape this competition managed to mess up something each year: either they missed heats, cut off the beginning or end of a heat, or filmed from an angle that ensured another couple was blocking the view. This particular year, the camera that filmed all of our heats had a defective microphone, so our tape was delivered with no sound. We complained, and the company took the video back and dubbed the sound from their master tape onto ours...unfortunately, they were just a bit out of sync, and so it looks like we're dancing slightly off rhythm. Trust me, we weren't.

And this was our American Gold Waltz Solo Exhibition from May, 2001...



And, once again, doesn't Agnes look great in that dress?

Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo