June 10, 2016- Dancing
I’m embarrassed to be dancing around at concerts, maybe partly because mom used to tell people that when I was a little girl I used to dance around to the” I Dream of Jeannie” theme and that song from the Gypsy soundtrack- “You Gotta Have a Gimmick” sometimes. I was always so humiliated when she did that in the 70s- mid 80s.
I’m embarrassed to be dancing around at concerts, maybe partly because mom used to tell people that when I was a little girl I used to dance around to the” I Dream of Jeannie” theme and that song from the Gypsy soundtrack- “You Gotta Have a Gimmick” sometimes. I was always so humiliated when she did that in the 70s- mid 80s.
It’s just so hard
for me let go of past moments like that. I did dance around a lot at the DD
Foxwoods concert which I totally regret. Amy has asked me if I was feeling
ashamed at the time or not until afterwards; a little during and much more
later on.
In 1979 or 1980,
Cindy, Jessica and I were disco dancing in the basement at our house. Mike was
mainly waving a flashlight around to make it seem like we were at a club. “Hot
Stuff” by Donna Summer was one of the songs that I remember from that day.
We had been having
a good time until Cindy fell and slightly injured her head when hitting it on
an end table.
Jim H asked me to
dance at our 8th grade “M*A*S*H” - themed dance but I turned him
down and felt so ashamed because he had only done this as part of a dare. I saw
2 boys talking to him and laughing and pointing to me before he came over to
me. They were laughing afterwards too.
I’ve never really
danced with a guy; doing so with my cousin Kevin at his wedding does not count.
That was in 1988 at a country club in Saratoga Springs, NY.
I can’t remember my
2 proms that well which is probably for the best. I’m wishing that I had never
even gone to them. Friends of the family set me up with dates for both. “One
More Night” by Phil Collins was the theme for junior year.
My date looked a
little like the actor Jon Cryer. He only went because a classmate of his was
there; he seemed to be talking to her more than me. They were seniors. I
might’ve danced with him but only for like 30 seconds.
My brother called him
Duckie but not to his face. That was the name of Jon’s character in Pretty in Pink. I hadn’t even seen that
movie until a year after that- I wasn’t really that into those teenie bopper
films like my friend Cindy was. Ferris
Bueller’s Day Off was okay, I guess.
I had an even worse
time at my senior prom and was so glad when that night was over.” Never Say
Goodbye” was the theme. I never did care for that song because it brought back
some bad memories.
I’ve only seen Bon
Jovi perform that once at a concert- Giants Stadium 2001. I’m pretty sure that
I’m right about this. A friend of a friend did dance with my date but I don’t
think that I did. I’d rather not remember.
I Dream of Jeannie-opening sequence
1983
Jon Cryer-on right
Note- The Jeannie and Donna Summer photos are from the internet
