All you foxy ladies rock!!!
What a huge confidence booster these burlesque dance classes are!!!
Great article your wrote sharing your thoughts and feeling and letting others know what those scary first days were like.
Have fun in your grand finale performance!!!!
Sharon
The Foxy Donna Zarowny…
2010-03-18
FOR YOU DI....
Woke up Saturday morning with a case of
OH my Gosh what have I done.
Had chores to do that morning, trying to stall the inevitable, but
the clock had a mind of its own, determined to tick towards
high noon, the time my first ever burlesque class starts.
I was determined to get to my first class
water-bottle and gear in hand
I made my way into the right building.
Not knowing where to locate the room,
I noticed a tall slender blonde woman wearing a pink
boa around her neck. A sign from god, the dancing gods.
I will follow her, but not too closely in case
she thinks I am following her...which I was.
At last at our destination.
An unremarkable dark hallway somewhere between a coatrack
and the ladies washroom.
All it needed was a bare lightbulb swinging from the ceiling
and someone smoking at the end of the hall and I would think
I was in a black and white Bogart movie.
The blonde lady with the bright pink boa, she
has a friend with her
shorter, just as young and dark curly hair.
Damm my roots are over due.
I suddenly felt old.
We exchanged a bit of chit chat
and they looked just as nervous as I did.
They went into the gym so I followed,
safety in numbers...
there were all sorts of women in there,
gorgeous sexy woman of all ages
sizes and abilities
balancing one leg on tipi toe
on a chair while cuddling feather
boas around their necks.
The three of us retreated into
the comfort of the dark, dusty hallway,
life in the hall seemed normal.
Life in the gym seemed...foreign but exciting.
Suddenly it was noon, past noon, and time to meet our destiny,
I took a deep breath, not too deep
as the girls, well they don't need any help sticking out.
Call it age, call it breast feeding syndrome but ya
they are ok without my help.
We waited at the back of the room, fascinated by the other dancers,
the clock struck 12:10
then 12:15, maybe I got the times wrong?
MORE PANIC
Well I was at the right place
at the right time Di just likes to give the ladies their monies worth.
When that group of ladies were done for the day, they turned and faced us new comers
and they all had smiles on their faces.
That is a good sign,
they wouldn't sign up for another level
if they did not like the first one.....
Suddenly it was our turn, more women had gathered and
we slowly made our way toward
Di, our leader, the woman who
claimed she would help us locate our inner Diva, I didn't even know I had one!
We were a serious bunch, like the other group all ages, sizes
and abilities, with one thing in common, no smiles though, just a look of dread on our faces.
But we did it, we survived....and we are stronger for it and happier and sexier as promised
yes she did promise sexy and I for one won't be asking for my money back.
Diana is not only bringing out the Diva
in us she wants us to dance in public wearing
fishnets...
HOLD IT !!! PUT ON THE BREAKS
You want us to wear what?
fishnets sweetie...
and a black dress, skimpy
something tiny,
one more thing, I need you to dance in public....
the routine is only two minutes long darling...
well maybe....I can't believe that thought came from me.
I actually gave the idea a maybe!!!
Ah I see Diana's new name should be
Diana the Warrier, as she is not
only nurturing the diva in us
she is nurturing the confidence in all of us
at different stages of our lives.
well done Di
can't want for the second week.
For those of you thinking of joining.
In about 30 minutes I went from
WHAT HAVE I DONE
to
WHERE DO I SIGN UP NEXT
All for now my sisters...
signed Donna, diva in the making.
PS the latin name for Diana means DIVINE !!
How deliciously ironic AND iconic.
Diana, both in mythology and the dancer we all know and love is noted for her beauty and is often referred to as the ...YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BELIVE THIS ONE
ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE HUNTRESS...I SWEAR THAT IS TRUE..GOOGLE IT IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.
sitting here wondering if they make fishnets in a plus size????
Comments:
you go gals!!!!!! can't wait to hear about the Big Dance!!!!!! Love you all from Italy!
Posted by Anna - BabyDiamond on 2010-05-07 at 10:51 PM
