I was country when country wasn't cool

[fancytalk]

One of the things I miss about Raleigh is the Longbranch. Line dancing, country tunes and being asked to dance by men wearing belt buckles as big as their hats. Ahhh, the memories. Over the six months that I spent with my trainer, many of our conversations were about country music and country bars where you can two-step the night away. Through him I found out about McCabes's aka the Cowboy bar. Carol's birthday was the weekend so we decided to go.

It's not the Longbranch, but it was pretty darn tootin' awesome. They have dance lesson that start around 7 and go until about 8:30-ish. Not only is it line dance but it's also couple dance which I think is pretty cool. Ronette and I both decided we were a bit intimidated to go out and try to remember all our line dancing skills. It's been a long time. But I am looking forward to relearning all those dance steps and putting them to good use the next time we go. We did do a bit of East Coast swing together. Not enough though, the dancing appetite was barely touched. But next time, next time we'll be dancing fools. And the plus side was that I ran into my trainer wearing his belt buckle that was almost as big as his hat.

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[drmellow.livejournal.com]

Yay, country dancing!

[yarbiedoll.livejournal.com]

We did have The Palomino here in Greensboro. Greg took me dancing there several times before (and maybe after) we were married. Then, a few years ago, we decided to go dancing one night. We drove up and down the road looking for it to no avail... until I decided they had leveled it and built a Habitat for Humanity Re-Store on top of it--a realization that was both sad and weird at the same time.