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I love dance. I love it with a depth that is hard to convey. I just got back from a dance, which is a) why this post is so late, and b) why I'm going to babble about dancing.

This wasn't just any dance -- it was at the celebration for the dedication of the new-old dining hall, since it was extensively remodelled in the past two years. What this means is that in the Grand Dining Hall (second choice for the Hogwarts movie dining hall), they had a 16 piece swing band, like they would have had for a similar dance in the 1940s. It was amazing. My boy showed himself to be a paragon of gentlemanlyness -- he danced for quite a while without complaint! Most interestingly was the enthusiasm of the people dancing, as opposed to the typical college party. These people liked to dance, liked the music, not just "almost-sex-but-we-have-clothes-on", which is what you see in 99% of high schools and colleges. There were professors there (including my awesome-beyond-belief English prof), and administrators, and lots of trustees or alums. It was really cool to see a broad spectrum of people all dancing and having fun doing it! I am very strongly tempted to send an email to the president of the college, or someone in charge of Student Activities and say "Hey, can we have a dance like this every Trustee/Alumni weekend?" See, they'll get more interested people on those weekends, since the adults like it too.

So, it was an awesome dance. I wish I had been more dressed up. But that's okay. I'm still in the glow of awesome dancing in the greatest atmosphere ever.

Oh, and they had a replica of the building done in cake. It was five feet long. Unfortunately it was not for eating. :( But there were chocolate-covered strawberries. And kiwis. But not dipped in chocolate.

And the dancing was awesome. :D