Honk

A double blog day - have I had one of those before? Today I went to a session with the school of honk, and it was so fun! SOH is an open group that plays honk music and has dancers - I joined with the dancers. The dances are super easy, they are designed so anyone can pick them up pretty quickly, but they also look pretty cool with the music. I was a little nervous to go, even though I knew a couple of my swim friends were coming (one has been doing the dance for years, and another played the trumpet). I didn't need to be nervous, though, because everyone was so friendly and welcoming.

We started with a circle up, and everyone said their name, then there were a couple songs and we just followed the dance leader. Next we broke up into groups based on instrument, with the dancers going separately as well, and we reviewed the dances. One that was really fun was called "track suit" and we put on a pretend track suit and did a lot of fake zippering. After we joined back together there was a huddle, and then snacks! I love snacks :)

Next we did a parade around the park and played/danced for the folks who were hanging out there. It's one of the first warm days of spring, so there were a ton of people, and it was such a spring in the city moment, dancing around in front of a band that was randomly marching through a park. Everyone who was there seemed pretty into it, and we danced for about 45 minutes. Apparently the musicians meet once a week, dancers less - like once a month. Maybe at some point I would have the guts to try the music (though I'mm not really sure about that.) I will definitely go back, though, it was super fun!