defying cultural boundaries by going where no azn has gone before...

square-dancing.

ok i'm sure there have been azns who've been square-dancing sometime in history, but whatevs. there sure wasn't a lot when becky and i went to the annual college royal square-dancing competition tonight. it was like a throwback to when i was in grade school in oklahoma when we square-danced at school. i think had flouncy skirts back then.

it was so much fun. it was awesome to see the the different costumes and the different routines. plus pat, matt, and tyler were competing so it was fun to cheer them on. pat's set won third, and he also won first for calling for another set. w00t! for all those square-dancing haters. don't be hatin' cuz you be missin' out yo! embrace thy inner aggie.

the highlight of my week was getting a taste of square-dancing when the judges were out deliberating. becky and i got to do three square dances. she danced with tyler and i danced with some random high school kid who i didn't and still don't know the name of. meh. it was GREAT. hahaha. so much fun and i worked up an appetite. mad props to guys who can dance, and who can lead! dude, you know they're good when they can lead a newbie girl. i think it's so sad that there is somewhat of a stigma with guys and girls dancing together. yes some forms of dancing like grinding in hip-hop can get uber sketch, but there's no need to throw out the baby with the bathwater. dancing's what you make it out to be. it can be sketch if the intentions are sketch, but i digress...back to square-dancing.

there were some funny calls like the "cheat and swing" where one guy from one pair goes and dances with another pair in the square. then when the caller yells "cheat and swing" both guys have to "fight" for the girl and swing her around. the "dip and dive" was cool too. basically it was a series of couples making arches and the others dipping and diving underneath them. i probably butchered those descriptions. hahaha yikes.

i loved it. i kinda wish that i was an aggie. they have this solidarity that other faculties lack. i wish i was one so i could enter in a square-dancing competition. i'd get to wear those flouncy skirts! anyh00t here's some pictures of the pros.


this is matt and tyler's set in competition.

pat calling for another set.

pat's set. the boys asking the girls to dance and getting totally shafted.

"if at first you don't succeed, try and try again." the second time they went down on their knees. it was so cute!

this move is called "the flying ladies." takes a lot of upper body strength, eh?

this set was SO funny and creative. the girls were "sheep" in a pen, and the boys were shepherds except for one, he was a sheep dog. the way they started was that the boys were choosing which sheep they wanted to buy. ok so if we don't think symbolically along the lines that women are possessions to be bought then it's not sketch. i don't think they meant it that way anyways.