Do Si Do Anyone?

Fourth grade in Ocean Springs means mandatory square dancing!  They practiced for 8 weeks and then invited the parents for a performance.  My thoughts:  

      :Amelia's great-grandparents were award winning square dancers so surely Amelia would be a natural. I would have given anything to have my Grandma Romaine show up all those little 9 year olds.

: In fourth grade, we were forced to play the recorder, I think I would have rather square danced.  Although, I am pretty sure my dancing skills were as poor as my recorder skills.

:God bless 4th grade P.E. teachers.  I got to the gym early due to miscommunication and had to listen to the "practice" for an hour.  Listening to the dude on the CD drawl out, "Bow to your partner, now Do Si Do and Promenade" over and over and over and over for 8 weeks.  Wow.

Promenade your partner.  Amelia was explaining to Luke that it was required to hold hands during square dancing.  While Luke was convulsing in pain thinking about this prospect, Amelia said, "Luke, it's not THAT gross."  Ahhh!  I want her to think it's gross to hold a boy's hand for at least another decade.