For years my grandmother has tried to persuade me of the wonders of line dancing, often to a polite dismissal of the facts from my end.
However, when it came to deciding what events I would attend at this year’s Bayleys Tussock Country music festival, the Line Dancing for Beginners workshop was quite high on my list.
When I read no experience was required, I was pretty sold.
At least I would not be the only person giving it my first attempt.
From what I discovered, line dancing may appear quite simple, but it is far from it.
It took a couple of minutes to find my feet, but after the first walk-through I felt like I had line dancing down to a fine art.
But little did I know it would get progressively more difficult.
However once I figured that out, and once I heard Wagon Wheel, I was in what I refer to as flow state.
Essentially I felt as though I had it figured out.
I received feedback after the workshop from festival marketing contractor Annabel Roy and she commented that I looked like a natural.
Admittedly this came as a surprise as I imagined it would seem I had two left feet most of time.
However, if I can prove myself to be a natural within an hour of my first move, I’m sure many others can achieve the same.
For anyone on the fence about getting out there and giving line dancing a go, I say do it.
This was certainly one of my favourite moments of the music festival and I can’t wait to surprise my grandma with my new moves.
