9. Somethin' Stupid - Revolution Ballroom Showcase 2019
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- Revolution Ballroom Studio Showcase
〰️ The Four Seasons: Revolutionized 〰️
May 18, 2019
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Don Wersler (age 95) & Marcia Mitchell
- Rumba
- "Somethin’ Stupid” by Frank Sinatra
Revolution Ballroom
Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
www.RevoutionBallroom.com
Update: We lost "Dancin' Don" at age 97 on May 20, 2021. We're happy to share that he danced happily right up until his last days :-)
I’ll never forget the first time I met Don Wersler; he showed up unexpectedly at our Intro To Social Dance class one night. We require preregistration for this class, so I was surprised to see an unannounced student. I asked him if he would like to enroll for the series, and he said that he just wanted to watch and see if this class was for him. It’s studio policy that we don’t allow spectators at group classes, but I made a special exception and let him stay and observe. During the class I would peek over to gauge his reaction and enjoyment of the class. His face was impassive. I didn’t know if he was bored, intimidated, or just reserved, but after the class he agreed to sign up and join the class the following week. And ever since that first day, Don faithfully and happily attends classes and parties at Revolution Ballroom each and every week.
Although I didn’t know it at the time, Don was 90 years young when he decided to take up ballroom dancing. He was a lifelong dancer who enjoyed square dancing and round dancing, but of course ballroom is a new challenge. I often hear laments from people as young as 60 and 70 that they’re too old to learn new tricks. I think that’s why I am so inspired by Don.
And Don isn’t content to just show up and shuffle through the moves. He sincerely wants to be a great dancer, and I believe that he can be a great dancer, and so I don’t take it easy on him 🙂 I push him a little bit further each day. Great dancers have great frames and posture, and so I’m just as ruthless with Don as I am with my other students about standing up straight and holding his frame properly, despite his age. He grumbles a bit, but he is a good student and sincerely tries his best to do what I ask. And you know what? Now his frame and posture are better than some students half his age! I’ve had several ladies dance with Don at a party and are shocked at how well he does.
And he’s always working to improve. After each class he’ll ask me, “how’d I do coach?”. He inquires what he needs to do to take his dancing to the next level. He’ll ask me to clarify moves that kept him up half the night trying to remember them. Don also enjoys the spotlight. For his birthday, we celebrate at our party with a cake and a birthday dance, a Waltz during which we invite all the ladies to line up and enjoy a dance with him. This pleases Don immensely. At his 93rd birthday, he asked me, “How’d I do?”, and I told him he did just fine. And he told me - he didn’t want to do fine - he wanted to put on a show!
It’s not always easy. Don often gets down on himself for being a “slow learner”. He repeated our Intro To Social Dance class three times before he was ready to advance. He does require lots of repetition, but he gets better and better each time. I also have to cajole Don quite a bit sometimes to ask the ladies to dance, particularly for dances that are challenging for him, like Salsa. He’ll tell me, “those ladies don’t want to dance with me. I don’t know fancy stuff. They want to dance with the guys that know all those fancy moves.” But you know what, I hear this same fear from almost all men when they first start dancing - doesn’t matter their age, how attractive they are, how enjoyable they are to dance with - they all feel that somehow they are not good enough. If they only knew the truth, and it’s this: ladies love to dance. If they come to a dance party, they want to dance, and they’d rather dance with a beginner than sit out song after song because no one is asking them to dance. And also, ladies are often too worried that they themselves are not good enough, that they will make a dreaded mistake - gasp - and not follow every move perfectly. They’re too worried about their own dancing to notice if you’ve been dancing a simple basic for half the song. In fact if you do, they’re likely to be delighted because they’re able to keep up.
So this is one more reason why Don lights up my world; because I’ve seen so many young, capable men try and then give up dancing after just one or two classes because they’re not immediately perfect, and because it’s not easy for them at first. And Don doesn’t give up. No one would blame him if he did. At 93 he could sit back in a comfy chair and watch the world go by and everyone would say he’s entitled to enjoy his rest after such a wonderful life. But Don doesn’t want to stagnate; he wants to grow and learn and conquer new challenges. He keeps at it and he is succeeding! We could all learn from his persistence, from his joy, from his generosity. Thank you Don for dancing with us. 
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Lovely! Marcia is so charming!! Fittingly partnered by old world gallantry!!!
Bravo!!!
I like the way he performs. Very stunning
Beautiful video!
Beautiful
C'est magnifique !
That is so so inspirational the wonder of humanity a glimpse of heaven
Beautiful Marcia with Don. He is so amazing 😍
Thank you Corinne. He is so wonderful, and it's such a joy and honor to dance with him :-)
He did exactly what he was supposed to do which showed her off and made her even more beautiful
Marcia and Don what a tremendous performance especially since it was one of my favorite songs growing up. Dancing With The Stars here we come!
This is amazing.
An Amazing dance! So Cute! One of my favourite songs. Frank and Nancy Sinatra. “ And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like I love you”
Beautiful .. the heart grows younger.
Excelente,ese carisma,ese amor por el baile!!!!
So lovely!
Absolutely Gorgeous!!!
Luisella Sulis canzone d'amore meravigliosa anno 67 the voice stupendo.bei tempi
Bellissimi!!! Attenzione a nonno che si sente molto su!👏🤣😘🙏
This is beautiful. He's so charming. Love it.
That is beautiful 😘👍
Luveett!a♥️♥️
J'adore cette chanson ❤
quin senyor més elegant ¡.
Genial inigualable la interpretación de nancy y frank sinatra por la eternidad saludos de chihuahua México
Muy bonita demostración de amor al baile
Linda canción linda pareja, Nice song, nice couple
Beautiful!
BEAUTIFUL
She doesn't know she's dancing with a young man in an old machine. I think weird, just ignore.
Lovely...well done...
Gorgeous
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌
Ella es excelente bailando para seguirle el paso a Este Señor 🎉👍
She was lied to before about the same thing, but when she heard it again, called it stupid.
❤☕👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Absolutely beautiful as they the old forgotten gallantry the extinct gentleman & that enchanting lady of Charm & finesse how times have changed thank U the wonder of time travel ❤
This is so beautifully written - thank you! So happy this dance touched your heart 💖
Oh mein Gott............wie schön!!!!!!!! SOOOOO beautiful!!!!!!!!!!
Danke, mein Freund, es ist mir eine große Ehre, dass Sie unseren Tanz genossen haben
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nice dance grandpa!
Sale muy saturado el audio!!!
Rhumba
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙋🤝🗽
💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Rest in peace, Dancin Don 💕💕💕
Questa canzone mi piace troppo.le parole in italiano, e possibile?
Yo quiero aprender a bailar. No se.
Perfect
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This is dancing on the beat
I could be fooled....is she 30 something??
al menos la bailarina está buena