que pasa

Remember the park of the stupid cows?  I was there last night .  There was a mad party going on at the flat square (non-grass area), well kinda.

I walked closer to see what people were gathering there about and then I heard wafts of waltz-type music playing.  There were all these middle-aged/senior couples dancing together in the courtyard.  Real moves.  They knew the footwork, the poise, the hand/arm positions.  Some were even dressed up and were clearly performing for others.  Some couples would prance their way around the courtyard very elegantly, others would just stay around the same area and move slightly.

Then there were all these people at the periphery.  Taking a break from the prior dance, waiting for their partners, or waiting to be asked to dance.  Kinda like high school prom all over again.  As can be expected, there were more women then men, so some women starting pairing up to dance.  Not too shabby really.  Id say there were like a few hundred people there.

And these folks can dance.  It was nice to watch, I found myself smiling at all these couples waltzing around.  This is clearly some sort of exercise for them but I also wondered if people saw dancing as a romantic thing.  Somehow I stereotype middle aged Chinese folks as un-romantic but I could be pretty far off.

Anyway, I stayed to watch 1 song, and the music switched to some cha-cha music after that.  The couples on the floor moved off, and another group came on and started busting their moves.