Its ok I can help. But first pull up a chair and try not to make the same mistakes I made at my senior prom. My date talked her maniacal father (who justifiably so) hated my guts, into letting me borrow his prized canary yellow Trans Am, resplendent in full eagle regalia, so we could arrive in style.
Anyway, my first mistake - on the way to the prom I picked up a six pack and drank it in 24 minutes (I had my date time me on my "chronograph").
So we're at the prom dancing (I was and still am quite an accomplished dancer - many, many first places at the local ABC Lounge, with revolving bar, dance contests from the disco days). Picture me in my racing flats and warm up sweats moving to the sultry beat of "Someone left my cake out in the rain..."
Anyway, mistake two - mostly due to the 6 pack, I acted up and was unceremoniously kicked out of the prom. As my date and I did the walk of shame I decided it would be a good idea to go "4 wheeling" in the grapefruit groves in Daddy's Camero. My date is flipping out as I'm rat racing through the trees. Picture a cross between Ricky Bobby and #3...
Mistake three - arrived a little late to the after party at some beachside motel. I thought that since everyone was swimming in the motel pool it would be funny to toss a fire extinguisher from the third floor roof into the deep end. I managed to pull the stunt off without killing anybody but quickly noticed that nobody was laughing. In fact they had called the police who were now swarming the place. Everybody was kicked out of the hotel. Picture the forcible removal of a bunch of HS punks being lead away from the motel, the guys struggling, the girls crying and me trying to look like a rock...
I spent the rest of the year trying to regain all that I had lost that night. It took me about a week.
Needless to say you should avoid these mistakes at all cost.
Now on to the dancing. Since you don't have a lot of experience, which of course there is no excuse for since every male should become proficient at dancing for all the obvious reasons, you will need to simply the activity:
1) Dancing well should exude inclusively as opposed to exclusivity. That is to say, dance with her not at her.
2) Focus on a good time vibe - you should be having fun regardless of your or her skill level.
3) If you’re no good then don't move your feet more than 6 inches. Try it with your other friend that happens to be a good girl dancer. A good technique is to pretend you are surfing on some gnarly waves; if you move your feet your toast. Now ride that surfboard to a funky beat.
4) Same goes for your hands and arms, so unless you've somehow learned to pop lock in record time, they should subtlety accent your core. If you're riding a tube then your hands should scratch the belly of the wave bro.
5) Now this is the most important ingredient, so pay attention, embrace Debbie Gibson and her ilk. Start line dancing like there's no tomorrow but, and this is a big butt, don't over do the feet.
Now go get 'em Tiger!
