ValleyRD Mailing List: Poem - Get Acquainted with Your Cuer

[Robert Heiser Jr. (w7ikt]

"Several dancers asked for a printout of the poem that Trevor Tripp read at Nelsons' "Get Acquainted" dance on Wednesday.  Attached is a Microsoft Word file (.doc), as well as a .PDF file for those who do not have Word.  The poem is included in this email as well, should you like to forward it to your friends & family. Thank you, Trevor!"

 

Get Acquainted with Your Cuer

 

 

T?was three weeks after Christmas and all through the place

People were dancing with smiles on their face

Adrienne was cueing ? some movements quite hairy

While busting his butt in the kitchen, was Larry

The atmosphere happy, as serene as can be

But it was not always like that you see

 

At one time all dancers - moved any which way

With confusion and chaos, the rule of the day

Then someone suggested - with somewhat of a smirkle

That people should dance in an organized circle

?What a wonderful thought, that?s what people should do!?

Said Larry to Adrienne, who said she would cue

 

So they studied the sheets and worked on their dances

And completely ignored the quizzical glances

From those who refused to ever compete

For no other reason than ?two left feet?

?We can help? said Adrienne to plant the seed

And Larry agreed but said, ?I must lead?

 

They started their lessons with considerable vigor

And encouraged us all to forestall death?s stiff rigor

With the waltz and the two step ? bolero and cha

Said, ?You must work your shirts off - or even your bra

Because nothing worth while - will ever come easy

And some of these steps may make you feel queasy?

 

Many people enrolled, they?d convinced quite a few

That this type of dancing - is what they should do

It started out well, the two-step was fun

Then came the waltz and the tango for some

Then the cha and bolero were forced down their throat

With a lot of them just about ready to croak

But they were relentless - this formidable team

It got to where all wished to leave with a scream

?Nothing doing? said Adrienne stomping her foot

?You stay where you are and just look and look

You watch what we do, though it may be quite scary

You should all have your eyes glued on just me and Larry?

 

Then she picked up her whip and glared with a frown

?You do what we do or I?ll put you all down

On Chapmans on Cooks, on Duncans and Jensons

On Tripps and on Baileys, on Griffiths and Harmons

You?re the worst of the group and it just makes me boil

The way you make Larry and me toil and toil

Don?t the rest of you go round looking so smug

One would think you?d been snorting, at break, on a jug

 

On Munns and on Donaldsons, Stanfields and Dexters

On Irvines, on Gordens, on Fays and on Heisers

Face the line, face reverse, face the wall of the hall

Now dance away, dance away, dance away all

To the waltz and the tango, bolero and jive

If you don?t stay with me you won?t leave here alive?

 

Now great fear gripped the room, as they danced round and round

And to add to all this they heard a new sound

With the click of her heels she had joined in with Larry

So she could stay near and keep close tabs on Mary

Now the group is exhausted, the dance has been done

But they?re left with the thought, ?We did this for fun??

 

But great fun it has been, and we all will agree

It?s all due to people like Nelsons and Skis

They work very hard to provide a good time

And they?re doing all this - while still in their prime

And there are lighter moments ? when you hear Larry plead

?For goodness sake, dear, let me lead, let me lead.?

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Regards,
Bob Heiser W7IKT
web site = www.fly-web.us

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