Ah, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Ballroom Dancing.
I love this book.
Frank loves this book.
We have been having a lot of fun watching the DVD and trying some of the steps. Frank, who is a genius and not an idiot, brought this book home last week. We want to improve our dancing skills–well, doesn’t everyone?
After reading a lot of the book and also dropping it halfway into the bathtub (this is the mark of honor for a book in our house, it shows that a book is truly so enthralling that a reader can’t let go of it even when taking a bath), I decided to call the author’s 800 number (in the book) to see if he could recommend a dance teacher in the Boston area. But, to my surprise, he teaches dancers in Providence, RI, only an hour’s drive away, so we signed up to take some lessons from him.
Jeff Allen is not just a good writer but also an excellent teacher. We are having a lot of fun. Would we be able to learn so much so fast just from the book without taking lessons? Probably not–but the book and DVD just by themselves are very enjoyable and informative. And if you live close enough to Providence to take actual lessons from the author, I thoroughly recommend doing just that!