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Dancing with Andrew | Noosa Today
By Margaret Maccoll
An afternoon of dance may sound like a bit of fun and it is but many are finding out about its wide-ranging benefits.
Andrew Hansen grew up going to country dances with his parents in Gayndah and dancing the night away himself as a young man but never imagined himself running dance classes decades later.
But 20 years ago he decided to return to the Old Time dance of his youth. He discovered New Vogue dancing had largely taken over the ballroom dance scene and he had to learn
quite a lot of new steps.
Dances such as The Pride of Erin had been replaced by the Gypsy Tap, Tangos and Swing Waltz.
Andrew was quick to pick up the sequence dances and when his dance teacher left to mind someone else’s goats…
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