HELLO EVERYONE! I have been busy writing this week's blog and discovered this on Facebook! Wanted to share it! Enjoy!
51 REASONS U KNOW UR A FOLKLORICO DANCER
1. You dance folklorico down the hall way instead of walking.
2. You do jarabes y caretillas while waiting in line.
3. You perform calmly before crowds, yet suffer anxiety during any type of evaluation or interview.
4. You are well coordinated in folklorico, but you trip over your own feet when walking.
5. A new leotard or a new pair of folklorico shoes make your day.
6. You walk with your feet pointing because of the ballet that's incorporated with our folklorico dancing.
7. You use any floor to practice your steps.
8. You hear Mexican sones at home/events/restaurants, and you need to dance.
9. The top shelf in your closet is filled with your old costumes and dance shoes.
10. You believe that Amalia Hernandez was the best choreographer/maestra EVER.
11. The kitchen and living room have scratches from your folklorico shoes.
12. You can talk about the art of folklorico dancing all day to people who dont care.
13. When you cant sit still when you hear folklorico songs.
14. All your friends make fun of you cuz when stand you stand in a diagonal, diamond, rectangle or a line, because they don't get the whole concept of choreography and positions.
15. That with every song that comes on at a folklorico or mariachi event you are one of the first ones to start dancing it, even its just you or a group of friends.
16. You noticed every mistake made at any folklorico performance, dance movie or TV show.
17. You get all excited when you see any coverage on the news or TV commercial where you hear mariachi music or see folklorico dancers.
18. You are always on the look out for that perfect piece of wood to practice at home on. (Dont tell me you don't, cuz you know you do).
19. When you go clubbin and you STOMP while dancing salsa, merengue and even bachata, and every one (except your friends that know you dance folklorico) is like WHAT THE HECK.
20. You get all excited when reading this and cant believe that they FINALLY made one for us.
21. When you can dance for a week straight at ANGF and get teary eyed at its "clausura".
22. When you jam out to Folklorico music in your car!
23. Every vacation is planned around some kind of event, show, taller, conference, etc.
24. You have more old botines than regular shoes.
25. You know that Miguelito's is not the local restaurant.
26. You know when the pay-per-song mariachi is chopping out verses to make the song shorter.
27. When you have taught more than 30 years and can't quit.
28. You refer to Rafael Zamarippa as the "Godfather".
29. When you come across a Mariachi in a Restaurant you ALWAYS request a "Son". (As opposed to everyone else who ask's for rancheras or cumbias or any other nonsense! puros sones!)
30. (Guys) you have 3 or more white collared shirts and they ALL have rust stains from the hangers!...(for the hardcore performing bunch)
31. When you think it looks and feels normal to wear BOOTS with SHORTS! LoL
32. When you take better care of your folklorico cds than your other cds. The floklorico ones are in the original cases and stored away. The others are stacked all over the place out of the cases.
33. You take better care of your dance shoes/botines than your regular shoes. You make sure they are polished, the rubber on the bottom is nice and fresh, you tape your nails when you have to dance outside on concrete. But the others can fall apart and you don't care. (well maybe you do)
34. When you buy regular shoes you look for nice hard leather soles on them so you can dance at parties without your botines.
35. When you keep thinking of things to add to this growing list. (LOL that's all of us)
36. When you think or hear of the word "borracho" you don't necessarily think of a drunk guy.
37. you can name any son a mariachi plays and then dance it in the middle of a restaurant while your friends/family look on in embarrassment.
38. You (girls) have more than 2 pairs of filigrana earrings that you don't just wear to performances!
39. You (girls) try to fit your rebozos into your everyday wardrobe!
40. You get drunk listening to mariachis play "La Negra" and then proceed to dance it with full-blown choreography!! If you went to ANGF this year, you definitely did this!!
41. When you ask the mariachi at the restaurant to play Casacabel or El Son Veracruzano and they give you that WIDE EYED look cuz they know you just requested it to test them. LOL!
42. When you plan a dance members birthday after a rehearsal or performance cuz its a good way to have everyone there and they cant get out of it.
43. when you go to a record store and you always go through the SLIM pickins a the MEXICO section in the hopes to find a good Folklorico CD but then you are never really up to date and the stuff on the radio.
44. you see Flamenco and can't possibly understand why somebody would want to dance something where you can't do gritos and smile.
45. You have memorized The Mariachi Connection's(or any other folkloric store's) phone number.
46. You actually have it on speed dial.
47. (Ladies)You despair when your skirt gets a stain.
48. Actually, it never does.
49. You look on in horror when a cheer leading group or other modern dance group *claims* to have mixed folklorico with their stuff, and you see *just how* they chopped it up...beyond recognition.
50. You dance folklorico in the grocery store.
51. You'd wear folklorico shoes to whatever formal function you are going to.
See you this weekend!
****ATTENTION ALL BIG WEDO FANS & FOLLOWERS: MARK YOUR CALENDARS - SEPTEMBER 29, 2013 - HERENCIA MEXICANA WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE LA COUNTY FAIR. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA TO COME OUT AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT! MEET THE WEDO! LET'S PACK THE PLAZA AND SET RECORD ATTENDANCE FOR THE SHOW! HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE. MORE DETAILS TO COME AS THE EVENT GETS CLOSER!****
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