[nabs-l] [Blindtlk] prom

Andi adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com
Sun Mar 11 15:51:27 UTC 2012


If the school dance is at the school you wont need your cane anyway because 
you probebly know your school well and if you get disoriented in the gym the 
DJ speekers do not move so you can always get your baring's using them. 
There are always refreshment tables and such so that is another landmark. 
If worse comes to worse follow around the gym walls till you get to a door 
and see what hall you are in or if you are in the entrance way that will 
help.  As for dancing, just let your body move to the music there are 
sighted people who can dance and also sighted people who can't dance and 
many of them are their anyway on the dance floor.  Don't be afraid to look 
stupid or you will become stiff and it looks worse then not nowing what you 
are doing.  Most of the time for fast dances friends are in a group like a 
circle and just sort of move their hips and sholders if they don't know any 
spasific dance moves.  Hips are the answer always.  If you have trouble 
moving your hips bend one ne with the other leg straight then switch your 
hips naturally pop out to the sides.  Then just do it to the beet.  You can 
also add your hands down by your hips kind of like a fan behind you side to 
side with your hips.  Also you can role your sholders first one at a time 
but with flaver kind of look to that side after the sholder is up as it is 
dropping back this is a slow movement but hit the beet.  If you also put the 
same hand up in front of and close to your sholder palm faceing forward and 
rock your hand and sholder forward and back while stepping the same foot 
back and kind of tilting backwards a little this is the rockaway.  It is 
simple and yet if done right it looks cool.  The other moves are mostly for 
girls but the rockaway can be done by guys s to.  Guys and girls can both 
look good doing the hyphop two step. Basicly it is just step out with right 
foot shifting weight on that foot bring left foot to right foot with out 
putting weight on left foot slide left foot back to center, step right foot 
back to center, repeet on left side then keep doing this right to left can 
add hips if girl and if boy can add sholder lean.  Both guys and girls can 
add side lean and hand movements if feeling it.  There are many variations 
but this is basics of it.  Just feel the music that’s the main thing.  There 
are many different things but I tried to explain the symple but useful steps 
as best as I could sorry if it is confusing in anyway I don't know how good 
my descriptions are.  Slow dances are symple and if you are not atempting to 
do something spesific just kind of move in a slow circle while faceing your 
partner in closed posission.  If anything needs to be clarified let me know 
I will try to explain better.  Or just disregard and do your own thing. 
Just let loose and go with the flow.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ashley Bramlett
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 10:28 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Blindtlk] prom

I leave it somewhere and go dance; although its more recognizable if you
don't fold it up.
You can prop it against something and its out of the way.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Patrick Molloy
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 12:04 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Blindtlk] prom

What's the best thing to do with a folding cane at any dance? Do you
fold it up and carry it with you, or do you fold it up and leave it
somewhere, then go dance, and when you want to leave, go and get it?
Patrick

On 3/10/12, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
> Or, a solution for the ladies who carry a purse, is to have one of those
> smaller folding canes and keep it on your person at all times.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 8:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Blindtlk] prom
>
>
>> Yes, I agree the crowd and loud music and lighting makes it disorienting.
>> With low vision, it messes the contrast we use up. And the loud music
>> makes it impossible to use open spaces as landmarks. I recommend using a
>> guide as well. Have your cane stored in a secure place nearby.  Maybe by 
>> a
>>
>> table or corner.
>> Yes just try and have fun there.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Julie McGinnity
>> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 10:32 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Blindtlk] prom
>>
>> Hi everyone.
>>
>> I attended Home Coming almost every year as well as my senior prom
>> when i was in high school.  I have to admit, I didn't like the crowds,
>> and the music wasn't really my taste, but I loved being able to hang
>> out with my friends before and during the dance.  I always went with a
>> big group, and we had a kind of pact that we would not leave each
>> other, so we all took care to know where the others were.  They took
>> turns sighted guiding since the cane would only trip others on the
>> dance floor, and I never took my dog to dances once I got her.  I
>> would recommend discussing with your date and possibly a couple
>> friends before hand to make sure they understand how to guide you in a
>> big crowd.  Personally, I found dances extremely disorienting because
>> I am low vision, and the lighting is terrible, the crowd enormous, and
>> the noise level is...  too much.
>>
>> Also, food is served at a lot of proms.  At ours there is a buffet,
>> and my friends were able to help me through with no problem.  I
>> recommend figuring out what will be happening with regards to food
>> ahead of time.  A little note about prom food...  It's not the best,
>> so if they are serving food, depending on your tastes, going out for a
>> snack afterwords would not be a bad idea.
>>
>> I was always embarrassed to dance at the prom, but my friends always
>> told me not to worry.  Just get out there, and have fun.  Have your
>> date and/or your friends show you some dances and help you through,
>> and you'll have a great time.  Good luck.
>>
>> On 3/10/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> well, you cannot exactly take your cane on the dance floor. So go 
>>> sighted
>>> guide with your date or friend. Then just follow their lead if you are a
>>> girl. If you are the guy, you have to learn to lead. Also free form 
>>> dance
>>>
>>> is
>>> just a mix of moves like moving to the left, right forward and raising
>>> your
>>> hands up.
>>> Someone could show you some typical dances beforehand; like YMCA has a
>>> few
>>> hand moves; so does Macarena. But lots of this is free form and hip hop
>>> dance with no particular move.
>>> But yep, Chris, its hard to go to a big crowded dance being low vision 
>>> or
>>> blind.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Chris Nusbaum
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 5:53 PM
>>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List ; nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Blindtlk] prom
>>>
>>> Great question, Winona! In fact, I had the same question; how do
>>> we as blind people handle school dances as independently as we
>>> can? I look forward to hearing everybody's responses!
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>> Email and Google Talk/Keychat (on the BrailleNote) ID:
>>> dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
>>> Skype: christpher.nusbaum3 or search for Chris Nusbaum
>>>
>>> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The
>>> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
>>> exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
>>> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
>>> nuisance."
>>> -- Kenneth Jernigan
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Winona <trumpetqueenwb at gmail.com
>>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org, blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:03:32 -0500
>>> Subject: [Blindtlk] prom
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I don't really where to begin or really, how to ask my question.
>>> So, my friend is taking me to Prom.  He isn't blind but that
>>> doesn't matter at all.  I'm really excited and looking forward to
>>> it.  But I don't really know what to expect.  I know you dance
>>> and hang out with friends (which most of I probably won't know),
>>> and have a good time.  But I don't know how to dance. ...  So, I
>>> guess my question is what should I expect? ...  I don't know.  I
>>> don't go to school dances and I've never been to a prom before.
>>>
>>> Winona
>>>
>>> trumpetqueenwb at gmail.com
>>>
>>> "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.  For
>>> every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it.  For every love
>>> there is a heart somewhere to receive it."
>>> -Ivan Panin
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Julie McG
>> Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
>> Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
>> Eyes for the Blind
>>
>> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
>> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
>> life."
>> John 3:16
>>
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