[nabs-l] [Blindtlk] prom
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 01:33:36 UTC 2012
Exactly, Ignasi! I completely agree! By the way, I am in the
mentoring program which BISM has started. I've been talking with
my mentor about this, and he brought up a good point; you could
learn some moves, but it's not like everybody's dancing a certain
dance, or, for that matter, danceing the "right" or "proper" way.
They're just having fun, and so can we!
Chris Nusbaum
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"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: Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com
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Date sent: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:50:42 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Blindtlk] prom
I completely agree. As long as you have some good friends around
these
things are just fine. If you really want to you can learn some
dance
moves, but you don't even have to do that. The whole point of a
prom
is to have fun with your friends, and doing that should be no
problem
for you, blind or not.
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 10, 2012, at 10:33 PM, Julie McGinnity
<kaybaycar at gmail.com> wrote:
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
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dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
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"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
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every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every
love
there is a heart somewhere to receive it."
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self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the
best
you are capable of becoming." - John Wooden
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