Ballroom espionage
I’m spying on the mayor.
Not in a creepy, crouching-in-the-bushes-with-night-vision-goggles way, though. I’m just checking out my competition.
I’m at Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Clemmons, where I just finished practicing with my partner and instructor, Ranko Bogosavac.
Mayor Allen Joines, one of the other competitors in Dancing with the Forsyth County Stars, is here, too, rehearsing with his partner, Jenny Clark.
He’s dancing the tango.
And darn it, he looks good.
To be honest, I was kind of hoping he’d be a klutz. (This is a competition, after all.)
But he’s not. His frame is strong, he’s polished and he looks confident as he moves across the floor.
He’s even doing some fancy moves, dragging Jenny expertly across the floor and executing some sharp kicks.
He’s not even sweating.
I’m going to have to step up my game.
And find a better anti-perspirant.