Dancing in Style

One of the common styles I saw at the Waco dances was what I call the "headlock." Fortunately, nobody tried it on me. It consists of the guy's right arm draped over the gal's left shoulder and sometimes it extends all the way to her right shoulder blade. Her left arm comes up under his right to hang onto his shoulder. So all you can see of her is some hair because her face is smooshed into his right shoulder. And they don't touch from there down, so it's a sort of triangular effect. Looks very uncomfortable for the woman.

Then there is the "tag team wrestler" style, only seen from one couple. Let's start with the guy: he's about 5'4" and has a dowager hump (we find out why later). She's about 5'5" or 5'6", a trifle plump. Both wear blue t-shirts and jeans; he wears sneakers; she wears glittery strappy sandals with a 1" heel. Okay, here's the dancing position:

He wraps both his arms around her waist. She wraps her right arm around his neck all the way to his left shoulder and bends her left arm so her left hand can cover the side of his head and ear (this means he's got a lot of weight across his shoulders, hence the hump, and his face is buried under her neck).

Now imagine them bouncing around the dance floor to their own internal beat -- never mind the actual music that's playing. Occasionally, she'll kick one of her feet up. And they're having a good time. It's weirdly mesmerizing. But I wouldn't call it dancing.