# Is the slow dance still a thing?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [December 1, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-slow-dance-still-a-thing/1011031 "2024-12-01T23:21:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-slow-dance-still-a-thing/1011031/11 "2024-12-02T01:10:23Z")

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I grew up in a tony demi-fatcat suburb in SoCal. For whatever benighted reason our 5th grade elementary school, so age 10-11, had mandatory square dancing lessons for all the kids for 1 hour per week. Square dancing!!?!

Truth is I enjoyed it and am glad I got pushed through it, despite otherwise having lots of trouble relating to girls. But _square dancing_ in late 1960s uber-hip SoCal? You gotta be kidding me. I remember becoming fairly good at it by 10yo standards. I remember about zero of the details now. Yee haw! Bow to your partner, bow to your corner.

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