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For the Strength of Youth Series: Music and Dancing

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Ahh, the memories of stake youth dances and the Book of Mormon distance between partners. Most of the time I didn’t have a particular boy I liked, so these dances were most often a time to go with my group of friends and have fun being silly and wearing funny clothes just for kicks. A bit nerdy, perhaps, but good clean fun. The For the Strength of Youth pamphlet encourages youth (and adults alike) to choose good music and dancing for entertainment and to help you become closer to the Lord. Music is a fabulous way to share how you … Continue reading →

Playing the “Dancing with the Stars” Guessing Game

Which celebrities will be shimming and shaking their way to the shiny mirror ball trophy on the upcoming season of ABC’s hit show “Dancing with the Stars?” Michael Jordan, Dan Quayle, Anderson Cooper, and Rachael Ray’s names have been thrown around, but big wigs at ABC will only say that the official cast will be revealed on August 25th and the dance competition will premiere on September 22nd. So let the guessing game begin. Yesterday several publications named singer Toni Braxton as one of the contestants for the seventh season of the reality TV show. In Touch magazine reports that … Continue reading →

Dancing with Same-Sex Partners

Prior to Steve Guttenberg getting the boot from this season’s “Dancing with the Stars” he took to the dance floor with his partner Anna Trebunskaya’s husband, pro dancer Jonathan Roberts for a tango the show’s host affectionately referred to as the “MAN-go.” In the days since, Guttenberg and Roberts’ “man-go” clip has received more than a million hits on ABC.com and YouTube and has sparked a number of lively debates in cyberspace (and beyond) regarding the idea of having the popular dancing competition include same-sex partners. In fact, when a gay/lesbian/transgender group recently proposed bending the gender rules on the … Continue reading →

United Nations Passes Historic Resolution

This past Friday, the United Nations (U.N.) passed a ground breaking resolution – for equal rights for everyone, including those in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) community. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State International Organizations Suzanne Nossel called it “a key part in setting a new norm that gay rights are human rights and that that has to be accepted globally.” President Barack Obama called it a “significant milestone in the long struggle for [LGBT] equality.” The resolution was introduced by South Africa. What makes it so ground breaking? It is the first ever U.N. resolution that includes equal … Continue reading →

Strictly Ballroom (1992)

“Strictly Ballroom” is an Australian-made spoof of the ballroom dance arena, and it’s a lot of fun. Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio) is the son of a champion ballroom dancer, and she has raised him with the same ambitions. He wants to win the championship, but along the way, he started experimenting with steps of his own that weren’t strictly ballroom, and he demonstrated them at a lower-level meet, throwing the judges into a tizzy, nearly giving his mother a nervous breakdown, and causing everyone to wonder about the future of the sport. Liz, his partner (Gia Carides) refuses to dance … Continue reading →