Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell
Nostalgia
Monday, December 29, 2008 by teddybearcholla | Discussion: Community
They make it look so easy, don't they!!! 
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Reply #2 Monday, December 29, 2008 9:23 PM
With a little smoke and mirrors, some bad lighting, a stunt double, and some of the stuff that this guy is on ---> 
to give to the audience...........I can appear to dance like that as well!!! 
Reply #3 Monday, December 29, 2008 10:09 PM
I wasn't even born when tha tmovie was made!!! But my Mom told me, I had ballet lessons when I was young...I think it was the *thing to do* back then!!! Lucky for me, I have no recollection of those lessons!!! 
Fred, I think the *stunt double* gave you away!!! that emo ----> is frightening!!!!
Reply #4 Monday, December 29, 2008 10:19 PM
Boo!!!! 
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Reply #5 Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:09 AM
Ive always marvelled at Eleanor's dancing, I first saw her in 'born to dance' with jimmy stewart,... she just took my breath away, and her huge tap dance at the end was just stunning....... the greats where just that, the greats....i still love b&w movies the best....they basically are the bulk of my dvd collection.
Reply #6 Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:30 AM
they just make it look like a walk in the park... 
.....thanks for that teddy.... 
Reply #7 Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:36 AM
I wish I could 'float' and have the grace of a Fred Astair....but lead balloons rarely do.... 
Ah well...
Thanks tbc for the fantasy!
Reply #8 Tuesday, December 30, 2008 12:27 PM
I'm glad everyone liked this bit of nostaligia!!! 
Reply #9 Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:24 PM
I can do that, but I just keep moving to the left. Something about my feet I guess. Oh and I'm about 130 pounds heavier than Fred. Oh and I can't tap dance. Oh and I can't breathe. Oh shit.! 
Reply #10 Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:34 PM
That's what would happen to me if I tried to get back into dancing.
Back in 1992 I was the United Kingdom Alliance Medalist of the Year (ballroom) but the years since have not been kind...
Reply #11 Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:43 PM
I have the same problem. My trousers have no ballroom.
Reply #12 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 10:01 AM
And it still must be a good memory!!!
Reply #13 Thursday, January 1, 2009 12:45 AM
I know the feeling, 1992, I was a renegade millionare, jetsetting the world doing underwear modelling jobs for the fun of it... wow.. whatever happened to me???
Reply #14 Thursday, January 1, 2009 4:59 AM
Ah, but yours sounds like fantasy, whereas mine was reality
Reply #15 Thursday, January 1, 2009 5:09 AM
I got medals for Irish dancing when I was 7
We had to perform at Town Hall, for school, thank goodness I barely remember it.. I need a memory eraser, you should have one of those thing's handy Fuzzy
Reply #16 Thursday, January 1, 2009 5:41 AM
I danced in front of 5000+ at Blackpool's Winter Gardens, three times:- 1992 UKA (winner - partner Gaynor 3rd in her competition), 1992 IDTA (finalist - partner Rachael DNQ) and 1993 IDTA (finalist - partner Rachael DNQ).
For the 1992 UKA I was already have problems with my feet, dancing with three injections in my left foot. A mixture of dancing in agony and a lack of a good partner meant a downhill slide and eventual retirement.
I miss it, sigh.
Reply #17 Thursday, January 1, 2009 5:51 AM
Awesome Fuzzy, sad that you had to quit though.
There was only about 200 at the Town Hall, thank goodness
and now I'm a head banger.. go figure
Reply #18 Thursday, January 1, 2009 10:14 AM
hmm.... your slice of the market shrunk?......
Reply #19 Thursday, January 1, 2009 10:45 AM
Darlin', the days of uber tight wranglers are over(unless you are on the rodeo circuit). Let the boys breathe!!!!!
Reply #20 Thursday, January 1, 2009 9:00 PM
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Reply #1 Monday, December 29, 2008 9:01 PM
C'mon teddy, that was you there with Fred
