Hungarian Dance Party

On Saturday, Ellen and her parents brought us into the city to a Hungarian dance event. We only danced for about ten minutes, but I noticed that the choreography really isn't very difficult (for somebody who actually has rhythm in their feet). It's very repetitive, but you have to pay attention for when you have to turn or change moves. Jessica was my dance partner, and at one point I just said, 'Spin me,' because that was what we were supposed to do, but she 'wasn't ready' so we ended up two seconds behind everybody else and it was hard to get back on track. Even after ten minutes, everybody seemed very tired. The dance was so fast-paced that it wore me out pretty quickly. We spent the rest of the night playing Bananagrams and playing a game that Ellen taught us called "Contact." In "Contact," a person comes up with a word and gives the others the first letter. Say, the word is 'gorilla,' The person says 'g.' The players go one by one, asking questions like, 'Is it a country in Central America?' or 'Is it the place where you put food wrappers?' and the person answers, one by one, 'No, it is not Guatemala,' and 'No, it is not the garbage.' If the person doesn't know the  word, but another player does, the player says, "Contact, 1, 2, 3..." and the players say the word at the same time. If they say the same word, the person has to give the next letter of the word. This goes on until somebody guesses the word.
From this experience, I would say that I learned a good deal about Eastern-European dance and word games.