Our new chaplain, Rev. Fr. Peter Tiguelo, requested the LIDE Ladies Club to present some intermission numbers, during the BEC (Basic Ecclessial Community) Assembly for the Palompon Vicariate yesterday, September 27, 2008.
We rehearsed for two hours each day for 4 days. We decided to present a folk dance - Binuyugan, a chacha number, and Willie Revillame's Giling-Giling. We enjoyed dancing the latter. The ladies marveled at my 'perfect' giling movements. They deduced that I must be a "kapamilya" after all. "No! I'm a certified "kapuso"! But this giling-giling is actually a modified revival of the "grind" during our heydays, when the gyrating movement was 'mani'(very easy, no effort at all).
Now, after each rehearsal, this blogger has to ask hubby to apply 'haplas' like efficascent oil, polar bear, pau de arco, omega, ben gay, etc.(to name a few) to the aching hips, knees, legs and feet. Sigh!
Well, going back to the presentation, the Binuyugan dancers did it perfectly! Not one of the 'palayok' on their heads dropped and they danced so gracefully.
If we were in a dance competition, and audience impact was a criterion for judging, the giling-giling would win the top prize hands down. In our all black get-up ---- skinny jeans and hugging t-shirt with an abstract fuschia design on the bodice, matching accessories and high-heeled shoes, we took the crowd by storm. Maybe they couldn't believe that a group of midlifers and senior citizens can stil giling-giling ala Roxanne Ginoo (or ala Pokwang???). Oh my, how it is to feel young again!
After the program, we hurried to our Lide Ladies Club Office cum Community Library, for a lunch of litsong manok, ginataang gulay, among others. Because of the successful presentation, everyone pleaded with our dance instructress, AteJess Goyone, for more choreographed dances for (hopefully) future engagements.
Group dancing is a very good exercise in itself. It also fosters friendship and camaraderie, and is very effective in fighting boredom and depression.
So what are you waiting for? Let's "giling, giling - giling, giling..." hahaha!
