It was to be a Christmas present for my wife...and instead, turned out to be something of an addiction.

I always wanted to learn to dance, but was too content to sit on the couch at night. That all changed about 10 years ago, when my wife bugged me to take ballroom dancing lessons.

At first I was noncommital. But after a while, I was hooked.

I'd like to be able to say that 10 years, many competitions and showcases later I could hold my own with the members of "Dancing With the Stars", but......ahhhhhh! Not so much!

But now I know the difference between "club salsa" and classic mambo!

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