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Tuesday Nights: Yoga, Tai Chi and Country Salsa

Tuesdays are very active for me.

*At 6pm I go to 24 Hour Fitness for a yoga class.

*After that, I have some dinner with my dinner group and have just enough time to go up to the WILK, on campus, for Club Night.

*At 7:30pm, the Tai Chi club, mainly consisting of old men, move through various styles of long and short forms and often "push hands" if there is time at the end. [Push Hands is a type of grappling game as part of the martial art.]

*At 8:30pm, the first half of clubs end and the second begin. For the second half, I choose to float mainly the Country Swing Club and the Salsa Club. It's really fun. I learn so much at the Country place; they teach new line dances all the time and most of the guys know what they are doing and are willing to answer my questions. The girls are no slouches either. One girl, I think her name was Nicky, whom I had just barely met 10 seconds earlier let me "Death drop" her and pop her out into a backflip over my arm. Salsa is much more casual. There, I get to practice my spanish and my improv moves. Very fun.

*When I'm done at 10pm, I usually go home and eat again and visit friends until curfew.

Good times in Provo.

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  1. So - my son is a clubber....so what else is new??? Sounds like a lot of fun Bryan and keeps the sociality flowing. Only in Provo!

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  2. I sure miss country dancing. I wish I had that DVD you ave so Phil and I could practice up on the lifts and death drops!

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  3. Wish Rick & I could go clubbing, glad you can!

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