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When the twelfth bell tolled her face filled with the
broadest smile and she opened her arms and walked
towards me, rested her right hand on my left shoulder,
took my right hand then smiled and nodded at the
two other couples in the room who were now in a
similar pose. Suddenly the radio exploded with the
Blue Danube Waltz by Johan Strauss and I was swept
around the room, laughing uncontrollably and
cleverly avoiding any collision with the other two
couples … the feeling of joy was quite extraordinary.
I would fly off to Salzburg and search for a group of
like-minded people who love to dance, especially to
the music of Johan Strauss, and fill my final day
unprecedented joy. We sit when we do so many things
in our lives, eating, driving, watching television, at the
computer, the list is endless, and dancing is a very
real tonic for your body and your soul.
Peter Taylor
Columnist, song-writer and playwright
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