Lassie Lou's Dance Studio was just off Venice Blvd. in Culver City. Dad would drive me to lessons on Saturdays. The studio was on the left side of the street up a small hill. The entrance was up about 5 or 6 steps which seemed very big to a little girl of about 3 1/2 (do all my memories begin then?).
There was a huge hard wood floor and probably a mirror, but I don't remember a mirror. There were most certainly other children, but I have no memory of them either.
Lassie Lou had a kind face and short dark hair. Although I think I took lessons there for a few years I only remember one dance. It was a tap dance to,"Take Me Out to the Ballgame". It began with traveling steps of: slap, ball change, slap ball change, slap, ball change. If you've never taken tap dance lessons I can't help you. The "break" came at the words, "I don't care if they never get back" at which point you did a very intricate maneuver of jumping back on your heels...I forget the rest. I actually could do the dance for many years after. It was a featured number in a garage show in the circle we called, "The Great Spectacular". It was my only solo.
The reward for listening and following directions following my lesson was a stop at Foster's Freeze. It must have been on the way home. My standard order was a small vanilla chocolate dipped cone. That first bite of the hardened chocolate in a curl at the top was heaven. Of course you had to skillfully suck the vanilla ice cream (soft serve, what else?) through the initial hole. I'm not sure that ice cream has ever tasted better.
I treasure reading how you describe these precious memories.
ReplyDeleteWhen, you were the little sister.
What a great picture you've created! I can visualize this and it's too cute
ReplyDelete