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Leonide
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Since it's a gorgeous evening (at least here in rural Pennsylvania) and since i'm in a listless, lonesome mood, I have decided to organize an impromptu gathering of Hatrackers from every corner of the globe...have a little shin-dig outside. Dance a jig. Twirl and spin. Kick your knees up, step in time! If it's not of the night persuasion in your neck of the woods, or stars aren't easy to come by, just make-believe here in your very own, custom-made DutS thread!

It would make my night [Smile]

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[Party]

[ August 10, 2003, 10:43 PM: Message edited by: Leonide ]

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Elizabeth
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Leonide, are you sure you are not a member of the Church of Universal Love and Music? It is, after all, in Pennsylvania.

It is a beautiful night for sure.

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Leonide
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[Big Grin]

[The Wave]

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*twirls*

*stomps*

*goes to check laundry*

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(Goes to see if it's a beautiful night around here...)
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It's a beautiful night here, too. The moon is full and bright and the sky is clear. I think I shall indulge in a little nostalgia and go outside to enjoy the moonlight. And dance, of course. [Smile]
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Ryuko
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(It is)

(does a little dancing)

(comes back inside)

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Elizabeth
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Ryuko,
I do not believe you actually went ouside to dance. I think you sat right there in your computer chair and typed "(does a little dancing)."

I would like photographic proof from all of you.

That smilie dance icon does not count, either.

The Church of Universal Love and Music does not accept its members lightly. They must dance the dance.

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;_; I did, though... (sad)
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*grooves to music under the stars* [ROFL]
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You must have the proper music:

How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of moonlight dancin'
underneath the starry sky?
How 'bout a little bit, a little bit of moonlight dancin'?
Just the moon and you and I.
Mmm, just the moon and you and I.
Moonlight dancin', mmm, moonlight dancin'.

Bette Midler - Moonlight Dancing (a very good song)

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*puts on some nice samba music*
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I went to look for the moon. I couldn't find it. I did a dance anyway. It was the best dance ever.
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Shan
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I'm too sad to dance - I just read the Lost Boys. Someone do a dance for me, please?
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*tosses rose to Shan*

*stomps, twirls and beckons*

[ August 11, 2003, 12:07 AM: Message edited by: filetted ]

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[Party]

Its too bad the moons going to be full during the peak of ther Perseid meteor shower. (still worth looking outside the 12th and 13th for all of you who dont keep up on this sort of thing)

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Shan
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For me? [Cry] [Smile]

*Tucks rose in hair behind ear, gathers skirts and whirls out into the beautiful night, joining the merry revelers around her*

(Edited to ad: would you still have given me a rose, filleted, if you had already known I just stole the last post from you? [Razz] )

[ August 11, 2003, 12:12 AM: Message edited by: Shan ]

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(((Shan)))

It's not bad here tonight. The clouds have cleared up, so I can actually see the stars. It's hot and humid, but that's nothing new.

So...

*goes outside and dances* [Smile]

~Jane~

[ August 11, 2003, 12:12 AM: Message edited by: JaneX ]

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*plucks rose from passing dancer and sticks it behind his own ear*

"what did you say?"

*clasps shan's skirt-flumbling hands and holds them aloft*

"Do you lead? or shall I?"

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Shan
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Oh, by all means, let's be traditional - you lead -

*laughs with pleasure and sends a final farewell to all the lost boys*

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*carries Shan (and skirts) into the midst of the revelers*

whispered aside, "be light, miss. the knees aren't what they used to be."

*sets Shan down in the center of the dancers as the last song somes to a close*

"what's next?"

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Leonide
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[Smile]

Goodnight, moon.

[Hat]

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?

leonide?

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Shan
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[Blushing]
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Leonide said this was a dance.

Leonide, is the band still playing? (I can hum a tune, but not all that well)

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Shan
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I can sing. Or, I could pull out my trusty baroque recorder and some lovely renaissancy-type music could nicely compliment the stars and moon . . . ?

*spelling - grrrr - must really be time for [Sleep] *

[ August 11, 2003, 12:48 AM: Message edited by: Shan ]

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Flish draws the rose from behind his ear, touches the tip of shan's dozing nose with it and asks,

"evening, dear?"

flish casts an eye about.

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The northern lights are supposed to be out tonight... [Cool]

*wants to dance, but there's no one to dance with up here*

...and if T_Smith makes some innuendo about "dancing" with myself I'll spontaneously combust. [Razz] [Wink]

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*tosses rose onto the summer clay*

"You haven't really danced with me all day?"

(urrr.. yeah, this was meant for the drowsy damsel in the skirts. mind taking those flashlights someplace else?)

[ August 11, 2003, 12:56 AM: Message edited by: filetted ]

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*Stretches slowly, smiles at flish, shakes off the snoozies and daringly inquires*

"Ready for a good old-fashioned Irish reel?"

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*quivers at the thought*

of fishing jokes.

[Razz]

What's that I hear in the distance? where are we?

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Shan
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[ROFL]

C'mon, boy - let's dance - you got me out here, I'm wide awake, let's go!

I promise no more hook, line and sinker jabs - truly [Big Grin]

*Carefully removes stunning necklace of handmade flies attached to fishing line and lays it on the ground at flish's feet - see! all gone!* [Razz]

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I would say, an Irish Reel...I am a quarter Irish. Would ye say nay to a dance with me, lassie?

*grins and bows*

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"T'would be a honor, sir, thankee kindly"

*Curtsies prettily to the bowing Human*

[ August 11, 2003, 01:10 AM: Message edited by: Shan ]

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*oops*

Last line connected to your outermost skirt.

*left hand in the air*

"Where did that DJ go? I feel like I"m dancing to my own drummer here out on the lawn."

*never mind*

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Shan
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It's a good thing Irish lasses wear multiple skirts, then, eh? [Big Grin]
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*Watches as Human and Shan dance past him*

*elevates boot slightly to connect with Human's rear end.. in passing*

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Shan
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Hmmmm - how about a square dance, filleted and Human? Everyone can play then, right? [Party]
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*grits rose in his teeth*

"good thing human wears a helmet wherever he goes."

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Curtsies to Human at the end of the dance, then turns suddenly to flish and quickly [Kiss] on the cheek before dashing off to home and bed.
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*chases off after shan*
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*reaches sidewalk of shan's apt building*

*spits out rose and dons work-pants and white tee*

*jingle jingle (of the trolley)*

*close-up of flish's gills working overtime*

"SHANNON?*

*SHANNON!!!!!!*

[ August 11, 2003, 01:31 AM: Message edited by: filetted ]

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Beatiful night here, and I went to a lovely wedding today--a friend from high school got married and now I feel old. Spinning beneath the stars might make me feel normal (well, normal for me, anyway). [Smile]

[edit: I was going to correct the spelling error in the first word. But "beatiful" works, if I'm dancing. [Big Grin] ]

[ August 11, 2003, 03:08 AM: Message edited by: Ophelia ]

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beautiful.
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Leo - Stop being so stinking cute. [No No]

Lusti - See, if you're going to dance under the stars to music, it MUST be to Van Morrison.

Well, it's a marvelous night for a Moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
'Neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I'm trying to please to the calling
Of your heart-strings that play soft and low
And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush
And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush

[Smile]

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I actually prefer King Harvest...

Everybody here is outta' sight
they don't bark and don't bite
they keep things loose, they keep things alight
everybody was dancin' in the moonlight

Dancin' in the moonlight
everybody feelin' warm, and right
it's such a fine and natural sight
everybody's dancin' in the moonlight

-- "Dancing in the Moonlight"

[Party]

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Ohhh it's finally dark so I can dance under the stars and everyone's gone to bed already! [Cry]

I guess I can just lie on the lawn and look at the stars all by myself then... Man, it sure is beautiful up there. [Razz]

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It's lovely out tonight (this morning really)
But is the beauty of dancing under the stars worth the mosquito bite welts I'd get all over my body?

Think about it people. That's deep stuff right there...

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*scratches shy violet's bites and applies ointment*

*rest easy*

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*Meadowlarks greet the day as the sun slides up the old brick building, momentarily offering Midas' touch to the ivy clinging so precariously to the brick building. With a resentful groan, the window slides up the runners and Shan leans out the window. She gazes thoughtfully over at the meadows where so many had danced together, laughing, singing - under the benevolent gaze of moon and stars.

Or was it all just a dream?*

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