Latin Dance Class + Pot Luck Meal = Butternut Squash Soup
For the past year I have participated in a weekly Latin dance exercise class for senior citizens here in Midcoast Maine, with Tony Dancer of Maine as the creator and dance instructor. His infectious smile and frequent laughter translate into an uplifting experience. You simply can’t remain sad and lonely after an hour-long dance session with Tony! This is not ballroom-style Latin dance with partners. This is more like Zumba but a bit slower and better paced for those of us over seventy. He starts and ends the class with stretching exercises, and punches it up with some Latin dance moves in the middle. It is a very sociable setting and on the last lesson of each six-week session, we enjoy a pot luck lunch together. For last week’s pot luck lunch I brought a Crock Pot full of my favorite fall soup, made with butternut squash, apple, apple cider and bourbon. It made me very happy to have so many requests to share th...