JEWELLE TAN

Just before a party that we attended this week started, the electricity went down, leaving only some emergency lights and the exit signs.

Fortunately, power came back on time because it went on to be one of the most entertaining parties I have ever attended.

Dance performances by talented teens were aplenty. However, I am not too sure about having young girls gyrating suggestively to tunes such as the Pussycat Dolls’ Jai Ho.

Is it double standard to say that while such moves are fine if performed by an adult, it is a little disturbing to see it done by girls who barely passed their puberty? Because what else does such moves connote if not the obvious?

I know that I will have a battle with my daughters in 10 years time over MTV.

Other than this, I found out that we have a thriving community of ballroom dancing fans in the district. It was exciting to see the dance experts spinned and twirled around like they were only as light as feathers. And it was very encouraging to see older couples who upon taking ballroom dance lessons monopolized the dance floor.

But the most interesting was a couple of South American dances, the one in the picture called the Cumbia, performed beautifully by a group of international young kids much to the delight of the South American guests in attendance as well as the rest of us.