Observatory Sports Club hosts Heritage Day line dancing

In celebration of different cultures and backgrounds, Sassy Line Dancing hosted a dance class at Observatory Sports Club on September 25.

Sassy Line Dancing founder Marcelle Batista said the idea behind the dance lesson was to unite different cultures.

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“Doing the Jerusalema dance is about uniting people. It’s also about promoting heritage and celebrating our backgrounds but not forgetting that we’re South Africans,” she said.

“The aim was to also showcase line dancing through Master KG’s popular Jerusalema dance, people only think it’s cowboy boots dancing, but it is more than that including a social and health benefit. I was hoping for more people but as people get to the idea of line dancing and how social it is, they might be inclined to attend our classes.”

A dancer, Josephine McKenzie said, “I was invited to the line dancing Heritage Day class by my friend, Brenda. It was a fun way of celebrating Heritage Day because I met different people from various backgrounds and cultures.”

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Another dancer, Brenda Spence added that although she couldn’t keep up with the dance routine she had fun.

“I started nicely, but I ended up overheating and sweating. Overall I had fun learning the routine.”

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