This weekend, the Natural Foods Co-op in Roanoke, VA hosted a small festival to celebrate the wonders of their healthy foods. Part of the festival included a live bluegrass band. This melding of natural foods and bluegrass created an interesting mix of people in the audience. However, there was no one more interesting than the Dancing Girl.
She was probably in her mid-thirties. Her long, dirty-blonde hair was pulled plainly into a low ponytail. She was dressed all in black, causing the pale skin of her legs to stand out starkly where they protruded from her capris. This woman was clearly not hung up on appearances or decorum. Although she was not part of the band that was performing, Dancing Girl stepped boldly into an open grass area and began to dance. But this was no ordinary dancing. This was some sort of spaced out combo of tai chi and clogging, complete with hand motions that demonstrated some of the lyrics to the traditional bluegrass songs.
However, you cannot possibly grasp the whole image here without knowing two more details. First of all, the Dancing Girl performed her entire act with a lit cigarette alternating between her hands and her mouth. Second, she was doing all of this in a downpour.
