Cutty Mordaunt entered the Great Hall bright and early the following day. Eight o'clock was fine. A perfect time, really. That gave him enough time to eat a bowl of his beloved junk cereal, Pixie Puffs and get chained, in what he thought might be the closest thing to marriage he ever hoped to experience, with Fern Quimbley. He scanned the space and made for the staff table spotting the Potions professor.

All the tables and chairs had been pushed aside following lunch to leave a nice big open space and a panel of mirrors lined the 'back' of the room, hiding the staff dais from view. Along either side of the Great Hall were a series of large portable changing rooms in house colors - boys on the right and girls on the left as was indicated by the signs on each. They had been charmed, of course, to be much larger than they appeared on the outside and held a special surprise for later in the lesson after doing some warming up.

Airey was slightly disappointed he had not been able to bring in certain muggle equipment due to time constraints, but he was hopeful that a conversation he needed to have with the Muggle Studies professor would at least bring the equipment into the Technology Room later in the term. For now, he was content with what he had planned for today.

Standing with his back to the mirrors, a slightly more wrinkly and graying Airey tapped his candy cane cane (transfigured by himself to help get into the holiday spirit) against the floor and hummed while he swayed in place. "Down, down, do your dance, do your dance...."

He checked his sundial watch and looked up at the doors to the Great Hall. Should be arriving any minute now...so he was going to go back to humming and swaying in the meantime.

⌦Dance Lesson Progression
▸ warm-up time!
▸ question :: can you name a type of dance?
▸ dance #1 :: Cupid Shuffle instructions
▸ time to get changed :: ballroom attire in house colors!
▸ volunteer needed :: please try to finish up your changing room RPs soon
▸ partner up! :: and start practicing!
▸ activity :: catch falling rose petals while dancing!
▸ two hour warning
▸ STOP DANCING
▸ CLASS DISMISSED :: winners announced and prizes given out! BYE!

OOC: YEP! We are taking over the Great Hall temporarily! Class will officially begin in approximately 15 hours from this post. Class as started! Please treat it as you would any other lesson in a classroom and do not post your character arriving late. Pretend as though you have been here all along!

Wrinkly was not a good look for him. This had been decided.

Not that Alec... paid much attention to it. It wasn't BIG, just small crinkles near his eyes. Probably from stress, yeah? He was far more concerned with the number of grey hairs that had materialised on his head. Even one was too many and... now... how many was it? Over five. Closer to ten. He had counted up at least five the last time he checked the mirror. Alec Blake Summers was definitely NOT happy with this. He was Hair Boy for a reason. And it was because of this reason that he had done all he could to try and hide the hair. It probably didn't work which meant that he might need to visit Culloden sometime.

At least he got to hold his girlfriend's hand while coming in here. He smiled over at her and gave her hand a small squeeze before entering the Great Hall. Was she ready? Because they would need to--

... So the Great Hall looked different. Were those... what were those huge cubicles? Changing rooms? ... Maybe. He didn't know. And everything had been moved aside. ... Well... yeah. Flamsteed probably wouldn't let them dance on tables. ... Right?

Speaking of Flamsteed, he man was... definitely in the Christmas spirit. Grinning a little, the boy dropped the Head Girl's hand and headed over towards him. She'd follow, yeah? And he was sure that the man would say no to snogging in here, too, even if they weren't in the Astronomy Tower. Shame. "Hello sir! Erm... nice hat," Really. The cane was great too but... this eighteen year old had questions for Botros about that dragon cane he had. "How's the back, by the way?"

And looking around... there were... MIRRORS? Could he check on his hair again? Yeah? No? ... Probably no. Not the right time.

Bay arrived at the dance lesson apparently his was like super early… He moved over to the side of the room which seemed a heck of a lot bigger now that the tables were out of the way.. Where was Christmas… she said she would come to the dance lesson with him… he hoped that she was feeling okay or that she won't stand him up…

Bay really missed his Girlfriend and he wanted to spend some more time together… tapping his toe on the ground he started to get real nervous.

Ever since her dance lesson with Stryker, Seren had been dyyyyiiinnnggg for somebody to step up and run another. Obviously that wouldn't be her because while she enjoyed the pass time, she was hardly proficient at it. Not very technical at all.

Practically waallltzing into the Great Hall, Seren thrust her arms out as she made her entrance. "Airey! This is exceeeelent!" she said joining him in front of the mirrors, but rather, standing parallel to them. She was excited. Could he tell? Could he?
And loooook! Students! Young males no less. This was rather impressive, they were going to get all the girls for sure. "Alec, Bay," she greeted with a nod, "ready to get your groove on?" Did they still say that? Grooove? Was that a said thing?

The Herbologist turned her head to the side and gave her reflection a wink before she decided to let loose a little with a warm up exercisemove of her own. But then... something in the light caught her attention. Was that, a grey hair? ... Leaning closer to the mirror to inspect it, she grasped at a strand of hair in her mane and yanked. Goodbye.

Dance lessons!

Ella was really excited. Slightly worried too given the chronic aches and pains that had been happening more and more often lately but still. She'd always liked dancing. Never had any real lessons or anything but Gran thought she was a more than adequate teacher and the Head Girl was a master of dancing on her Dad's feet so that counted as experience, yeah? Plus she danced with Alec sometimes. Not any kind of structured dance but the slow kind where he'd- Blush.

Moving on.

The eighteen year old had pulled her hair up into a bun, hoping this would hide most of the grays that had popped all over her head. It made her sad because she liked her hair down best and the sadness was reflected in her eyes but that was the only sign that she wasn't completely happy. She did have her fingers laced through Alec's and he was smiling at her, even if she was slightly wrinkly. It was nice that he was kind enough not to mention it. She smiled back and followed him slowly into the Great Hall which...

Was totally different.

It had a real sort of dance studio vibe now which was nice. Airey had that vibe too what with his getup and all. Adorable Professor was Adorable and it was really good to see him out and about. She'd been worried about him before.

Frowning slightly when the Head Boy dropped her hand because that was a lonely feeling, the blonde badger followed him towards the Professor. "Hello, Sir. Everything looks great." Really, it did. And Alec had already asked about his back so Ells tacked on, "I hope it's better. That was a bit scary, what happened."

And then there was a Bentley and a Bay. "Hello Professor!" Waveeee. "Hey, Bay!"

Sander peeked into the Great Hall. He was still undecided whether this class would be good for him, but at the same time, if this gave him the opportunity to dance with Tessa than he was ready to look like a fool.

He walked into the Great Hall and was surprised to see that it looked nowhere like the Great Hall. The tables and chairs had been removed and where the staff dias used to be was a line of mirrors.

Sander took a deep breath and took the plunge. He walked sheepishly into the Great Hall and walked up to Professor Airey who was standing where the mirrors were. He smiled and greeted the man, "Hello Professor. It's good to see that you're doing well and up and about."

Then he stood aside and kept a look out for Tessa or Lux....or even Bay. 'Please don't let me be the only one here.' he thought to himself.

Ian didn't know how well he'd be dancing with his hip hurting and his cane, but he wasn't going to miss this class. He could call his mum and say he was being sociable. He walked in and saw a lightly attended lesson to this point. He greeted the professor. Hello as he shuffled over to classmates.

Bay was happy more and more people were coming in.. "Hello Professor" he said while still tapping his foot… come on Christmas.. wait.. did he hear that right… Groove??? "errrrrr yeah of course" he replied to her… someone was in a good mood, hopefully it would rub off on him.

Ella was here… now the party can start.. "Hey Ella!!! haven't seen you since our little photoshoot…. maybe we should do some square dancing for these folks.." he laughed hoping she took it as a joke, for it defiantly was Bay was not doing any other extra dancing.

Bay spotted Sander… he looked lost. "Sander… bro… come wait with me" he said for he knew Sander was waiting for Tessa.

Now what kind of weird dream did Nigel step into? Flamsteed was rocking the bow tie pretty well. Just what was with the red suit. Nigel did like the white top hat though. Maybe if he had a beard to would look intimidating. Maybe. The whole room was changed and so many mirrors.

Maybe he could check his hair at least once...or twice.

Wrinkles did not look good on Flamsteed. Not on bit. Especially with the colors he was wearing. Still Nigel was here to learn how to dance since he can't. That was just a fact. Maybe it was his height or he over thinks its. But yeah he just wanted to dance with his girlfriend hopefully. That was it.

"You didn't fracture your spine or anything did you?"

Nigel asked Flamsteed. It did look like something bad happened to his back last class and was pretty fun to just watch it unfold with the Headmistress actually coming and the awesome new Groundskeeper. And looked like Bentley was here also. How many Professors were going to be here?

Christmas ran into the great hall and saw Bay waiting for her and said "Sorry Bay i almost slept in"

Theo wasn't excited about dance lessons as such, but intrigued. He'd danced a little before and was pretty good at it, though his techniques needed a lot more work. The only problem today was that he didn't have a partner, nor any idea of anyone who would WANT to dance with him. Or maybe it would just be a solo dance lesson. Theo decided that he would prefer that.

He swaggered into the hall in very casual jogging bottoms and a tight shirt, then made a face at the sight ahead. Aw, Flamsteed was teaching them? REeeeeeeeeeeally? Did Theo trust Professor Flamsteed with something like this? No.

SIGH. Bad mood activated. He was regretting turning up already. Hopefully a certain someone wouldn't turn up too.

Tessa stepped into the Great Hall, already smiling at the look of the room. "This is spectacular!" she exclaimed, looking around. She took a few more step into the room, befor realizing that the room had directions on where to go. She began to follow the sign, looking for anyone she knew on the girls' side. "Hey everyone," she greeted with a smile.

Then she looked across to the boys side, and her grin got a little wider. "Bay! Sander!" she called, waving. She wasn't big on dancing, but the fact that some of her closest friends were there certainly helped. However, dancing was better than sitting in a classroom- although all the classes have been rather active here. She liked that.

Without thinking, her feet were already moving slightly to the music.

West was looking forward to this actually, since it was kind of a build up for other things and all. The sixth year sauntered into the Great Hall and looked around. Plenty of space. That was good.

He approached the others and found a spot to wait. This would be fun.

Dance lessons?

Dora was so there.

Sure she already knew how to dance, but what did that matter? It was dancing, and it was a known fact that Dora's loved to dance. The sixth year strolled into the room quietly, sending a small friendly smile at Theo (cause friends, right?) and picked out a random spot in the room. She rocked on her heels and glanced around, idly wondering what kind of dances the professor planned on teaching.

Dancing wasn't Adi's thing but there was going to be music, right? Music made up for everything. Adi arrived somewhat nervously at the Great Hall. Many familiar faces were there including Professors Airey and Bentley. ''Hi, Professors!'' he called to them.

Now he would just stand here and wait for stuff to get started.

Content that her mane was now perfect, Seren returned her attention to Airey and the assembling group. But alas... "Did I tell you that's an amazing colour on you?" she asked Airey rhetorically. Because it was amazing -- so much so in fact, that she was tempted to stroke the softness of it. But restrained herself. Stroking peoples arms could be seen as being deviant... which she was not.

And AHAAA!



"Ella dear!" she greeted enthusiastically, returning the Head Girl's wave.



Was it just her? Or did this little Lion seem out of sorts? But nevertheless, she'd accept his response of of course. "Wonderful, wonderful," she noted with a flourish of her hand in the air... for no particular reason other than because she could.



This, is what she loved. Young, bright, lively students... and if they were Lions, it was even better. "Hello Tessa," she returned as the girl greeted the assembled in general.



And aawwww little/not so little Adi was here!

"Hello dear," she replied with a small wave and a big grin.

Terry wasn't 100% sure why exactly he was here. But he had made the effort to put on some comfy clothes and head down to the Great Hall where the lessons would be held. He wasn't really the dancing type, he'd bop on the spot a bit if he had to but full on dancing was not something he regularly engaged in. He was willing to give it a try, he was sure he had rhythm, how hard could it be?

The Slytherin entered the hall with no real expectations, other than to leave perhaps learning one step or another. He made his way to the group, standing among the other sixth years, still a little conscious about how his hip was going to hold up throughout the entire lesson.

"Hey" he spoke out, to no one in particularly. Whoever was listening basically. He nodded politely towards the Professor, hoping that his back had healed up nicely now. Hopefully anyway because it wouldn't be particularly useful in a dance lesson.

Okay, Flamsteed got MAJOR points for hosting a dance lesson.

Granted, Schuyler was already a very good dancer because that was her thing. But hello? There was no way she was passing this up. They ALL got to dance.

Everyone.

And it may just well be as close to a Hogwarts dance as she was going to get. Other than Aidan's perfect V-Dayte last year which always brought a smile to her face when she thought about it. Was Aidan here, anyway? She hadn't properly hung out with him in ages...

Her blue eyes scanned the small group of students (and professors) that had gathered so far. She flashed a smile when she saw a West and a Dora and was that Nigel's long hair? Yes. Yes, it was.

Nooooow, Olly. Olly better be coming, too. Schuyler had reminded her about this. Important thing, this was.

Dancing meant moving, and Toby was READY. He'd taken a pain potion for all his horrible aches and pains AND he still had a little of that muggle gel left over if he needed it. With all that covered, the third year was READY to get moving around. See? He was PREPARED.

He entered the hall, dressed in simple slim jeans, sneakers and a button down shirt WITH a tie (he couldn't help but try to look smart, okay?) as well as a backwards cap on his head (for hair dilemma reasons) and immediately saw a few people he'd like to say hello to first. Tobias was spoiled for choice, and couldn't make the decision, so he just kind of stood there, bouncing on his toes, tried to decide where to go first. Meep.

Tobias also kept smiling (but not quite grinning). As long as he smiled, his weird 'smile wrinkles' wouldn't be noticed.

Bay laughed as he grabbed her hand… in a room full of people.. that said to the other guys "this ones mine" "Its okay… your still early.. people are still coming in" he took a strand of her hair and played with it in his free hand. Hopefully she knew how to dance, Bay kind of had two left feet but he would try.. "are you excited?" he asked while still twirling her hair.

He spotted Tessa and laughed. "someones super excited aren't ya.." he started to get into a better mood… especially now that Christmas was there, but he also knew that Tessa would be super excited because she got to dance with Sander, and he couldn't wait to see that.

Tessa turned and smiled at the PRofessor's greeting. "Hello Professor!" she called back, walking over to the woman. "Was this your idea? If so, it was a wonderful one... I just hope I won't step on too many toes," she said with a laugh.

"Have you done a lot of dancing?" she asked the Professor. Her skill was on a broom and in the sky, dancing had never come naturally to her.

Dancing lessons?!
Um why was he here anyway?

Benny had no clue why he had decided to come down to the Great Hall during the time Professor Flamsteed was offering the lessons. He was a twelve year old boy and his movements were already aching. The professor himself had had his accident during his own class and the second year had expected him to still be up to doing what he had said.

Yet here he was and there the man was as he spotted the astronomy professor dressed to the nines and clearly ready for some dancing. So was Professor Bentley who seemed excited about the prospect of what was to come. Well that was two of them. Two out of a group since as Ben looked around the large room further he noticed many of the students already gathered seemed to be into the subject of dance. "Hello Professors," he greeted with an awkward half-smile.

Then there was Adi who seemed to be as out of place as he was. "Hey," he added.

Christmas smiled at Bay and said "Yeah i am excited i hope your ready to dance Bay and have loads of fun"