Originally Posted by ToujoursPur

Cael stepped into the Muggle Studies classroom, immediately shielding his eyes from an onslaught of lights hanging from the ceiling.

"What... on Earth?" Cael paled, lowering his arm slowly from where he'd slung it over his eyes. This was so far outside his comfort zone, it wasn't even funny.

Muggle Studies itself was a challenge, but Muggle dancing and Muggle, *gulp*, techfonolomagy? Urgh, Cael was sure to die by the end of this lesson. Some things just weren't meant to go together, Ashdowns and Muggle things being one of those.

Shakily making his way over to a table filled with refreshments, he grabbed a bottle of water while throwing out a hurried, "Hello Professor," and racing over to drop into the seat next to his girlfriend.

"Jay..." he groaned. Really. No words were necessary.

Originally Posted by Lezleighd

Gemma smiled at each of the students as they entered the classroom and she even ignored the chitter chatter...there seemed to be an extra lot today but she was hoping that maybe the excitement of her class was encouraging some of it.

She walked towards the board with the welcome message and then turned towards all of the students, "Welcome everyone!!!! Will you please all start finding a seat against one of the walls and all conversations should end right now so we can get started..." she said sweetly with a little nod. She gave the students a few minutes to get settled and then continued.

"I'm sure you have all noticed the drastic change of the classroom." she said spreading her arms out to signal the mirrors and the hardwood floors and the lack of desks. "Well, today we are going to focus on something really fun and exciting from the Muggle world." she said with a little wink.

"Just like in the Wizard world, the Muggles have a variety of dances that they always seem to work into their major dances at school, weddings, birthday parties, etc. These dances are very interesting and tons of fun!" she said with a flick of her wand. "And what makes these dances even better is that the majority of them are easy to learn and you don't have to be a dancing expert or even novice to get them!" she said excitedly to ease the nerves of those students that might be nervous about dancing.

She smiled and glanced up and down the classroom and with a flick of her wand dots about a foot wide appeared evenly spread out on the hardwood floor. "Okay if everyone will get up, and quietly, head towards a dot on the floor....then we'll get started learning some of the dances."

She gave the students a few minutes to find a dot and she monitored them closely to make sure that the students weren't talking...she knew if she let them talk on this first move the rest of the class would be a disaster of talking.

Once she was sure everyone had a spot on the floor, she turned around and erased the board and then grabbed another marker.

"Let's start by listing some Wizard dances that we do at dances and events, such as the Hippogriff Shuffle..." she said with a nod and then she turned and wrote that on the board. "Can anyone name some other dances...remember to only name one and don't repeat others' answers."

OOC: Okey dokey...I'm going to give you a little bit of time to RP moving to your dots and then giving answers....now you can be as creative as you like with your dance names...I mean I made up the Hippogriff Shuffle. Just have fun with this. Remember NO TALKING, RAISE YOUR HAND, ONLY ONE ANSWER PER PERSON, and DON'T REPEAT OTHERS' ANSWERS (which shouldn't happen with this one since you're just making up dances)

See you in a few!