The White Dog Fandango

“THE WHITE DOG FANDANGO”

BY SHEB SCHEBELLA

In the month of February In the wee hours of the midnight glow if you take the deer path to Patch Lake and take it slow you will come to a fork in the path, take the path north the one to your right and make sure you have a flashlight. Once you have reached the secondary path if you pause for a moment so the snow is not crunching under your feet you should be able to hear a slight drum beat, it will be fast in rhythm, but familiar. As you continue on down the path after a few elongated switch bakes you will reach a cliff called Mary’s Leap, I don’t believe that needs any further explanation. At this cliff you should be able to see a large bonfire, about the size of a Volkswagen Bug. Find yourself a comfortable seat on a snow covered rock but don’t get to close to the ledge it’s usually icy. After twenty minutes of sitting around you will hear the castanets begin to play along with numerous guitars. What you will be looking at is White Dog Beach and this is where the spirits come to dance, dance and dance. There will be 20 beautiful maidens dressed in flamboyant red dresses and 20 handsome men dressed in black seersucker suits and all wearing mukluk boots. The guitars will go to triple time and the 20 ladies with the castanets will be begin to toss and twirl the men will accompany them as they snap their fingers and twirl, stomping and shuffling their mukluk to the triple time beat. Don’t look for the guitar players, well look if you must but I doubt you will see them. The White Dog Fandango I is a dance only known to few seen only by lovers in hopes that dreams do come true. There really is not much more to say, just be in love and love your way and don’t lose your tomfoolery it is an important ingredient to help one get through the day. Learn to dance the White Dog Fandango even if you don’t have castanets or gifted guitar players. Just light a candle in your living room put on some of your favorite music and take your lover by the hand; don’t worry if you think your not doing the dance correct, you just keep doing it until it feels right. Soon your smiles will grow and the White Dog Fandango you will come to know; an intament creation made by you and your own. The White Dog Fandango in truth is nothing more than a state of mind combined with another’s making life, living and loving superiorly divine. Learn to live out loud, learn the White Dog Fandango.