God takes
from the heavens above
two hearts beat
as one
on this carousel of love.
In this gift
that we share
through the movement of dance
the sparks begin to fly
with the choreography
of romance."
On the middle shelf of a music library
two long playing records
were always filed away together in this permanent collection
side by side
as if it were a divine act of karma.
Tales from the Vienna woods by Johann Strauss
and right beside it,
Por una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel.
The vision of loveliness on the cover of the Strauss LP
was Henrietta, a famous ballroom dancer of Strauss waltzes.
The hands0me young man on the cover of the Carlos Gardel LP
was Alfredo, a well know tango instructor in his native country of Argentina.
Henrietta and Alfredo met every single night in this secret rendezvous
as the turntable would magically starting spinning
at 33 revolutions per minute.
Like two holograms in perpetual motion
they would teach each other
how to dance the waltz and then how to perform the tango.
By daylight the rotating disc stopped turning
and the happy but exhausted dancers returned to their record album covers.
"With each breath
God takes
from the heavens above
two hearts beat
as one
on this carousel of love.
In this gift
that we share
through the movement of dance
the sparks begin to fly
with the choreography
of romance."
Part 2 : Carousel of love
The one and only Chubby Checker teaches Henrietta how to get down and do the twist.
Red Molly from Dublin teaches Alfredo the discipline of Irish step dancing.
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