I am not afraid to give credit to whom credit is due... His Mother.

@GipsyOfNewSpain Attractively modest of you...but...he's gorgeous!

@LucyLoohoo I picked the right mother. Like me mixed race.. athlete father, I have concerns about her mother being too short. Reckon my side prevailed there. But she was intelligent, modeled and competed in college track and field, was my kind of type of woman at the time. Not bad the results.

He is smart enough to use the "Come and see me". So I am leaving to Vegas next weekend. I had seen him dance, he came to visit me during last year Salsa-Bachata congress, he hit the floor and nothing I had not seen before. When he was about 14... my then GF was a pro ballroom dancer so she took him to her group classes, already over 6' tall at 14, he was dancing with women on their 20's during the class... so he knew without me telling him what he needed to do as an adult that will last him a lifetime. I was dancing last night in DC, yep with my ex gf ballroom dancer/teacher and despite having a date once I hit the floor women pay attention. At my age... most men are gone off the scene... My legacy been surpassed and in good place. I am happy. One day I will post a video but not without his consent... he is a perfectionist after all. But I got a couple of the ex GF from about 16 years ago. That is when I met her and she was something else, very special. I am just happy to be proud in the direction my son is going. He is a gamer, network engineer, Afghanistan volunteer for Air Force physical security, he dances with the best of the best in a place where dancing is a staple. Proud Dad I am and he is a Good Citizen.

@GipsyOfNewSpain How very special!!! You are a lucky man indeed.

@silverotter11 His Mother made of him, what she wished I should had been.

@GipsyOfNewSpain my daughter is a dancer too. Primarily tap dancing. She taught it to little kids for free studio timr. Has a w year old now who already has tap shoes.

@gigihein Dance is a ceremony of the sacred union of body and soul. It is a gift that you can do until you can't no more. I come from a society that if you couldn't dance... you couldn't date. Once I am back in Vegas I am going to work hard to get this body in best possible shape just to keep using it longer. Great for all that dance... any dance.

@GipsyOfNewSpain I never considered myself a good dancer, but every family party when the dancing started I did it
Especially merengue. I miss the colorful fun loving and passionate Cuban culture.

@gigihein Merengue comes from the Dominican Republic just like Bachata, that is the Big Thing right now... 'Love the Cuban Culture and Cuban People. I would plan on living there if it wasn't that is one of 3 countries I believe that USA refuse to do biz with. So I can't get my retirement pay there. Otherwise I would had been there already... love me the Son Montuno, Guaracha, Mambo, Guaguanco, Guajira, etc, etc, etc. And dance as if nobody is looking... dance is a ceremony between your body and your soul. Going Salsa dancing right about Now.

His mother is something special... athletic part is her legacy.