At Last.....The Obamas Juggle Their Balls

On our first Christmas in Naperville, we were a little overbooked and ended up going to three parties with two full Christmas dinners! Tonight, America's new first couple seem to have done the same thing. Not one, but 10 balls to attend! To make things easier on themselves they sensibly wore the same outfits for all of them, and chose to dance to the same song, At Last, quite appropriate after a two and half year campaign. However, I was a bit disappointed by their dance moves. I got the feeling in private they can groove with the best of them, but it was all a bit restrained.
In the U.S these days, it is very popular for wedding couples to not only attend dance classes before the big day, but to have a specially choreographed dance to open the ball. I know they've been a bit busy lately, but I was surprised they didn't have something really special up their sleeves. Just think of the photo opportunity - Barack dipping Michelle, or better still lifting her up above his head ballet style? I could see the judges of Dancing With The Stars sitting by holding up their score cards. Nothing less than a perfect 30, naturally.