Yes. You read that right. Saturday is Horo v Sofia.

What you ask?

Well, here it is: I am participating in a Bulgarian dance event on Saturday. I know, I know. I've been moping around on this blog and <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/CarolynEmigh" target="_blank">twitter</a> about my toe and I am going to dance on Saturday?!

Turns out I <em>may</em> have overreacted. The swelling has gone down, the pain is almost zero and it's no longer black and blue. Yeah it <em>may </em>not be broken. I mean it's not perfect but I am not so sure it's broken.

Luckily, this means that I can participate in the dance event called " Horo v Sofia" with the Parents-Teacher-Friends dance group from school.  I am not really sure what to expect. But with a name like Horo v Sofia how can it not be fun?

Also, I feel like this is the perfect name for what happens on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I go to my Balkan dance class. It's Carolyn v Horo.  Sometimes the Horo wins. Sometimes I do. <!--more-->The good news is that after a year it's getting easier and easier. I am not perfect but after two times a week for nearly a year I can now recognize individual songs.

I hardly ever know which dance we're supposed to do but now I can tell the difference between songs. That's a pretty big deal in my book. Moreover, now I can usually remember some of the dance steps once we start and I hardly ever step on anyone's feet or run into anyone this year.

If I were grading myself (which I've been doing plenty of this week or drowning in this week--our quarter ends on Monday), I'd probably get a 5. In Bulgaria a 6 is the highest, then 5, 4, and 3. A 5 is pretty respectable--especially because my technical skill are just okay. This said I have a really big heart and I always try so my participation scores would be high.

Enough of this, here's the information you've been dying to read. I understand that we'll be dancing at "Hristo Botev" sports hall in the gym which is in Studentski grad. It's going to be a whole day of dancing. At 10 am we draw our dancing slot and I guess we'll finish up around 2pm. I'm told that there will be a lot of dance groups like ours participating. Some of them will be way better than us but that's okay. Anyone can come and watch (and it's free).

This means there will be plenty of dancing and hand holding (I mean we do dance in a line), lots of songs with bagpipes, accordion and a woman singing in vibrating Bulgarian and tons of fun.

All of this said, I've never really considered participating in a day long dance event before but I guess there's a first time for everything!!