FRED ASTAIRE BALLROOM DANCE STUDIO
The Happiest, Friendliest Spot in Town!!
We invite you to walk into our Memphis Studio and waltz out enjoying the great traditions of dance.
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Merengue
Haiti and the Dominican Republic, long in competition for the tourist trade, are also rivals in a matter of honor, so to speak. Each claims to be the country that originated the Merengue. The Haitian story is that an early ruler had a lame son who liked to dance. In order that the lad not feel too self-conscious, the entire government set took to dancing as if they were lame. The Dominican story differs only slightly. Their version says the Merengue was born at a dance given for a great hero returning from the wars. He got up to dance and limped on his wounded left leg. Rather than embarrass the hero, all others present followed suit.
