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The timeless dinner and a movie date can be tedious. On your next outing, try heading downtown to the Dance Academy for group or private dance lessons, paintballing, or strolling around the plaza.
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It's getting cold, so warm up your love life with our dating suggestions. BY MEGAN HICKERSON & LUKE DALEY
Dinner just doesn't impress us anymore. With so much to do besides dinner and a movie, we're ready to be wowed in a big way. There a number of fabulous fall dates that will be sure to end with a good night kiss — maybe more if you're lucky.
If close contact is what you're looking for, head on down to the Dance Academy, 1117 Massachusetts St. You and your sweetheart can learn various forms of ballroom dancing, to salsa and swing lessons. Michelle Commons, administrative assistant at the Dance Academy, enjoys watching new dancers master the dance skills. "Beginners are always welcome. It usually only takes about five classes until they really begin to perfect their steps," she says. Group
dance lessons are given on Sunday evenings. Salsa lessons are from 7 p.m.to 8 p.m., and swing lessons are from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Group lessons are just $7 per person. If you are a big spender, you and your date can spend some alone time in a private lesson for $65 per hour. Ian Buermeier has been teaching dance at the Dance Academy for three years. He got involved in dance when his mom talked him into taking a swing lesson eight years ago. The rest is history. "Lots of young couples come down here to learn to dance. It seems to be a popular date idea," Buermeier says.
Bring out the true animal instinct in your date, and go play paintball at Drop Zone Extreme Sports. The retail store is
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thursday, november 13, 2003