Posts Tagged 'Salty Dog Rag'

Salty Dogging in China

We’ve been back stateside for nearly a month now and the repatriation process seems to be going well. We’re still in the process of figuring out what we’ll be doing next and where exactly we’ll be doing it. In the meantime, we’re getting some more perspective on our time and experiences in China. While we’re not yet at a point to put our truly profound and well-reflected-upon thoughts into articulately worded blog posts, we can entertain you with dance!

This video was shot over the course of our whole stay in Beijing, the first bit of which was for our newlywed friends, the Hoffmans. The Salty Dog Rag is a Dartmouth Outing Club tradition and Steph and I taught this frisky foxtrot to hundreds of incoming freshmen during the preorientation camping trips program. Interestingly, the native Beijingers and Dartmouth prefrosh had very similar looks on their faces when we first busted out our moves.

A Jig on the Great Wall

It’s amazing that I have had the opportunity to live in Beijing for a time, far away from the world I knew, being a stranger in a strange land where everything is different, the faces are new and food is strange (but delicious). However, being on the other side of the world means being far away from those I love.

And while I’m away the lives of those I hold dear refuse to remain static. Friends are losing jobs, heading to grad school, moving off to new cities, starting new careers, getting engaged and getting married. Specifically, I regret not being able to attend the wedding of my dear friends, Andrew Hoffman and Katey Hoffman (nee Krizan). They were married on April 4, 2009 in a beautiful outdoor ceremony in Corbett, Oregon overlooking the Columbia River Gorge.

While I couldn’t make it to the ceremony, the happy couple were in my thoughts all weekend and I decided to make them this little video at the time to commemorate their joyous union.



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