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PT Instructors or GI’s Dances

Often used to lighten the moment, during extreme occasions of fatigue etc. and particularly to stimulate mental alertness.

When the men are lined up after a particular exercise one of the two calls below, or another similarmight unexpectedly, be made. Failure of course to complete any of these evolutions will solicite a penalty.

(1)

Do the Lambarda - When the men are expected to take up the classic Ballroom dance pose and singing the tune commence too waltz.

(2)

All those who are not Queers - Tapdance

Run Ashore Rituals

There is a small series of traditional dances done at the close of an evening’s drinking, by which time the songs many of which were very bawdy would have driven out those of a less robust disposition, so that the following was unlikely to give anyone offence.

The Chelsea Pensioner

A Mime - Required a chair with two arms, in which an inebriated sailor will sit. Often such chair is placed on a small able, barely large enough to support it.
The sailor will then demonstrate the use of the ‘wheel chair’ on parade, saluting on the march past, taking it up hill, (with difficulty) and down hill, spitting on his hands before using them as brakes. Whilst retaining his alance on the table.

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