For me, the only reason to participate in any other type of dance is in hopes that you will get to a slow dance at some point. I will never forget my first, with a girl who I was a little sweet on who was teaching me to dance in hopes that
I would then dance with her friend who was a bit sweet on me. (Adolescence is screwed up, isn't it?) I did dance the next slow dance with her friend, but the whole time I kept staring at the first girl, slow dancing with a guy she liked. Now that I think about it, her friend was actually much cuter than she was. (Did I mention that adolescence is screwed up?)
My *best* slow dance was with a girl I had a massive crush on in high school, totally awesome.
I also clearly remember a slow dance with a female friend of mine in high school, but mostly just because
she's the type of slow dance partner who leans her chin on her partner's shoulder, and our height difference
was such that her chin was *really* digging in to my shoulder, kind of ruined an otherwise nice experience.
Had a couple at weddings & formals.
Last one was at the 'dead dog' party for convention staff after the local anime convention. Danced with a girl
who I had interacted with a bit during the weekend. It was nice, but we didn't stay in touch or anything.