Don't worry about not doing techno.
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Honestly, the Japanese community thinks we're all weird because we do both. In the japanese scene, you really only do one or the other. Very few people do both. And I don't do a lot of techno, just the songs that I feel like learning (though, lately, that's been my attitude about para para in general.)
Ha ha, I'll gladly dance with you, but honestly I don't know the Hinoi Team or the Gyaruru stuff. Well, I know Night of Fire. It's the first eurobeat song I ever heard, so I learned it way back in 2002. Dunno if I remember it now. And I know Sticky Tricky and Bang, since it's a more recent song. But I look at it like this, we all got into para para somehow. I got into it through the video game. That was my gateway. It took me a long time to finally break away from that gateway and start keeping up with the scene. It's not like a judge you for it or anything, so don't worry about it.
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I'll dance if I know the songs.
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Umm, but I'll have my laptop with me and I have a plethora of routines. I'll gladly teach some outside of my panel songs.
I'm a little out of practice though. Once I graduated from my para para team about a year and a half ago, I haven't really kept up or learned much. Mostly because I don't know people in the Portland area that are interested in para para. I've always wanted to start a team out here...
Anyway! I'll be around at the convention. I dress in a somewhat gyaru style (I'm lazy about it and don't actually consider myself gyaru, I just take some influences from it) and usually have my hair in a big puffy, curly bun on the top of my head. When I have downtime, I'll probably find a place to dance. Saturday, since I don't have a panel, I'll be cosplaying as Misa Amane, 'cause, uh, the outfit turns into a cute night time outfit just by a tie and tight change. *LOL*
OH! And panel times! Tentative, of course. The official schedule has not been released yet.
Beginner's Para Para will be held Sunday from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM.
Intermediate Para Para (Techpara) will be held on Monday from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM.