(Sorry if this has been done before and for the long post.)
Before SCD I was a Nu-Romantic, I was obsessed with Australia, History, and Science, I was in a band.

Then when I was watching the Snooker it came up that Dennis Taylor was going to be in SCD. Before that I had seen one episode of series one and hated Natasha so much I never watched it again. But seeing I had to show support for Mr Taylor and Mr Martin I decided to watch it.

Now I am completely confuddled by it. My computer that had 700 pictures of Rory Cochrane and Rivers Cuomo on it has been wiped sold and now I have one that is completely Antoned.

My boyfriend brought me tickets to go to Berlin so I could work with Richard Krunze (sorry don't know how to spell the name) who is my guitarist hero and I complained because I would miss SCD!!!

Now everyone of my friends is putting money together for lesson's with Brendan Cole. I met Jools Holland the other week and instead of being completely starstruck seeing as he is my god I asked him about the dancers, because he had met them on the Saturday.

My best friend who has been in Australia for the last couple months had left me depressed watching the cricket and wrting my silly little songs and stories, he came back last week and was bombarded by my little world of Brendan Cole and Anton Du Beke. So really it's changed my whole world. Plus now me and my boyfriend are starting to dance which is something that scares me seeing his main interest is Communism.

I just wanted to know how many other people have been touched. And I don't mean by Anton we'd all love to be touched by him

It's been a more than welcome distraction from finishing my MBA, and has made me decide that next time I'm on stage (I'm in a band as well) I'm going to wear something a bit more interesting..a bit more glittery..a bit more strictly For some reason my photographic ambitions seem to involve dancers now..can't imagine why

I liked your post Kaos and I appreciate your insights. I hope that you get to have some lessons with Brendan and when you do, I for one would love to hear all about how you're getting on.

Well, the knock-on effect of SCD has been taking up dancing lessons and learning more about this fantastic world it's just opened up. It came along at the right time in my life when I was ready for something new, like a beginning of a new chapter. I already enjoyed how to dance, albeit on my own, but I never felt confident dancing with a woman in my embrace. Now, I feel so much more confident expressing myself on the dancefloor when I'm up, close and personal with a dance partner. Dancing has become very much an extension of my personality and the dancefloor itself is like a canvas where I am free to express myself through my movements. I don't strive to be the best, but I aspire to be the best that I can be. And through dance, among other forms of communication and enlightenment, I have discovered a wonderful means of exploring the very best of what life has to offer. That's how SCD has touched my life.

Anyone else want to share? It would be of great interest to me, among others, to hear your thoughts.

I'll tell yer something else that it's done, before SCD I wore a suit occasionly, now for some reason I wear them all the time, plus people have been commenting on how much I act like Anton, and dress like him, and the fact that my ex looked like Anton doesn't help.

What a fantastic and insightful thread. I loved reading your posts kaos and Estilolibre.

I can't claim anything like you two to be honest. All I will say is that I have had the year from hell, and what finding DS in May, and meeting new people all over the board, with the cricket this year which got me so excited, and now SCD and coming on here and meeting on line, alot of very nice people who share my love of the show, it has made my crap year just that little bit better.

Being able to come on here and waffle on to like minded people about the show, or about Custard tactics onother threads or about how much I drool over Anton on one thread, has been a welcome distraction from a year which I would love to forget.

I wish I could save up for dancing lessons with Anton! But have no cash at all at the moment being a poor struggling artist.

But at least on here I can dream of it!

SCD is one of the things...and the majority of this board that has put a little bit of sunshine back into my life lately. Especially after the cricket ended which originally got me off my backside and back into civilisation again!

So if that is what you meant by this thread Kaos...as if so, that is how SCD has touched me.

How has it touched you?



I am on medication because of SCD - nothing to do with the programe as such, its just some of the postings on here send me into flights of fancy, I am frightened in case I start seeing things through pink fluffy clouds. I had a very confused dream last night all about Foreign language, Custard and Garlic. Why do I keep coming back for more - its total compulsive viewing - when you think you have read it all, lo and behold there is still more mush to come
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it has made me really regret giving up dancing when i was younger!
it has made my buy some really nice gold sparkly shoes to wear on my birthday!
sequins are once again "cool"
guys who dance are not "gay" but are in fact pretty hot!!!!!!
it has made me had some rather odd dreams about erin and lilia playing golf with cricket bats (hmm)
it has made my flatmates realise that whilst SCD is on they CANNOT under any circumstances come in my room even if the flat was on fire
and it has been the perfect procrastination - not only is ITT on every week day but there are also forums

LONG LIVE SCD

Oh dear! Am I a Philistine? The show hasn't affected/changed my life at all I'm afraid. It's a great TV show, the best thing on the box and I try not to miss it. ITT is great too, I watch it when I'm in the kitchen. However, both shows will end and I'll start watching and enjoying something else.
Then when SCD starts all over I'll be refreshed and up and ready to watch and cheer them on.

It won't effect everyone, but I know after the awful two years I've had this is the happiest I've been in a long time, and it's thank's to Brendan and Anton and Claudia. But it's a lot down to the guys on here too, it's like a big family and that's me, I was told I was clinicly depressed, so it's depressing but after being really shut out for two years, and really being in an awful state SCD changed me. Some people won't feel the same, some will it depends on lifestyles.

and THAT is wht the show is all about!
its a fantastic show that is a joy to watch
everyone has an opinion on it and it brings people together!!!
what you said is really lovely
and i do beleive it touches many people largely because there is NOTHING else like it!!!

I have completely loved SCD and ITT it will be my staple diet until Christmas and I have discovered a love for dancing that I wouldn't have thought I could and the show has been a complete joy to watch.

I had never went onto a forum before coming to the SCD forum (i decided to look after hearing about Bohochick and Cat on ITT)- I always thought they were not for me.

I have really enjoyed reading peoples posts and realising that people share my same kind of weird sense of humour that I have and there are posts from all ages and backgrounds - people should be very proud of themselves who post on this forum as there is a huge mix of perspectives (from pink fluffiness to very serious) and in the main people respect one anothers opinions and it is has been fun to read.

SCD makes me happy - which isn't to say I wasn't happy before, so I guess a better way to say it would be that it makes me happier.

I love the entertainment and the spectacle of the show - it is so perfect for a Saturday night now my clubbing days are behind me. I can honestly say that I hardly ever watch the TV but SCD is something that I am loathe to miss. I now spend my Saturday evenings drinking homemade and occasionally suspect cocktails with my friends and have a right old laugh - I am not exaggerating when I say that they are the highlight of my week.

As an adult, I often find it very difficult to appreciate and enjoy some of the simpler things in life in the way that I did when I was a child - but for me at least, SCD is a simple pleasure which I enjoy very much!

Kaos your a snooker fan great to find another one, and by the by are you male or female you post got me rather confused as I think I'd assumed you were female

I have enjoyed SCD from the first series but this series is the first one I have actually been able to properly enjoy and feel enthusiasm about. I too have been severely depressed though not clinically and so I remember very little of the first two series, but this one has brought light to my life, to actually feel joy about watching a programme is wonderful, to be dying for Saturday nights and religiously taping ITT during the week is amazing for me. In a few short months my life has completely changed (not just cos of SCD but because of a course I am doing and being on placement in a library which I love doing). A few months ago there is no way I'd have wanted to or been able to go on tv, yet I did it and it was such fun.

I have also been inspired to think of taking dance lessons, primarily by Ian Waite but just generally by watching the dancing. IW though exudes such joy when he dances you just want to be out there doing it too (or with him but only in my wildest remotest dreams)

The forums have been great too, have met new people and made new friends. Long live SCD.

How has SCD touched me?

Well it's hard to say really. Indirectly I think it's helped to change my life around.

Firstly, it convinced me that dancing was what I really wanted to do. I realised that I needed to take it more seriously, work harder, give it my best. Before I had only seen at as a little hobby, SCD made me love it. And I do, I truly adore dancing and it is the best thing in my life.

Before I had dancing to concentrate on I wasn't exactly the best person in the world. I'd been expelled from school and still kept on getting into trouble.

Now I'm dancing in most of my spare time, or I'm on here talking about dancing. I don't feel the need to do anything else. I just want to dance.

how does it tough me? ooh er i just got visions of anton saying he needs to touch more people seriously though SCD had given me a load of laughs at a time and has kept me happy when i feel like i might be dragged under. it gives me something nice and pretty and sparkly to watch and dream about when student life starts to become depressing.

that last bit sounds familiar I don't know how I coped without it, but I also know that after a while I will probably get used to it not being on anymore and find something else, but still it would be nice if it never had to end It just makes my day. It's nice cos when you have a bad day you have SCD or ITT to look forward to.

I am female startwirler. Don't worry about it I seem to confuse lots of people, my boyfriend is scared because I'm more of a guy then he is half the time!!