As someone more at home in jeans and pumps it was a bit of a shock. The author could not quite get used to the sight of his feet in his father-in-law's black and pointy dancing shoes. Jennie, more often seen in trainers or steel-capped boots, had on a pair of strappy heels she'd borrowed from her mum. They felt like kids dressing up in their parents' clothes. They are unlikely students but they have something in common with the other learners--a desire to dance, in their case brought to a head by the remarkable celebrity transformations of "Strictly Come Dancing." As "Strictly Come Dancing" returns to screens, the author describes how he takes his first slow, slow, quick, quick, slow steps into the world of ballroom dancing.