I think Shanda is acting a little naive. She is the only person I really know on FR and I know for a fact that she can dance.
Shouldn't be a problem. Not sure what sort of dance you do, Shanda, but if you have done even social dancing (two step, foxtrot, etc.) SCD will be no problem at all. There are only two basic moving steps and two setting (stationary) steps to learn, the rest is memorizing patterns on the floor. In that sense, it's like square dancing, but you actually dance instead of just shuffling. And you don't have the luxury of a caller! You have to remember it all (or your partner has to shout at you which is O.K. at the Games field but not at the Tartan Ball - at least not until later in the evening when everybody
has drink taken)
Highland dancing is another matter, but that is a very specialized form of competitive dancing populated almost entirely by girls 16 and under. It uses the same basic steps as SCD though.