Belated Post

Oops, sorry about this, folks.  I had a very bad weekend and things didn't get settled down until yesterday, so I forgot all about updating this.

There was a pretty good turnout Saturday.  Joe Bone played, Brian called.  There were no fatal breakdowns in the dances, so that was good.  It was like old home week, with several people showing up for the dance who had not been in quite some time.

I will probably skip both dances this weekend.  If anyone is interested in going up to the Melbourne dance next Friday, I'd be interested in getting a ride up.  I can help with gas if you stop by a Chevron station.  I've driven the whole way from here, up and back, but that was exhausting.

I'd still like to hear from the dancers about whether or not it's worthwhile continuing the 5th Saturday dance in 2016.  There are FIVE 5th Saturdays in 2016, and the first one is in January, so I need to decide soon.

Halloween

Thanks again to John Burnette for promoting the Halloween dance heavily.  Unfortunately, the turnout was about the same as the previous two attempts, just seventeen people.  But we had a good dance with SIX musicians playing and William Eagan calling.  The band called itself Stringulation.  Thanks, too, to the two new musicians who played for us, and to the two ladies for helping decorate the hall.

There is a fifth Saturday in January 2016, but I have not decided whether or not I want to continue with the dance.  We're getting enough dancers to pay for the hall but not much for the band, and not quite enough in my opinion for a really good dance.

We have a couple of younger people coming to Boca Saturday (younger than most of us, anyway), so if you know some younger people who haven't been to the dance before, Saturday is a good time to bring them.  The key to getting younger people coming regularly is to have other younger people attending regularly so they have someone to dance with.  I know that sounds rather circular, but that's the way it works.