Sunday March 20th Dance

I'm doing this early for a change, but I'm lacking in information, sadly.  I was late getting to the dance because I was at a WLRN event earlier in the afternoon, so I don't know what the caller's name was, other than Bob.  The band was Cornbread.  It's always nice having a different caller, and he had some different dances for us, including a square, which I have not seen in Boca except on one previous occasion other than when I called one.  If I have a quibble, it's that he didn't show us anything new, or even rare.  I think the last time I was introduced to something new was the dolphin hey, and that was four years ago down at Palmetto Bay.  I tried introducing the double back dip to our group, which I learned from Youtube, but no one else has taken it up as an option.  I may call another dance later this year just so I can introduce new moves.  Unfortunately, when I'm calling, I'm not dancing, so I don't get to participate in the new moves.

Old Home Week

At least it seemed like old home week being at the Davie Woman's Club Saturday.  I hadn't been back since October, and of course that's where the 2nd Saturday dance used to be held.  There were about 20 people there, two or three more than I've been getting at the same location and two or three more than have been showing up at the UU church.  Cornbread played and Brian called.  We had four or five more guys than gals there, so Anita ended up dancing most of the night rather than playing or watching the door.

Two young couples showed up at the dance.  We need to do everything in our power (admittedly not much) to encourage them to keep coming.  The future of contra dance depends on hooking a new generation.

March 5, or Dance 5, whichever you prefer

A decent dance with Pot Luck playing and Brian calling.  I was asked to dance several times, so that was nice.  Four people picked up flyers for the 5th Saturday dance, so with any luck, that's at least four who are going.  The hardest dance for people to get once again was one with a left diagonal move.  I was glad to see a few of our better dancers show up for the dance.

Just my opinion, but if someone isn't getting the hang of the dance, it's best to give up on him/her and let that person sit out.  You are noble for trying, but it's like letting someone cross in front of you when you're holding up a much longer line of traffic behind you...  you're being nice to one and being annoying to thirty.

Barnacle Dance

I completely forgot about posting this week about the Barnacle dance on Sunday.  It was almost ALL new people, and not a large turnout.  Cornbread played and Anita called.  A pretty Chinese gal named Yanfei brightened up the evening.

My 22nd Post About the 21st Dance

Well, I don't know what time yesterday my pants split, but if it happened at the dance, no one told me.  I also left behind my dark green towel again, so if anyone picked it up, I'd appreciate it if you could return it to me.  Thanks.

Stepping Stones played, Brian called.  Sharon called two dances.  Brian did announce the 5th Saturday dance in April, so that was good.

We had a lot of people for a Sunday afternoon dance, that was nice.  And Bernie was elected vice-president of the dance board.  I don't know whether I should congratulate him or offer him condolences.

Davie Valentine's Dance

A rather disappointing dance in Davie.  There weren't enough dancers, there were more guys than girls, and there weren't any single women.  I'm not sure how to build up that dance, but it needs help.

Cornbread played and Brian called.  Lew Pollack sat in.  He's still living in Texas but was visiting.  With Lew playing the melody, Barbara (I think her name is) felt free to change things up a bit.  You could really hear the classical music training when she did.

The March Davie dance will be held in the Davie Woman's Club, same as the old location and the location for the 5th Saturday dance.  It should be interesting to see what kind of turnout that gets.

Wow, 20 Posts

Hi, all.  I forgot about this again this week, so I'm a bit late.  It was a good dance with Cornbread playing and Pat Tsar calling.  We had a good turnout with lots of regulars and quite a few newcomers as well.  Hopefully some of the latter will return.  The Davie dance is this weekend, and it always needs more dancers, so please come out for that.  There will be a 5th Saturday dance in April.  I think I mentioned that in my previous post, but no harm in repeating it.

There's a new shoe policy in place at Michael's.  You must either bring dedicated dance/gym shoes that are not worn outside or have duct tape applied to your shoes at the door.  Keep it in mind for the third Sunday dance in a week and a half and future first Saturdays.  Shoe policies for gyms are not unusual.  One dance studio in Indiana insisted we dance in our socks or bare feet.  I took to bringing slippers with me.  One lady who had them danced in ballet slippers.  Old farmers' granges are the best for dancing because the floors are wood and old, so the owners don't care how much more the floor gets scuffed up.