Taste of Square Dancing--one down!

[tdjohnsn]

Well, our first Taste of Square Dancing went pretty well. We didn't have a lot of new people (though practically all of Puddletown showed up!) but with it being the start of a holiday weekend, that's to be expected. Everyone who was there had a great time. My friend Stuart was there which was fun, and there were lots of women there which was nice to see. We had a lot of women show up for the Taste of Events last year too, but they...well, seemed to find having to interact with men distasteful. The women last night all seemed okay with interacting with men (and visa versa...that can be a problem too), and we had lots of women members there so that helped.

Galen Suave was the caller and he has been calling since he was ten so he really knows what he is doing. He calls a fun, energetic dance and really has great interaction with the room and the new dancers. He is not hard to look at either.

He called a Plus demo tip that was so much fun I could hardly believe it. It has been a long time since I danced really good, really challenging, really -fun- full speed choreography with a square that was actually up to it. With the exception of Squares Across the Border who also have a high floor level, it seems like we are always dancing with new dancers or with clubs that teach straight through Plus so it is always a wonderful reminder of -why- I enjoy square dancing when Puddletown gets to cut loose with a really great caller.

In any case, I had a lot of fun. It is strange how you can do "dosado--Back to back! Right and left GRAND!" all night to a great caller and leave the dance bouncy and energetic, while with other callers you can dance through the full Plus list and spend the evening counting the minutes till it is time to go home.

Anyway, that's it for now.

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[tbass.livejournal.com]

Frank and I might come watch sometime, but, right now,I didn't feel committing to joining would be a good idea, since I might need to miss quite a few fridays due to the band. When/if the band breaks up or anything, we'll definitely look into actually joining.

Are you and Ron going to Bear Boot Camp this year? I saw on their pictures page that you attended last year.

[tdjohnsn.livejournal.com]

We are going to Bear Boot Camp. I just need to find the checkbook so I can get our appplications in the mail...

[tbass.livejournal.com]

Frank and I are going as well. Did you and Ron stay in one of the single rooms, or did you get a bunk? Frank has a CPAP machine, so I'm not sure what we're going to do yet.

[tdjohnsn.livejournal.com]

We get a single room so we can put our queen size air matress in it (it takes some rearanging of the stuff that is in the rooms, but it is doable.) I don't think it seems like much of a a vacation if you have to sleep by yourself in a bunk bed, and while I can share a single bed no problem, Ron likes a little more room to spread out.

The way Jonathan works it is that he would assign one of you the single room and sign the other up for a dorm room since he can't assign two people to a single lease wise. then you guys just share the room. You will have to have a single if Frank use a CPAP, they are the only ones with electrical plug ins.