Subj : Re: dancing was: peeves was To : Daryl Stout From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Feb 01 2020 18:56:58 -=> Quoting Daryl Stout to NANCY BACKUS on 26-Jan-2020 22:47 <=- DS> Sadly, since 1995, attendance has been rapidly declining. As with DS> any other hobby, the young people are more engrossed in their tablets, DS> smartphones, etc., and couldn't give a rats rear end about the DS> heritage, current state, or future of a hobby. I understand that the DS> organization created in 1969 for single square dancers, is going to DS> disband after this years Labor Day Dance-A-Rama. Lack of attendees, DS> members, and workers, is killing it. Not being a square dancer myself, I don't really have much of an idea how well or poorly it might be doing here.... I do know there is some activity here, as I know a few people that are into square dancing... In fact, a friend of mine just reconnected with an old friend of his at one... less than a year later, they are now married... and, I think, still going out to the dances.... DS> I'm wearing 8 square dance hats, and since there are 8 people in a DS> square, I *AM* square (but you probably knew that already ). I'm DS> wearing 6 of those hats with the Arkansas State Square Dance DS> Federation (ASSDF), with handling two sets of websites, subscriber DS> databases, and publications (I'm the Editor, for the print and DS> e-Edition of "The Modern Square"). Then, I'm wearing the other 2 hats DS> with the Maverick Mixers Square Dance Club, as their Club Reporter and DS> Chaplain. I've told them that "if our club report doesn't make it in, DS> you know who to blame" . That will keep you busy.... ;) DS>> On another note, I had difficulty finding a dance site the other DS>> night, because of 2 reasons: DS>> 1) It wasn't listed on the things like Google Maps, Google Earth, DS>> Mapquest, etc. NB>> Too small and/or insignificant to be made note of...? DS> The town only had 1 traffic light that I could see...it might have DS> had a second one. It's a reminder of how life used to be, in a small DS> town. I know of quite a few that have no traffic lights at all... :) DS>> 2) In the city of Judsonia (population 2019 as of the last census), DS>> the street signs note Judson Street, but the other deals note Judson DS>> Avenue. Judson is the surname of the man who the town is named for. NB>> That could be definitely confusing... :) DS> It was for me. It was like "Would it be too much trouble, if we DS> could make up our minds??". But anyone who lives there doesn't have any problems with it... ;) They know what's meant by the signs and all.... :) DS>> Federation website (I'm their webmaster, editor, and circulation DS>> chairman). I did it for the original website last night...and will do DS>> it on the graphics enhanced website later today. NB>> Was that for the site in Judsonia....? DS> Well, for all the clubs in the ASSDF that have a regular dance DS> location, I took the address, and noted "Approxmate GPS Location". I DS> would hope it gets them within a few yards of the place... That could be helpful.... :) Especially if they check the website for the location info... :) DS> and not like these 2 instances: DS> 1) GPS says "Turn Left Here", but if you do, you're going off the side DS> of the mountain. :P DS> 2) GPS says "Turn Left Here", and you turn on to railroad tracks. DS> Then, to your horror, you realize there's a train coming. One really needs to know not to trust the GPS implicitly... One does need to check the directions against reality... NB>> Bad enough that everyone is cracking up about the caller's sense of NB>> humor, no doubt... ;) DS> But, the dancers can have an equally wicked sense of humor. At both DS> of the examples below, the national caller, Tony Oxendine, from South DS> Carolina, was the "victim". (stories snipped) Ok, so everyone has a sense of humor... which contributes to the general air of merriment... :) DS> But, at a dance, for a few hours, you forget about all the crap in DS> your life outside the hall and off the dance floor...and it's a lot DS> cheaper than seeing a psychiartist. Good enough reason... :) DS>> Plus, 3 hours of dancing, is equal to 6 miles of walking. Yet, we go DS>> out afterwards, and order a banana hot fudge royale sundae . NB>> Have to replenish those calories somehow... DS> Yeah, we earned them. Although if the weather is bad after the DS> dance (it was raining last night), I drove straight home...as I had to DS> do editing on the publication of the March, 2020 issue of "The Modern DS> Square". Since I'm having urinary bladder stone surgery on February 7, DS> and the deadline for folks to get me stuff is February 5, I want to DS> get the print edition sent to the printer, and the e-Edition both sent DS> out on February 6...as I surely won't feel like doing much, BBSing or DS> otherwise, for a few days after the surgery. Good planning... :) NB>> And did you have a good lunch again...? And luck out better with NB>> dessert...? ;) DS> The Denny's has a good house salad...with iceberg lettuce (can't DS> handle romaine or leaf lettuce, never mind the e-coli mess), plus DS> shredded cheese, croutons, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and thousand DS> island dressing. Had it had hard boiled eggs, and maybe some ham, DS> turkey, or both, it'd make it complete. DS> But, I can't eat salads too often. Even though they're good for me, DS> the lettuce is too much fiber. The only dressings I like are French, DS> or Thousand Island. I don't digest lettuce of any sort very well... not so much the fiber, I don't think... just it doesn't sit well, and burps back, like most other raw veggies... I do better with cooked ones... :) ttyl neb .... Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?? --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .