Oakhurst is in the books

Wow What a wonderful FUN weekend in Oakhurst- Nice attendance ( I hope the folks who had to roll over get well soon-Cya Next year) Great Weather and always fun to work with my good friend Jet- Maryann and Brian added a lot of spark on the rounds and the Wiener/Marshmallow roast campfire afterparty was super- (Never hurts to have Jet sing a few with guitar)

Don't miss next yeat at this A2 weekend- Details very soon at my website.

Now Let's hope my 2 classes stay strong and look forward to a better SD season than last year.

Rick

Back to 110% busy

2 New classes in Progress, 2 Advanced groups, 1 new plus group- Festivals, Parties and Normal weekend dances- That's the schedule for this season- Fun! Hopefully their will be less political BS this season- Anybody care to take bets?

Rick

2010 classes

If you'll look at the comments on my last post-One struck me
-paraphased- we've danced before, we had "angels" but we're looking for friends otherwise we'll drop out again-
Now this stikes me in 2 ways 1) SD is a social activity, so make sure your "angels" are there to make friends-not just to get them thru-ALSO the "angels" (or in Central ca. the Club Members) don't sit and stare at new folks dancing-The new folks will wonder why "the club" is not dancing too-The new folks will wonder "Is it us?"
2) If other "club" activities (Such as RD) make it too tiring-perhaps these should be on a different nite
I was recently AMAZED by a scheduled 1/2 hour pre-rounds (early rounds for my East Coast readers) somehow got morphed into 2 1/2 HOURS?????????????????
I could not imagine how these folks were tired and reluctant to fill up another square
Dance/Class Sponsors MUST adhere to a predictable schedule -Be it an optional (not part of SD) co-event, then insure that the SD event doesn't suffer from the optional
OK I'm braced for the "Rick hates Rounds Crap"- NOPE I just think that co-mingled events must focus on whatever priority they wish (ever Heard of 2 1/2 hours of Pre-Squares before a RD party-Didn't think so)
Rick-Let's discuss not cuss

New class

The first nite of the Visalia class had 9 new folks, 2 squares were dancing and 2 club squares sitting out (That drives me nuts-why show up to sit) I've always pointed to the bakersfield area to show that Club members have been up and dancing in Kern- PLEASE keep it up (although lately the trend has been swinging toward what has basically killed SD in the Fresno area- More chatting than dancing)- PLEASE don't let that happen-Please!!! I've seen it- So has Jay

Monday the Whirlaways class starts-I hope for a good turnout- I know that the club will do everything to make as many squares as possible.

Rick

Growth at a Festival-WOW

It was amazing to be part of a staff that made a huge increase in a festivals attendance- FUN weekend-Great to sing with Jon/Deborah and Nasser- We sold some pre-regs for the 2011 State Convention (in spite of none of us being on staff-You're WELCOME) and hopefully the 2011 ASD weekend will go well- I hope that the 2011 mix of callers (3 in state 1 out of state) will work as well as the 2010 lineup (1 CA 3 out of state) -It may not- I Suggest for the future that a 50/50 mix might be the way to go- 2 CA Callers (who call in MULTIPLE areas-In ca and beyond)- To promote the weekend and 2 Out of state "treats"- And a 3 caller lineup might even be better.

Thoughts

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Rick

WEEKEND FUN

Well my dental stuff is over and after 2 nites in socal- It's Festival time
Oxnard- details at my website- Jon and Deborah will be there (Nasser and I as well)
62 degrees this afternoon
So Fun, Cool Weather, fun dancing, great staff and a fabulous facility- Dancers will have a blast
See ya tonite
Rick