Happy Things: a good dance practice

[jducoeur]

It's not novel, but always worth reflecting on: when I'm a little discouraged, there is almost nothing better for my mood than a good dance practice. Last night was one such. Despite the weather, we got the better part of 20 people, including three folks from MIT who were checking it out as part of IAP and Karen from Camelot. (Whose LJ handle I don't know, if she has one.) The gender balance was a little male-heavy (unusually; we tend to be more or less female-heavy most weeks), but not so out of whack as to be a problem. The Waytes played well, the dancers seemed to all have a good time; all in all, it was a net-positive dance practice for me, the sort of evening that leaves me more energetic and enthusiastic than I was going into it.

Seriously: y'all come by, and drag your friends along. Dance practice, even more than most SCA activities, has intensely strong network effects -- in simple terms, the more, the merrier. Small sessions (fewer than a dozen people) can be kind of quiet, but any time we hit 20 it's a *lot* of fun. It's one of the best activities to simply drop into when you have the time, and if you bring along a few people you almost guarantee that we'll be large enough for it to be a good night...

Comments

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Does Dance have its own webpage with info? I have a friend I'd like to point to it, if so ...

[jducoeur]

No, but the information on the Baronial homepage is nearly accurate. (The room is wrong -- we're now in 36-112 rather than 36-156 -- but they're right next to each other so it's not a big deal.)

Feel free to give them my email address if they've got questions...

[meranthi.livejournal.com]

I miss dance practice. Living so far away definitely puts a damper on it. *sigh* Plus the whole no-time thing.... I'll try and make it sometime. Eventually.

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

Where and when is it nowadays?

[jducoeur]

Wednesdays from 7:30 - 9:30, at MIT in room 36-112. Following dance practice, we head over to Toscanini's for ice cream...

[ladysprite.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry I didn't make it - work ran late, and on the way home the roads here were slick enough that I was kind of afraid of any further driving....

[jducoeur]

Quite all right -- I can quite understand that. I was slipping and sliding all over the place on the way home, so it was a pretty slow trip. (Surprisingly, Cambridge was actually the worst of it: Waltham and Burlington were a little slick, but the Cambridge city roads were sheets of ice -- I had two or three serious skids just between MIT and Tosci's...)

[lady-cassia.livejournal.com]

Karen is littlest_viking