[Squaredancing] Re: [sd-callers] Re: funny clothes

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At 12:30 PM -0400 7/27/05, Carol Tapp wrote:

> I was turned off at the beginning when Jay said it was a square dance
> competition. Often when we tell people that we've been to a square dance,
> they ask if we won. We tell them it isn't a competition. Maybe we should
> make it into a competitive "sport." More people might be interested and
> work harder at being good dancers if it were!

On the contrary, I believe the notion that it is a competition give one
a great opportunity to launch into a full description of square dancing.

Except for teen clubs in the Pacific Northwest, where it _is_ a competition.
-- 
Larry Kilgallen