[Squaredancing] Re: [sd-callers] National Convention trip report

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At 2:00 PM -0400 6/28/05, Anniebplus at aol.com wrote:

> This was one of the things the Tony Oxendine brought up at a recent
> seminar.  He feels that we are chasing away new dancers by requiring
> them to look a certain way.  We have lost 80% of dancers in the past
> 20 years.  We have to do anything and everything we can to attract
> new dancers and closing the door in their face because they aren't
> dressed properly is not the way to do it.

Not everybody is chasing people away with such rules.

But National Convention is.

I have no desire to support them, despite Clark's protestations that
famous callers don't get harassed.

Luckily there are plenty of places to square dance without going to
National Convention.
-- 
Larry Kilgallen