[Squaredancing] New Dance Group ..To Name It or Not?

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At 2:09 PM -0400 4/12/06, Mike Gormley wrote:
> I have been calling for a new "Community Dance" group in the city of Key 
> West for the last 7 weeks.   We are just that.  We are not a MWSD 
> group.  However, I do teach the moves of MWSD, in the event  they want 
> to move on, they will know the moves without having to relearn them.  
> 
> We also do Eastern Square dances, contras, mixers, lines, circle dances, 
> ethnic, Western Rounds, even  non queued waltzes and swing. 
> 
> Our policy is "open door" every night.  No experience necessary.  It is 
> loosely run, with no officers.
> 
> It has been suggested, more than once, by a MWSD couple that we make it 
> a club and choose a "name".     We have been referring to it as:   
> "Community Dancing" , Monday Nights, 7 pm, 750 United Street,  Casual 
> Dress, Everyone Welcome.
> 
> Will giving a name make it sound like you have to "join", "pay dues", 
> "be an officer", etc.?  What do you think?  Do we need a name?

"Community Dancing" seems like a good and accurate name.
Being able to add "Dance Club, Incorporated" to the end might be
important for some unstated reason, but it does not seem relevant
to any of the stated reasons.
-- 
Larry Kilgallen