[Squaredancing] After Parties

[Cynde Sadler]

I've never attended an after party in US or anywhere else with skits. But I 
have enjoyed after parties in Germany like the ones Heinz describes. One 
club I attend in Hamburg gets the space free and the restaurant makes money 
by everyone staying for a nightcap (or one or two of those nasty half beer - 
half  7up concoctions!) and a snack after the dance. It makes the whole 
thing very social without the pressure of someone needing to invent 
skits(which I would find difficult to keep up with fresh ideas) I really 
enjoy getting to know other dancers off the dance floor. Makes a cozy end to 
the evening.
If you're into skits anyway, then maybe a couple of times a year there could 
be a potluck table for after the dance to be enjoyed at the club with skits. 
I know some places in Maine and New Hampshire at least, there are ice cream 
parties which I think are totally awesome.
Cynde
in Finland


> Sheree,
>
>> What are After Parties?
>


> that's different.
> Here in Germany (where we are used to dance almost non-stop (the longest
> break is with the caller smokes and run out for the lenght of a
> cigarette and the up to 3 1/2 minutes  of announcements)) after party is
> just a cozy get-together after the weekly club dance or the special
> dance for an hour or more (sometimes open end).
Heinz
Germany