[Squaredancing] After Parties

[glennwriter at comcast.net]

Our club in Framingham, Mass., has a party in someone's home after every dance.  Members take turns hosting the parties.  Hosts provide a modest assortment of soft and hard drinks and a few snacks.

Glenn

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Cynde Sadler" <cynde at twistercom.fi> 

> 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 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________ 
> Squaredancing mailing list 
> Squaredancing at rbnsn.com 
> http://rbnsn.com/mailman/listinfo/squaredancing_rbnsn.com 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://rbnsn.com/pipermail/squaredancing_rbnsn.com/attachments/20080605/fd52afd0/attachment-0001.html