[Squaredancing] After Parties

[Mike Gormley]

That sounds like a good idea down here in the Keys, because there are 
perhaps 60 percent who live within the closed community where we dance.  
A problem to contend with would be the size of one's home, which might 
only be an RV or a mobile home like structure with a "Florida Room" .  
At peak season we average 4 or 5 squares.  The nearest restaurant is 16 
miles away in one direction and 16 in the other direction which is not 
practical. There is just one road in the Keys, jumping from one island 
to the next.  You either drive Northeast or Southwest. 

We do have an occasional "pot luck" or "carry in", or a pizza party, but 
my question is specific to After Parties associated with a dance.

In my original post, my reference to an after party, however is the one 
with skits, jokes, goofy things to create laughter, costuming, games, etc.

Mike Gormley
Florida Keys
Long Key Squares
www.Mike-Gormley.com


glennwriter at comcast.net wrote:
> 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 
>>
>>