From kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com  Fri Jun 18 12:36:04 2010
From: kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com (Ken Robinson)
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:36:04 -0400
Subject: [Squaredancing] Fwd: E-News 2010-008 [American Folk Dance Inst,
 Museum&Hall of  Fame (AFDI)]
Message-ID: <mailman.131.1276879295.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>

Received from the ARTS... http://www.arts-dance.com/

>You can help the American Folk Dance Institute, Museum and Hall of 
>Fame (AFDI) win a $250,000 grant from Pepsi by voting at website: 
>http://www.refresheverything.com Ask all your friends and family to vote, too!!
>
>The AFDI is a Federal 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission 
>is to preserve the history and promote the performance of American 
>folk dancing (square dancing, clogging, country ballroom, and many 
>more categories) by building a 96,000 SF facility housing the 
>museum, hall of fame, event hall, cinema, studio/meeting rooms, 
>restaurant and retail store.
>
>The AFDI will use the grant money to create a website and mobile 
>exhibit to educate the public on American folk dancing and the AFDI 
>mission. The mobile exhibit will travel to American folk dance 
>events across the nation. Both the website and exhibit will be setup 
>to accept donations and applications for charter memberships to fund 
>the AFDI mission.
>
>The United Square Dancers of America, Inc., and the National 
>Clogging Organization, Inc., both support the AFDI mission and plan 
>to establish their museums and halls of fame at the AFDI.
>
>The AFDI is currently in discussions with a developer planning to 
>make the AFDI the anchor for a new mixed use community in Tennessee 
>which will include a new hotel and conference center, retail and 
>restaurants, and multi- and single-family homes.
>
>Please take a moment to vote for the AFDI to win the $250,000 Pepsi 
>grant and help save a great American national treasure - American folk dancing.
>
>Instructions on how to vote for the AFDI at the Pepsi Refresh 
>Project website are as follows:
>
>Go to the Pepsi Refresh Project website at:  http://www.refresheverything.com
>
>   1) Click on the website search box (see magnifying glass) and 
> type "American Folk Dance"
>
>   2) The AFDI project ad will come up (save a National Treasure)
>
>   3) Click on the "VOTE" button
>
>   4) A window will come up which will ask you to fill-in your email 
> address and create a password -- note, if you have a Facebook 
> account, you can use that to login.
>
>   5) After you log-in, you will be able to select the VOTE button 
> on the AFDI project ad
>
>   6) Please forward this to all your family and friends, and post 
> on all the websites you can!
>
>After you login the first day and vote; a quick way to find the AFDI 
>on the Pepsi site is to click 
>on:  http://www.refresheverything.com/search/?q=american+folk+dance
>
>If you have any questions about this project, please feel free to contact:
>D Pentecost  - Email - aclc2005 at msn.com
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Deborah Pentecost
>President
>American Folk Dance Institute, Museum and Hall of Fame
>113 Daniel Smith Drive, Hendersonville TN 37075
>(615) 584.5977




From glennwriter at comcast.net  Sat Jun 19 16:17:21 2010
From: glennwriter at comcast.net (glennwriter at comcast.net)
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:17:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Squaredancing] Fwd: E-News 2010-008 [American Folk Dance Inst,
 Museum&Hall of  Fame (AFDI)]
In-Reply-To: <mailman.131.1276879295.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>
Message-ID: <736992210.7818601276978641572.JavaMail.root@sz0063a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>



Doesn't work for me. 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Robinson" <kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com> 
To: squaredancing at rbnsn.com 
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 12:36:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [Squaredancing] Fwd: E-News 2010-008 [American Folk Dance Inst, Museum&Hall of ?Fame (AFDI)] 

Received from the ARTS... http://www.arts-dance.com/ 

>You can help the American Folk Dance Institute, Museum and Hall of 
>Fame (AFDI) win a $250,000 grant from Pepsi by voting at website: 
>http://www.refresheverything.com Ask all your friends and family to vote, too!! 
> 
>The AFDI is a Federal 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission 
>is to preserve the history and promote the performance of American 
>folk dancing (square dancing, clogging, country ballroom, and many 
>more categories) by building a 96,000 SF facility housing the 
>museum, hall of fame, event hall, cinema, studio/meeting rooms, 
>restaurant and retail store. 
> 
>The AFDI will use the grant money to create a website and mobile 
>exhibit to educate the public on American folk dancing and the AFDI 
>mission. The mobile exhibit will travel to American folk dance 
>events across the nation. Both the website and exhibit will be setup 
>to accept donations and applications for charter memberships to fund 
>the AFDI mission. 
> 
>The United Square Dancers of America, Inc., and the National 
>Clogging Organization, Inc., both support the AFDI mission and plan 
>to establish their museums and halls of fame at the AFDI. 
> 
>The AFDI is currently in discussions with a developer planning to 
>make the AFDI the anchor for a new mixed use community in Tennessee 
>which will include a new hotel and conference center, retail and 
>restaurants, and multi- and single-family homes. 
> 
>Please take a moment to vote for the AFDI to win the $250,000 Pepsi 
>grant and help save a great American national treasure - American folk dancing. 
> 
>Instructions on how to vote for the AFDI at the Pepsi Refresh 
>Project website are as follows: 
> 
>Go to the Pepsi Refresh Project website at: ?http://www.refresheverything.com 
> 
> ? 1) Click on the website search box (see magnifying glass) and 
> type "American Folk Dance" 
> 
> ? 2) The AFDI project ad will come up (save a National Treasure) 
> 
> ? 3) Click on the "VOTE" button 
> 
> ? 4) A window will come up which will ask you to fill-in your email 
> address and create a password -- note, if you have a Facebook 
> account, you can use that to login. 
> 
> ? 5) After you log-in, you will be able to select the VOTE button 
> on the AFDI project ad 
> 
> ? 6) Please forward this to all your family and friends, and post 
> on all the websites you can! 
> 
>After you login the first day and vote; a quick way to find the AFDI 
>on the Pepsi site is to click 
>on: ?http://www.refresheverything.com/search/?q=american+folk+dance 
> 
>If you have any questions about this project, please feel free to contact: 
>D Pentecost ?- Email - aclc2005 at msn.com 
> 
>Sincerely, 
> 
>Deborah Pentecost 
>President 
>American Folk Dance Institute, Museum and Hall of Fame 
>113 Daniel Smith Drive, Hendersonville TN 37075 
>(615) 584.5977 


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From yahedberg at yahoo.com  Sun Jun 20 08:57:29 2010
From: yahedberg at yahoo.com (Robert N. Hedberg)
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 05:57:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Squaredancing] Fwd: E-News 2010-008 [American Folk Dance Inst,
	Museum&Hall of  Fame (AFDI)]
In-Reply-To: <736992210.7818601276978641572.JavaMail.root@sz0063a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>
References: <736992210.7818601276978641572.JavaMail.root@sz0063a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>
Message-ID: <556160.72899.qm@web52302.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Worked fine for me - is this a problem of mechanics or of ethical considerations?
 Robert N. Hedberg
yahedberg at yahoo.com






________________________________
From: "glennwriter at comcast.net" <glennwriter at comcast.net>
To: This list for discussing all aspect of MWSD <squaredancing at rbnsn.com>
Sent: Sat, June 19, 2010 11:17:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Squaredancing] Fwd: E-News 2010-008 [American Folk Dance Inst, Museum&Hall of  Fame (AFDI)]



Doesn't work for me. 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Robinson" <kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com> 
To: squaredancing at rbnsn.com 
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 12:36:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [Squaredancing] Fwd: E-News 2010-008 [American Folk Dance Inst, Museum&Hall of  Fame (AFDI)] 

Received from the ARTS... http://www.arts-dance.com/ 

>You can help the American Folk Dance Institute, Museum and Hall of 
>Fame (AFDI) win a $250,000 grant from Pepsi by voting at website: 
>http://www.refresheverything.com Ask all your friends and family to vote, too!! 
> 
>The AFDI is a Federal 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission 
>is to preserve the history and promote the performance of American 
>folk dancing (square dancing, clogging, country ballroom, and many 
>more categories) by building a 96,000 SF facility housing the 
>museum, hall of fame, event hall, cinema, studio/meeting rooms, 
>restaurant and retail store. 
> 
>The AFDI will use the grant money to create a website and mobile 
>exhibit to educate the public on American folk dancing and the AFDI 
>mission. The mobile exhibit will travel to American folk dance 
>events across the nation. Both the website and exhibit will be setup 
>to accept donations and applications for charter memberships to fund 
>the AFDI mission. 
> 
>The United Square Dancers of America, Inc., and the National 
>Clogging Organization, Inc., both support the AFDI mission and plan 
>to establish their museums and halls of fame at the AFDI. 
> 
>The AFDI is currently in discussions with a developer planning to 
>make the AFDI the anchor for a new mixed use community in Tennessee 
>which will include a new hotel and conference center, retail and 
>restaurants, and multi- and single-family homes. 
> 
>Please take a moment to vote for the AFDI to win the $250,000 Pepsi 
>grant and help save a great American national treasure - American folk dancing. 
> 
>Instructions on how to vote for the AFDI at the Pepsi Refresh 
>Project website are as follows: 
> 
>Go to the Pepsi Refresh Project website at:  http://www.refresheverything.com 
> 
>   1) Click on the website search box (see magnifying glass) and 
> type "American Folk Dance" 
> 
>   2) The AFDI project ad will come up (save a National Treasure) 
> 
>   3) Click on the "VOTE" button 
> 
>   4) A window will come up which will ask you to fill-in your email 
> address and create a password -- note, if you have a Facebook 
> account, you can use that to login. 
> 
>   5) After you log-in, you will be able to select the VOTE button 
> on the AFDI project ad 
> 
>   6) Please forward this to all your family and friends, and post 
> on all the websites you can! 
> 
>After you login the first day and vote; a quick way to find the AFDI 
>on the Pepsi site is to click 
>on:  http://www.refresheverything.com/search/?q=american+folk+dance 
> 
>If you have any questions about this project, please feel free to contact: 
>D Pentecost  - Email - aclc2005 at msn.com 
> 
>Sincerely, 
> 
>Deborah Pentecost 
>President 
>American Folk Dance Institute, Museum and Hall of Fame 
>113 Daniel Smith Drive, Hendersonville TN 37075 
>(615) 584.5977 


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From kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com  Thu Jun 24 18:36:29 2010
From: kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com (Ken Robinson)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:36:29 -0400
Subject: [Squaredancing] Anyone at the NSDC in Louisville?
Message-ID: <mailman.229.1277419002.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>

Hi,

I didn't make it to the convention this year due to lack of 
employment. Maybe we can wake up this list with some first hand 
reports on how the convention is doing.

Sound in the halls? Flooring? Dress code enforcement or lack there 
of? Hall location? Temperature of the halls (it's quite hot in 
Louisville this week)? Transportation? Food services? Who's bidding 
for the 2014 convention & who won the bid -- go to the bid session on 
Friday morning. How well did the competition work on Saturday? Anything else.

Let's try not to make this into a flame-fest on the dress code... :-)

BTW, here's a good article from a local radio station on the opening: 
http://www.wfpl.org/2010/06/24/national-square-dance-convention-opens-in-louisville/ 
-- notice the picture -- it shows young dancers!

It looks like the registration people are keeping the registration 
numbers up to date on the web site. As of a few minutes ago they are 
up to 6179 -- more than last year & the year before. You can get the 
numbers at either 
http://www.59thnsdc.com/program/report/rpt_cnt_regbystate.asp?pagetitle=Registration 
(official site) or http://rbnsn.com/nsdc/geo_reg.php (my site showing 
the number on a map).

Ken Robinson
Hillsborough, NJ




From kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com  Sat Jun 26 00:56:16 2010
From: kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com (Ken Robinson)
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:56:16 -0400
Subject: [Squaredancing] The ARTS sponsered website you2candance.com is up
Message-ID: <mailman.244.1277528196.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>

All,

The ARTS (Alliance of Round, Traditional and Square-Dance Inc. 
http://arts-dance.org/ ) has sponsored a web site to get people 
involved in Square, Round, and Contra Dancing. The site is 
http://www.you2candance.com/ and is not up and ready to be seen. Many 
dancers from the Rutgers Promenaders were filmed for the videos shown 
on this site.

Tell all you're friends about the site. Both dancers and non-dancers.

I was not involved in making this site...

Ken Robinson




From htrost at gmx.de  Sat Jun 26 03:29:32 2010
From: htrost at gmx.de (Heinz D. Trost)
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:29:32 +0200
Subject: [Squaredancing] The ARTS sponsered website you2candance.com is
 up
In-Reply-To: <mailman.244.1277528196.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>
References: <mailman.244.1277528196.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>
Message-ID: <4C25AC5C.3010503@gmx.de>

Ken et al,

thank you for the information.

I'll share the link, too.

Heinz


> The ARTS (Alliance of Round, Traditional and Square-Dance Inc.
> http://arts-dance.org/ ) has sponsored a web site to get people involved
> in Square, Round, and Contra Dancing. The site is
> http://www.you2candance.com/ and is not up and ready to be seen. Many
> dancers from the Rutgers Promenaders were filmed for the videos shown on
> this site.




From dave at daveswebplace.net  Sun Jun 27 16:48:29 2010
From: dave at daveswebplace.net (Dave)
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:48:29 -0400
Subject: [Squaredancing] Anyone at the NSDC in Louisville?
In-Reply-To: <mailman.229.1277419002.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>
References: <mailman.229.1277419002.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>
Message-ID: <011601cb163a$18fe62f0$4afb28d0$@net>

I'll try to give you a short rundown.  The final count on registration was
around 6300.  Up from last year, but not the 7000 they were hoping for.  All
in all, I think it was a good and fun convention - at least for me.  The
sound in all the halls I danced in was good.  I usually dance down front,
but I didn't hear of any issues from those further back in the halls.  The
flooring was concrete in most halls.  The carpeted halls all have composite
flooring.  Ron Holland has some newer plastic that is smoother, and dance
better, than his old floors.  The phase V & VI rounds were in a tile floored
hall.  It was hot, but since it was above average temps outside, I think it
was the best they anyone could hope for.  I didn't eat from the food service
people, but I didn't hear any really bad comments.  It was just plain
cafeteria style food, plus the usual fast food vendors.  The vendors were
expensive, but I think the buffet was priced OK at $12.95.  

No fashion police that I heard of.  I saw a lot of outfits that might have
been tossed in previous years, especially in the afternoons.  The heat may
have made the committee more lenient.  

I didn't attend the competition, but I happened to talk with the winner
while waiting on the shuttle.  He won with a "pickup" square, all people
that he met at the convention.  To me, that validates the idea of the
competition.  It's not a group that practiced with each other.  

Transportation for me was excellent, but I was using the hotel shuttle.  The
Crowne Plaza ran a non-stop shuttle all day and all night, as long as there
were dancers to ride it.  It also dropped some people at the adjoining
hotels.  I saw the shuttles from all the other adjacent hotels running a
lot, too.  Of course the drivers loved the tips!  I can't speak to the
official bus routes, but saw 3 of them lined up when I left the Expo Center
at 11:45.  

Little Rock, Arkansas, won the bid for 2014, and the Peabody hotel is the
headquarters!  I'm not sure if there were any other bids.  A few years ago
Single Square Dancers USA talked to Little Rock about hosting the 2007
Single's Dance-A-Rama.  Little Rock itself didn't offer any support, but
North Little Rock did.  After they'd signed a contract with a hotel in North
Little Rock, the Convention and Visitor's bureau in Little Rock changed
their mind and wanted SSDUSA to reconsider.  They didn't and had a great
dance.  I can't help but wonder if somehow that greased some wheels in
Little Rock for the National.  I think there's a couple people on the
committee that also worked on the SSDUSA DAR committee, and I'm sure Little
Rock saw how much of a financial impact just 650 dancers had on both cities.


There a good YouTube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJgpTpXeabw
There's at least a couple younger dancers in it.  I think it really shows
the fun and modern music.  Deborah Carroll-Jonesl and Jon Jones singing
"Who's Your Daddy" to the Ghost Rider's band.  

Hope to see more of you in Detroit!

Dave Hinde
--------------------------------------------------------------------
dave at daveswebplace.net
http://www.evadsti.net


-----Original Message-----
From: squaredancing-bounces at rbnsn.com
[mailto:squaredancing-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf Of Ken Robinson
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 6:36 PM
To: squaredancing at rbnsn.com
Subject: [Squaredancing] Anyone at the NSDC in Louisville?

Hi,

I didn't make it to the convention this year due to lack of 
employment. Maybe we can wake up this list with some first hand 
reports on how the convention is doing.

Sound in the halls? Flooring? Dress code enforcement or lack there 
of? Hall location? Temperature of the halls (it's quite hot in 
Louisville this week)? Transportation? Food services? Who's bidding 
for the 2014 convention & who won the bid -- go to the bid session on 
Friday morning. How well did the competition work on Saturday? Anything
else.

Let's try not to make this into a flame-fest on the dress code... :-)

BTW, here's a good article from a local radio station on the opening: 
http://www.wfpl.org/2010/06/24/national-square-dance-convention-opens-in-lou
isville/ 
-- notice the picture -- it shows young dancers!

It looks like the registration people are keeping the registration 
numbers up to date on the web site. As of a few minutes ago they are 
up to 6179 -- more than last year & the year before. You can get the 
numbers at either 
http://www.59thnsdc.com/program/report/rpt_cnt_regbystate.asp?pagetitle=Regi
stration 
(official site) or http://rbnsn.com/nsdc/geo_reg.php (my site showing 
the number on a map).

Ken Robinson
Hillsborough, NJ


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From richd1squarerounddancer at msn.com  Sun Jun 27 23:00:46 2010
From: richd1squarerounddancer at msn.com (Richard R. Delgado)
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:00:46 -0400
Subject: [Squaredancing] Anyone at the NSDC in Louisville?
In-Reply-To: <mailman.229.1277419002.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>
References: <mailman.229.1277419002.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>
Message-ID: <COL110-W387F6743C4184F4A6A206DFCCA0@phx.gbl>


Thank you Dave for your comments about the 59th National Square Dance Convention.  
I danced in most of the halls.  I thought the sound volume was louder than I prefer in several of the halls.  There were lots of reflective (hard) surfaces but dancers were able to hear the music and calls/cues clearly.  
The concrete floors were hard on most dancers feet and bodies.    I heard one woman complain about other women wearing tank tops but I did not see the "offending" outfits.  I noticed that almost all of the dancers on the dance floor were wearing outfits that would pass accepted standards for past conventions.  There were limited number of male dancers wearing short sleeve shirts.  I only noticed one woman wearing slacks but I did not note if she was dancing the boy's part.  I did notice quite a few of the registrants that were not dancing were not wearing square dance apparel (including many of the vendors).  Lets also keep in mind that people may go to or from the Expo Center because they plan to go on one of the tours or to attend panels and seminars.   
I danced a tip with Stephanie Henerlau.  She was in the square that won the competition.  Her parents were also in the winning square.  (Her dad, Eric, is a wonderful caller.)  The people I spoke to from other squares were happy with the way the competition was run.
The shuttle from my hotel (Courtyard by Marriott) was much more convenient than my bus pass.  It was never clear when a bus would actually arrive/depart, the signs indicating where the bus was going were small and hard to read.  Bus departures were NOT frequent.  The bus pick-up for my hotel was not in the hotel parking lot as I had expected.  The signs did not include all of the hotels on the route.  Fortunately the bus drivers were good about getting people back to the correct hotels, even if they did not get on the correct bus.  The bus transportation people were good about telling me that the last bus was about to leave the Expo Center Saturday evening (then I sat on the bus for about 20 minutes before departure, watching two shuttles from my hotel take people back before the bus departure).  I look forward to the people mover in Detroit.  
There was an ice cream vendor in the Expo Center.  I believe they were a local dairy.  They sold lots and lots of ice cream.  I especially enjoyed the Strawberry!  In addition to national chains, the Expo Center had food from the Kentucky Cattleman's Association and a pork purveyor.  
I enjoyed the Convention and I think most people had the same overall experience.  
Rich DelgadoLawrenceville, New Jersey 		 	   		  
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From Jimbetsy at aol.com  Mon Jun 28 00:33:31 2010
From: Jimbetsy at aol.com (Jimbetsy at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:33:31 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Squaredancing] Anyone at the NSDC in Louisville?
Message-ID: <9a633.59de377c.3959801b@aol.com>

Dave - thank you so much for your reply.  It helped us experience it  
vicariously.
 
Jim Pead and Betsy Waite
 
 
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From cynde at twistercom.fi  Wed Jun 30 11:48:17 2010
From: cynde at twistercom.fi (cynde at twistercom.fi)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:48:17 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: [Squaredancing] Anyone at the NSDC in Louisville?
In-Reply-To: <mailman.229.1277419002.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>
References: <mailman.229.1277419002.19836.squaredancing_rbnsn.com@rbnsn.com>
Message-ID: <1147.98.156.120.214.1277912897.squirrel@www.twistercom.fi>

One of these days I am going to make it to a convention!! But it's great
to read peopele's comments and experiences.
 But I AM in Kansas City again and will loo around to see who is dancing.
Last time I was here we had a GREAT A1 weekend course with Mike Kelly and
his wife.
Cynde
who usually is in Finland but is now in KC for aweek and will go back to
Maine for another week until July 4

> Hi,
>
> I didn't make it to the convention this year due to lack of
> employment. Maybe we can wake up this list with some first hand
> reports on how the convention is doing.
>
> Sound in the halls? Flooring? Dress code enforcement or lack there
> of? Hall location? Temperature of the halls (it's quite hot in
> Louisville this week)? Transportation? Food services? Who's bidding
> for the 2014 convention & who won the bid -- go to the bid session on
> Friday morning. How well did the competition work on Saturday? Anything
> else.
>
> Let's try not to make this into a flame-fest on the dress code... :-)
>
> BTW, here's a good article from a local radio station on the opening:
> http://www.wfpl.org/2010/06/24/national-square-dance-convention-opens-in-louisville/
> -- notice the picture -- it shows young dancers!
>
> It looks like the registration people are keeping the registration
> numbers up to date on the web site. As of a few minutes ago they are
> up to 6179 -- more than last year & the year before. You can get the
> numbers at either
> http://www.59thnsdc.com/program/report/rpt_cnt_regbystate.asp?pagetitle=Registration
> (official site) or http://rbnsn.com/nsdc/geo_reg.php (my site showing
> the number on a map).
>
> Ken Robinson
> Hillsborough, NJ
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Squaredancing mailing list
> Squaredancing at rbnsn.com
> http://rbnsn.com/mailman/listinfo/squaredancing_rbnsn.com
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From cynde at twistercom.fi  Wed Jun 30 11:49:44 2010
From: cynde at twistercom.fi (cynde at twistercom.fi)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:49:44 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: [Squaredancing] The ARTS sponsered website you2candance.com is
 up
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Yes, thanks, this looks like a good link. I'll get to it later.
Cynde

> Ken et al,
>
> thank you for the information.
>
> I'll share the link, too.
>
> Heinz
>
>
>> The ARTS (Alliance of Round, Traditional and Square-Dance Inc.
>> http://arts-dance.org/ ) has sponsored a web site to get people involved
>> in Square, Round, and Contra Dancing. The site is
>> http://www.you2candance.com/ and is not up and ready to be seen. Many
>> dancers from the Rutgers Promenaders were filmed for the videos shown on
>> this site.
>
>
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