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<DIV>htrost@gmx.de writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>, make
square dancing to a sport much more people of all <BR>ages will be interested
in.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> So
I believe we should promote the more <BR>sportive image.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV> I agree. Bob Osgood was firmly against competion.
We argued the point mnay times. I called a competition at the NY State Fair for
many years and I felt it was a highly successful program. There was no 'Best
Square' or 'Best Square Dancer' crowned as a result, just blue or red or white
ribbons and everybody got one. There were 4 age groups (even one senior) and the
jubilation of the participants was a sight to behold. One year Zavier Cugat and
Abby Lane appeared at the same venue in the afternoon with about one quarter of
the seats filled. At our competition that evening it was a packed house
with SRO. Look at the success of the teen competition in Canada. Think
about it. Bob
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