The Rossford Dance was Fantastic!

The Rossford Dance last Saturday was fantastic. They're done for the summer now, but when they get started again in the fall, everyone should check this one out.

We were very tight on time, as we had to get sound inside, set up and get tuned, and we had probably had less than an hour to do all of that. (We need to remember to ask to have someone there early for us to get in next time.) AND, the gym dance hall was full of tables and chairs, set up for an unknown church function. So those needed to be cleared away, too.

Ed Vincent teaching a dance move

Ed Vincent stepped in to call the dance. I'd like to know where he gets all of that energy! And - he let us pretty much decide what we were going to play for each dance. Unbelievable!! A caller that trusts the band! Well, actually, we do have several callers that we work with that do. We understand that in their experience, there's a tune they like that works well with this dance or that dance. We don't mind that. But, please.

Ed Vincent

We would appreciate not being told for every single dance to play this tune and that's it. OK - I'm wandering. I'll have to remember to blog about this topic later.

Ed was fun and energetic. It was nice working with him.

Mike and Rachel Vinarcik

There were about 70 dancers in attendance. That was really nice. There were long lines so the dancers could really get into the dance without starting and suddenly having to wait out and switch at the end. And really good energy! We had lots of energy-sharing going on Saturday.

We know that we were playing much faster than we like to for dances, though, but those energetic folks didn't seem to mind. To us, it's better to keep it a bit slower (not dragging), so we can keep the feel in and the syncopation and bounce. When you get going as fast as we were, sometimes you can't even get all of the notes in.

One of the scout families from our troop showed up to dance, and had the best time! I'm glad they came and got to experience the dancing. I'd say they're hooked now! Maybe they can get some of the others out. I've been offering that if any of the scouts from our troop - Troop 237 from New Boston -- come out to any of the dances we're playing for that I'll pay their way. The rule is that they have to come and say "hi" to me.

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