Well, it’s been a long time…can you say computer game addiction? Actually, that’s not all it’s been, and I haven’t touched Diablo II in over 3 weeks.

I’m teaching a beginners (excuse me, new dancers) class for the Duke City Singles every Friday night. I’m teaching an Advanced class as part of my Advanced workshop series and in conjunction with ACES every Thursday night. I’m on the Board of Directors for the Albuquerque Square Dance Center. So I guess I’ve been keeping busy.

Tonight, I’m not only calling the class, but also calling a dance for Duke City. So I’ve been trying to think of things that would be fun and not too difficult. I’ve come up with a tie-in to the Balloon Fiesta (I know, I know…it was last month, but here in Albuquerque, it’s on our minds all the time). I’m going to teach Squeeze (a simple C1 call), and then we’re going to do a \”Special Shapes\” tip. We can get into hourglasses, galaxies, eggs, sausages, O’s and butterflies. And if I get asymmetric, there are probably some other shapes we could create.

Musicwise, there are some pretty good songs that were at the top of the charts on November 3. In 1944, there was Judy Garland’s The Trolley Song. Also, for you traditional fans, Smoke on the Water was at the top of the country charts. In 1953, You, You, You was at the top, and in 1962, Do You Love Me hit number one. I have square dance recordings of all of these. There were some others that possibly have square dance records; I haven’t looked them up: Theme from the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys) (1980) and High Cotton (1989).

There’ve probably been a lot of changes to the web since last I checked; guess I’d better go surfin’…