Got back Monday from Anchors Aweigh with a Half Sashay, the IAGSDC’s annual square dance convention. It was very fun, as always, and since I was on staff and working, it was more than usually tiring. The convention committee did a great job, especially in putting together interesting caller pairings and theme sessions (there was a contra session, which was very successful (I heard, since I couldn’t be there), a Fifties dance session, hexagon squares (both called by Bill Eyler), and some “extreme” sessions). Probably the most successful caller pairing (at least in terms of attendance…I heard the hall was completely packed, with people waiting outside the door to get in…but I couldn’t be there…) was the Ya-ya Sisterhood hour, featuring Deborah Carroll-Jones and Anne Uebelacker.

It was all very fun, and now I’m suffering from post-convention letdown; it’s always sad to say goodbye to people that I won’t see for another year.