Last night, we took Jerry Jestin, a fabulous caller who stayed with us this weekend, to his Plus dance for the Allemanders, stayed to dance an Advanced tip before the Plus dance started, and then took off for a private party, featuring wonderful food and a local band, Wagogo.

The party-goers were multi-ethnic, multi-generational, gay, straight…in other words, diverse. The dancing was unstructured, although it was too crowded to do much more than groove in place. I tried to imagine recruiting for square dancing. I couldn’t.

Earlier, we went to a UNM women’s basketball game, where our unranked Lobo women beat the 17th-ranked Texas Longhorns 77-70. During halftime, a little girl cheerleader group performed. Little girls seem to love group dancing; the halftime shows frequently feature local dance and cheer troupes, with bunches of girls and young women moving in unison. Seems like square dancing could be popular with them…except that one needs (at least traditionally) boys…and they’d rather play sports.