The BIG D...

In a few hours we'll be taking off for Dallas to do a workshop. We haven't worked in Texas in over a year and it will be great to see all of our friends there. Nice to work too. Sharon and I have looked at the budget and it's not looking so hot, so any work we get is good work these days. Thank goodness people still think we have something to offer. Lindy Hop is economically very different than it was in 1998 during the craze, when every workshop was a sell-out and you had to turn away jobs by the dozen. But for all the monetary upheaval the downturn has caused us, I still like it better now. When the money in anything dries up a bit, it tends to shake loose all of those things that can be detrimental to a scene. Greedy club owners, vicious competition, etc. It's much better now. Just a nice little grass roots thing like it was meant to be. Some people see this as a horrible end to an era, but I see it as more of a balancing of the scene. Everybody who's still in it is there because they care about the dance and that makes for a better community. Texas has a bunch of these folks and it's always nice to see them again.

See you on Monday....