Hi everyone!

This week is week 7!  When we're done this week, you'll be more than
halfway through the class.  Congratulations!

This week we'll be in Lobdell for dancing and upstairs in 20 Chimneys
for early walkthroughs.

The next few weeks are an exciting time for the square and folk dance
communities of the Boston area.  There's also lots of stuff going on
for the Tech-Squares-class sub-community:

Weekend of:
April 7/8 
MIT

Possible review of week 7.  I sent mail about this yesterday.  If I do
not get 8 RSVPs from either class members or club members willing to
help, THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN.  For events like this we need hard RSVPs,
so if you are interested, you need to let me know.  Please respond to
my previous email asking for time preferences, so that I can schedule
a time.

Weekend of:
April 14/15
MIT

Class Dance!  Bill has offered to call a dance for us.  By this time
we will have finished Mainstream (the first level of modern western
square dancing).  Yay!  There will be no teaching, just a few hours of
straight dancing in a celebratory atmosphere.  It's a great chance to
reinforce what you've already learned while having a good time.  I'll
be taking a poll about times at class meeting on Tuesday, so please
look over your schedule beforehand.  If you'd rather let me know by
email, please tell me which of the following times you're available:
Friday night (4/13); Saturday (4/14) afternoon, evening; Sunday (4/15)
afternoon, evening.

Weekend of:
April 20-22
Mansfield, MA

NEFFA Festival!  This is a giant yearly event put on by the New
England Folk Festival Association.  It's not a Tech Squares event, but
there will be lots of other folk dancing and music events, and lots of
Tech Squares people will be there.  You can find more information
about it at http://www.neffa.org/.  If you're interested, find me on
Tuesday night and I can let you know more about it.  If you'd like to
go but don't have a way to get there, I can also help you find a ride.

Weekend of: 
April 27/28
Springfield, MA

49th annual New England Square and Round Dance Convention.  NESRDC is
quite an experience, and since you will have finished Mainstream by
then, you can dance nonstop for 2.5 days if you so choose.  Ted, Bill,
and Clark will be calling.  Lots of Tech Squares people will be there.
You can find a limited amount of not-very-useful information at
http://www.nesrdc.org/.  For more and more useful information, ask any
club member on Tuesday night.  We'll talk more about Convention in
class meeting as the time gets closer, but rides and hotel rooms will
be arranged by a volunteer from the club if you'd like to be in on
them.

Weekend of:
May 4-6
MIT

Tech Squares is hosting a weekend-long dance event with an out of town
caller and cuers.  I'm talking with the dance organizers now to see if
we can arrange to have some of the weekend be at class level.  I will
keep you posted as I know more.  For now, you can find information at
http://www.mit.edu/~tech-squares/schedules/weekends/may07.html.


I hope all the students had a relaxing spring break, and if you
celebrate Passover or Easter, enjoy your holiday!  And please,
remember to do your taxes early so that you can come out and dance at
all these awesome events!  (This means you, Bill.)

See you Tuesday!  If I won't, please let me know about your schedule
preferences for the week 7 review and the class dance.


Dana