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In another hour, we'll be on the road to Cleveland, OH!

The Cleveland City Country Dancers has their annual fly-in this weekend; we've been regular attendees for several years since they throw such a great party. Rather than flying this time, we're driving: we'll pack as much of [livejournal.com profile] cuyahogarvr's pr0n precious family heirlooms into the minivan to drive back to DC on Sunday.

In other news, last night's C1 fun was a weird mix. We had a larger turnout than usual, probably because it was the first anniversary of our C1 boot camp and the beginning of this dance series. Most of us though were suffering temporary dyslexia: we were turning right when we should have gone left, left when right. In all, it was tremendous fun even if we were crashing every fourth figure or so.

[livejournal.com profile] justetthon has a schedule conflict next Monday so she's offered me a chance to call for her Ettseteras in College Park. I'm taking the laptop with me this weekend to review all of my C1 figures yet again to ensure I have everything fully prepared.

While I'm calling in College Park Monday, [livejournal.com profile] kent4str will be teaching the DC Lambda Squares' Mainstream class solo in downtown DC. Whee!

Date: 2007-10-04 06:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moofedct.livejournal.com
So what is a fly-in?

Date: 2007-10-05 02:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trawnapanda.livejournal.com
In square-dance-land, every so often a club will host a convention -- they have several dances spread over the days of the weekend - evenings and daytime. People will attend from neighbouring, and far-away other clubs, travelling distances and frequently flying in to the host city.

The Cleveland City Country Dancers have for many years hosted their annual fly-in on the Columbus Day weekend (aka Thanksgiving up here in the Frozen Northland.)

I believe (though my memory may well be faulty here) that Cleveland's fly-in is usually called Load the Boat (named for a square dance call). I used to be a member of Toronto's Triangle Squares, and their fly-in, again if memory serves, is on US Memorial Day weekend. (that's not a holiday weekend in Canada, but it makes travelling easier for those flying in from the USA, and for those in Toronto, travel time isn't an issue).

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