Shopping But No Purchasing

[bjarvis]

kent4str and I have been asked by several local dancers to put together a Advanced square dance workshop. It's aimed at the middle crowd: those who are lapsed Advanced dancers or who need more floor time & practice than a boot camp but less time than a full season class. Ideally, I envision 10 consecutive Wednesdays in September & October so that our proto-A2 people can dance competently at our Harvest Festival Hoedown in early November.

The problem is finding a dance space.

I know of some places which might be willing on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, but everyone of our prospective dancers lives in Maryland --some in Baltimore-- so Virginia just isn't an option.

The local county rec centers are not within our budget: they want $75/hour, if they have a space at all.

Schools aren't an option for us either. The local county board of education requires we go through their in-house space usage course, book long in advance and pay a princely sum in rent.

It might be worth checking with local churches but every one of them I've had direct dealings with in the past has always had no end of internal politics. I'd rather chew my own foot off than go through any of that again. It might be easier to work through a congregant who has contacts but I'm coming up dry in that regard as well.

Our best odds at the moment are winning tonight's MegaMillions lottery so we can build our own personal dance hall. We're not holding our collective breath on this option.

Back to the search...

Comments

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Our basement rec room can accommodate one square but we really want space for two. We really do need a much, much bigger house.

[kent4str.livejournal.com]

I keep telling you we need a bigger house, and you just shudder, mumble something about never moving again, and walk away.

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

oh he whinges a lot, but the two of you should just gang up on him. Or just do it and present him with a fait-accompli. Besides, in the moving process, you might find the chicken stock.

In the short term, how about a marquee in your back (or front) garden? or for that matter, the middle of the street? bjarvis has played enough street hockey in his youth, he'll know what to do. All you need is a lookout to yell "CAR" at appropriate times.