Sevillanas

My favorite Flamenco is actually a social dance rather than the virtuoso performance medium. Sevillanas is a folk dance from Seville, Spain, where you might find people dancing it in a bar. Youtube has it recorded. My experience is it's best to bring your own dancers to any bar, and even then it might take the three drinks that used to be obligatory for dancing to start. You could stick around (take lessons), and you might hear of where the dancers have decided to congregate. Or have a little gig. That's how I managed in Manhattan.

CCCC

4Cs, Cape Cod Community College, has a great cafeteria with a stage.
The Cultural Affairs Office put together a nice evening that I heard of through the blues musicians in the George Gritzbach Band with Chris LoCascio on keyboard. They were cookin', lots of new tunes.
"Three Cats and a Dog" played string instrumental sets with a decent sound.
The Zammer Institute kids put on "Barbecue", pulled pork sandwiches with coleslaw, cornbread and baked beans. I never eat pork, but it was good and didn't upset my stomach. Joe said, "Where was the BBQ sauce?"
So a dinner dance for $15. They could have had twice the people, but did no publicity. And such a Cold and Windy night, with the ballroomers over at Betsy's for a night with Tibor Karalekes.

Hully Gully

As requested, Grapevine R with a kick; Grapevine L with a kick;
Walk forward R, L slow, slow,
Walk forward quick, quick slow, turning right on the slow, picking up the knee
New wall walk back quick, quick, slow
Repeat.
Try it on my exercise class.

Hidden Video

On the CD of our favorite Cuban group, Sexteto Madera, (Madera meaning wood because all their instruments are made of wood), was the one digital video. Took some finding, but I hope you can see it.

Social International Foxtrot

A course never before offered on Cape Cod. This style of Foxtrot is reserved for the competition floor in this country, and I was so curious, I made it happen. It looks like we have four leaders ready to be browbeaten into the technique necessary for Continuity interspersed with some holding pattern stuff in case of 'road blocks' on the dance floor.
Followers so far just have to walk backwards properly (not so easy).
A pair of teens decided it wasn't that much fun.
Another couple will probably show up. Sundays at 2 PM

Dress up

I have refrained from buying clothes for my granddaughter.
Here's the story:
Her other grandmother called her daughter to say, "Don't be mad at me, but I bought Sloane a winter coat for next year. It was only $8.50, down from $65!"
(Happily, there will be another grandchild in that family soon!)
Perhaps this little girl will end up on stage - it's a way to wear new costumes and be admired, and she will be used to it.

My links

I'm getting a picture of my connections, setting it up in my mind like the sociologists do, dots with lines to other dots. They are usually single links, often routed through a general source like the local paper, dance studio, and conservatory. From there, the interested party gathers a group through their friends and friends of friends. How much would an active Facebook account help?