Re: [Callers] suggestions for dancing on lawns... and question about caller insurance

I've called many a wedding and/or event dance on grass and have never had a problem. Like Beth, I agree with most everything that's been said, particularly Rich's comment about using elbow swings, Tom's comment about using mixers, and her comment about wedding timing. All absolutely true in my experience. I don't like the idea of dancing on cardboard boxes taped together. [I can just see Lindsay rolling his eyes at me right now! <wave>] That strikes me as potentially slippery (especially if women are wearing heels) and more dangerous than just dancing on the grass. But your mileage may vary. In my experience at weddings, women are often wearing high heels. I typically walk around on the grassy area of the dance to look for particularly uneven terrain in order to try to steer clear of it. And assuming the grass is clean or debris and other potential assorted muckiness, I often suggest that women dance barefooted rather than in heels. If the grass is soft, they have a tendency to get stuck/caught anyway. Laurie, I'm calling the dance in Lansing this Saturday. Come to the dance and we can chat more about this. About caller insurance, I heard about it a couple of years ago, and it may have even been on this list. My recollection is that it's offered by or related to CallerLab, the modern western square dance folks in the US. I also seem to remember that the link to the forms was on the CDSS website. I'm certain I got the forms and emailed someone then to find out the answers to some questions, and never got any. Perhaps you folks can answer them. I'm a Canadian caller. Can I even apply to get this insurance? Will it cover me if I'm calling dances in Canada? Will it cover me if I'm calling dances in the US, even though I'm Canadian? Are there any Canadians on this list that have purchased it? Has anyone had to actually use it (e.g. make a claim)? I have insurance for just about everything else car, condo, life, you name it. I wholeheartedly believe in getting insurance if it's available. But I couldn't seem to find out if I could actually get it. And then it just slipped off the radar and I forgot about it. Ultimately, I believe that Canucks are less litigious than you 'Mericans, so I hadn't gone back to follow up. But every time someone mentions it, I wonder about it... Thanks, Bev