Re: [Callers] suggestions for dancing on lawns, name calling and accidental gender reassignment... ! - Contra Callers

20 Jun 2008

Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:19:57 -0400
The Witful Turnip wrote:
...
 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... 
I just wanted to formally and publicly apologize to all you Merkins. Jerome
was kind enough to privately point out my error in name calling. So I
thought I'd fess up. And since he's happy to listen to CBC <who
wouldn't?!?>
you can all witness my dubbing him an honourary Canuck! 
Bev

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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:56:38 -0700
JD Erskine wrote:
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  The Witful
Turnip wrote about insurance:
snip 
Hi Bev et al

Ben hope you don't mind I modified the subject line for this topic fork.  
No, not at all Jane.

...
 I'm not in that position, yet (may never be)
however had exactly the 
same questions. I just deleted a bunch of guess work lines here to avoid 
muddying the waters so will also see what response there is before 
following it up more (other lists, CDSS directly, ..). 
Nice to see another Canadian posting on this list. Although I've been here
since it's inception, I must confess to typically lurking. I just can't keep
up with the volume. But do let me know if you find out anything and I'll do
the same for you. You may be in the position of needing insurance soon.  

...
 Cheers, John

J.D. Erskine
Victoria, BC 
Bev <not Ben>
Toronto, ON 

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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:40:10 -0400
Amy wrote: 
...

and I agree with whoever suggested waiting on the cake: people think their
job as a guest is done once they eat it. 
I agree with both Beth and Amy on this. Dance before cake. Let them work up
an appetite. In my experience, once they sit and have cake, you'll be hard
pressed to get most people back up on the dance floor.

...
 I like to lead from a toast, with everyone gathered
round standing, to
taking hands in a circle for the first dance, and then having the cake
after the third or fourth dance.
Background music during the cake eating, then a few more dances for the
die-hards. 
I really like the toast idea! I have a wedding to call in July. I'll have to
try that. Though, I try to go 4 - 5 dances before cake. Depends on the
crowd.

I typically start with what I call the Snake Dance, which is a simple single
line of people holding hands weaving in and around tables adding people to
the line as we go, like a conga line. I encourage people that they only need
to walk to the beat of the music, one step for every beat, and they can
dance. And I have the band play some really hot tunes. It's an easy way to
get people who are reluctant and sitting in their chairs, up on their feet
and participating. If they can walk, they can dance, and they all walked
into the wedding. I eventually wind them into a big circle, stop the music
and then teach a simple circle mixer like La Bastringue.  I can usually keep
them on the dance floor after that.  

...
 just my 1/50 of a buck. 
Worth the same amount of a Canadian loonie these days. Woo hoo! 
Bev