16 Jun
2008
16 Jun
'08
2:21 p.m.
It seems to me that the onus is on her, to prove that
there are orders extant: she knows that he's a
dancer, right? So she should have a copy of the
orders with her at any given dance, and be prepared to
show them to the authorities (that SHE calls to
enforce the orders).
It is in no way incumbent upon organizers, IMO, to
enforce restraining orders. That's a matter for law
enforcement.
Melody Ball
Dallas
--- Chrissy Fowler <ktaadn_me(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Hello fellow organizers,
A number of years ago, when I was involved in
producing a dance in New Hampshire, we had the
following incident at one of our monthly dances:
A female dancer asked one of our committee members
to intervene because a man (with whom she had once
been in a relationship) had appeared at the dance.
Both were regular dancers in our region. She
asserted that there was a restraining order out on
this man, and that he was prohibited from being
within a certain number of yards of her at any given
time. She didn't have a copy of the restraining
order, at least not that I remember. The situation
got fairly tense and volatile. No physical
violence, but many heated exchanges. As I recall,
after some requests from the committee member, he
left the dance.
I was wondering if other dance organizers have had
to deal with that sort of thing -- whether
restraining orders are involved or not. And I
particularly would like to hear what people think
the role and responsibility of dance organizers is
in this sort of situation.
Thanks,
Chrissy Fowler
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