[Organizers] Restraining Orders

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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.belfastflyingshoes.org home 207-338-0979 cell 603-498-3506 _________________________________________________________________ It’s easy to add contacts from Facebook and other social sites through Windows Live™ Messenger. Learn how. https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_LearnHow