Oct. 15, 2001, 9:31 p.m. (Message 27892, in reply to message 27889)
I'm with a teen class in Lubbock, Texas and there are occasions when we wind up having a two-man couple. Our teacher, Darla Granberry, doesn't like the shyness exhibit that most of the guys demonstrate and so she said that if the guys don't ask the girls to dance with them very soon after a dance is called then the girls should ask eachother to dance. The guys who were slow soon learned to ask as quickly as possible. This tool prooved very effective and we don't see two male partners very often anymore. I put this practice to good use two days ago at the Houston, TX ball. This may be helpful in other corners of the SCD world too, which is why I share it. We also have the unusual circumstance where there are usually more guys than girls if there is an imbalance at all. So, I HAVE had my turn on the ladies side and I found it to be quite fun to think backwards and very challenging as well. Jonathan Elder 18yrs.