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Maypole on the Quay
Took my maypole down to Poole Quay yesterday for my first paid outdoor session.
It went very well. The sound system (which scares me as I'm not a sound techie at all) worked just fine. I have Lindsey to thank for that. She worked out exactly what I needed (easy to carry, even with a bad elbow, decent battery life, loud enough for a maypole dance, mike, works with iPod or MP3 player, easy to recharge) and told me where to buy it.
Managed to get a lot of teenagers dancing which was great. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and I got to do a much wider range of dances than I do with the 7 year olds I normally teach (older people find it much easier to pick up the dances).
It'll be quite a while before I break even as there's a lot of capital cost, but I'm enjoying it.
If any conventions fancy a maypole dancing session, get in touch...
I think Poole Tourism took some photos, so I'm hoping they'll pass some along to me.
It went very well. The sound system (which scares me as I'm not a sound techie at all) worked just fine. I have Lindsey to thank for that. She worked out exactly what I needed (easy to carry, even with a bad elbow, decent battery life, loud enough for a maypole dance, mike, works with iPod or MP3 player, easy to recharge) and told me where to buy it.
Managed to get a lot of teenagers dancing which was great. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves and I got to do a much wider range of dances than I do with the 7 year olds I normally teach (older people find it much easier to pick up the dances).
It'll be quite a while before I break even as there's a lot of capital cost, but I'm enjoying it.
If any conventions fancy a maypole dancing session, get in touch...
I think Poole Tourism took some photos, so I'm hoping they'll pass some along to me.
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Wow, people responded very nicely to the dancing - I can´t imagine our spoiled teenagers to join anything here...but the truth is that they have almost no stimuli!:-(
I would be proud to have you here but this is only a dream...you would never leave, hee hee, I would take you to meet some local folklore groups...
I wish you good luck - and congratulations!!!