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June 1, 2025
- Dance organizers! Remember, it's not my job to list your venue or events.
I have this resource available for use by dancers but I do have a life outside of this
website. It is also not my responsibility
to list your event correctly. I expect you to check back regularly (at least once a
year) to make sure your venue's information is correct.
I write all the content of this website manually (in Notepad!). I don't use any programs other than PhotoShop to edit pictures and graphics. As a result, there's more content than HTML code. As a result, this website loads pretty fast but there is a lot of room for error.
Case in point: I just realized (in 2025) that I forgot to close a comment line on a listing. That made everything after that invisible. That comment was made in 2015 and that one listing after that was not seen for the last 10 years. Do yourself a favor and check your listings.
- Please note that a lot of you apparently expect that posting your events on Facebook is
enough to get them listed on this website. Occassionally, that will work if I happen to
be sitting at my desk at home at night and I notice something come through.
To be honest,
most of those announcements come through to my laptop during the day while I'm at work
and I do not update my webpages during work hours. If you're expecting me to remember
to go back to look for your Facebook announcements, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
The best way to get your events listed on this website is to send email. That will sit in my inbox as a reminder to do something about it. It also tells me whom I could contact for more information. I get that email on my computers at work and at home and I'll remember that I'm suppose to do something about it.
From the corner booth...
I heard Racky Thomas was playing at the American Legion (Nonatum Post 440 in Newton) tonight (those who were at my 50th birthday party will remember the place). Turns out they have live music every Saturday. The fee to get in is only $10 (half of a regular dance) and I realized, tonight, that bar is *really* inexpensive (bought two glasses of red wine for $7!). We decided to go at the last minute and it was fun night of dancing. Did I mention that *every* song they played was danceable? To tell the truth, I don't know most of the bands on the schedule, but the Love Dogs were playing there the last time and tonight Ed Scheer (of the Love Dogs) was playing the drums for Racky Thomas. There's plenty of room to dance since most of the people are there to enjoy the music and the alcohol.
I'll be checking the schedule for this place on a regular bases.
PS: Not that this has to do with anything but my wife had organized my 50th birthday party at the location where we saw Racky Thomas tonight (in the room next door). She reminded me that we didn't say we were having live music that night (Memphis Rockibilly!) because we didn't want people to go just because there was a live (swingable) band. Some of my favorite dance friends showed up who expressed that they were pleasantly surprised that we had live music that night. My wife also reminded me of a couple that blew off my birthday party because they wanted to go dancing (to the Love Dogs) playing up somewhere near them.
If you're a dance venue and you're holding open public events again, please send email to me directly. I can't guarantee that I'll pay attention to newsletters and group mailings. And I definitely won't be looking at your social media for the information.
See you on the dance floor.
Regards,
Benson
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