We held a free open house on Thursday January 19. A singleton, a couple, and a young family all came to experience folk dance. That evening was bitterly cold and it was extremely cold in the gym as well! That is the first time in the years that we have been dancing there, that we have been cold; on the contrary, we usually get quite hot because of all the exercise. Despite the cold, and to our delight, almost all the new participants returned the following week. So it was, after all, a successful open house.

Last week, on Tuesday, February 7, we ventured out to Fort Langley to teach folk dances to 20 young Brownies. They were an enthusiastic bunch of girls and we all had a great time. Their favourite dance of the evening was Le Brandy, a French Canadian folk dance.