[SCA-Dance] Pennsic Dance Staff Rock! (was formerly Gwommy rocks!) :)

David Learmonth david.a.learmonth at gmail.com
Mon Aug 17 07:11:32 EDT 2009


Thanks!  I'm just happy that I could help out.  :)

Additionally, I'd really like to thank everyone else who helped out, ran
balls, built floor, etc.  In particular, I know that Dafydd and Conrad
definitely helped on making sure classes were covered, and as additional
ringers.  Also Dafydd, Gwommy, and Dunstin (sp?), really helped in the floor
construction early on this year on the Monday when we got our early start.
I was really pleased that we took our time, and that I think it came
together really cleanly this year, and in record time!  (finished by
mid-afternoon on Tuesday, and with only myself succumbing to heat
exhaustion)

(also thanks to everyone who helped on Tuesday!  Could we import some more
Swedes for next year?)  :)

Oh, and also I'd like to thank everyone who helped on tear-down.  I
apparently was starting to get the Pennsic plague either that day, or the
next, and was definitely tired  (as you saw I got frustrated when we had
stuck screws), but it still came apart pretty quickly regardless.

Thanks to Lynnette and Gwommy for being patient with the problem screws.
And for whomever works on this next year, please take this as a lesson (one
that I should have got from the year before, but I was tired and missed it),
that you should have a person or two go over to check All the holes for any
missed screws, AND to take a spare screw to quickly clean out any problem
heads, before they get stripped, so that the screw drivers can get a good
grip.  Most came out fine once they were cleaned a bit.  Only a few were
really stuck behind the rest of the wood.  Sorry that we missed it initially
this year.


Anyway, so thanks again everyone!  It was definitely a fun year, and I think
that a LOT of new dancers felt welcome as well!  :)

Darius




On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 2:36 PM, <ianthe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, Gwommy was amazing. He was there every late night, and had the laptop
> with music to go on when the musicians get tired.
> He was there almost all the time during the day, so is aware when a teacher
> didn't show up to teach, and he and Darius would cover it on the spot.
>
> Him and Darius made sure that dance classes went smoothly, that there were
> people to teach dance during the balls (I saw Darius jumping in and helping
> with teaching during a ball that he was not responsible for, and doing it
> for a significant part of the ball), and they were both consistently there
> to help close down the dance tent at night.
>
> Dancing at Pennsic would be nowhere as good and efficient without Gwommy
> and Darius there.
>
> Lowrie.
>
> On Aug 11, 2009 12:55pm, Lara Coutinho aka Sophia the Orange
> <orange at indy.net> wrote:
> > Gwommy,
>
> > As a professional data wrangler in the modern world, I've got to say that
> > I'm freaking *impressed* with your collection of hard data! This is
> > amazing, and a great service to the dance community! Rock on!!!
>
> > --Sophia the Orange
>
>
>
> > >Greetings Dancers,
>
> > >
>
> > >Here is some dance results which I collect during the two weeks of
> > Pennsic.
>
> > >
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tmqsrxkNQNb2JyQ7KvGZbKw&output=html
>
>
>
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