Friday, Marcy 27, 2009

Last week was "dark" for square dancing, so this is the first time I've danced in two weeks.  The first dance was HORRIBLE!  I didn't recognize hardly ANY of the calls!  I thought I was going nuts and had forgotten everything!  Turns out, the caller hadn't yet gotten out his list of stuff the newbies have learned, and he was winging it.  Phew!  I thought I was a goner for sure!  Even after he found his list, there were still some tough calls.  But, by the end of the evening I was having a blast again!

I was talking to Louis and his wife Judy and telling them that I might rent a new place in Mancos.  Louis asked where I was from.  When I said Maine, he said, "Do you know how I knew you weren't from here?"  Turns out that I pronounced Mancos "Manc-oos" (long O) and its real pronunciation is "Manc-us".  Just like Bangor/Banger!  So I told him about that.  And I will from this point forward try to pronounce it correctly!  Especially if I move there!