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Jay Leno/54th National Square Dance Convention
CallerLab disseminated the news that the 'interviews' that were done by a Tonight Show Comedian Interviewer would air last night. News traveled fast about that. I know I must have gotten the email about it from 5 other sources after that.
Danny taped it last night, but I was up and watched it. He'll get to enjoy it Sunday night when he gets back from San Mateo!
In the back of my mind, I was wondering HOW many square dancers watching were thinking there would be some positive slant on the 54th National Square Dance convention in Portland in June. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING. C'mon, it's the Jay Leno show...famous for "Jaywalkers" where he interviews people who are edited down to look very stupid (some of them are).
Yup, it portrayed all the very bizarre negative stereotypes about the activity. Ridiculous clothing, ancient 'dancers' stumbling around, goofy interview talk, silly music. We've seen it all before. There was a brief interview with Stu Shacklett and his wife...Stu received the Milestone Award a couple years back for 50+ years of calling and teaching. He did a bit of impromptu singing call into her microphone, which sounded weird to say the least...
As we've heard many times, the whole activity is going to have to die down to a bright shining ember at some point before it can have a rebirth. At least as an activity EVERYONE can be part of.
Danny taped it last night, but I was up and watched it. He'll get to enjoy it Sunday night when he gets back from San Mateo!
In the back of my mind, I was wondering HOW many square dancers watching were thinking there would be some positive slant on the 54th National Square Dance convention in Portland in June. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING. C'mon, it's the Jay Leno show...famous for "Jaywalkers" where he interviews people who are edited down to look very stupid (some of them are).
Yup, it portrayed all the very bizarre negative stereotypes about the activity. Ridiculous clothing, ancient 'dancers' stumbling around, goofy interview talk, silly music. We've seen it all before. There was a brief interview with Stu Shacklett and his wife...Stu received the Milestone Award a couple years back for 50+ years of calling and teaching. He did a bit of impromptu singing call into her microphone, which sounded weird to say the least...
As we've heard many times, the whole activity is going to have to die down to a bright shining ember at some point before it can have a rebirth. At least as an activity EVERYONE can be part of.