HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: gary@clarinet.mitre.org (Gary Bisaga)
Subject: Re: Square Dancing in Maryland
Reply-To: gbisaga@mitre.org
Organization: The Mitre Corporation, McLean Virginia
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 20:36:39 GMT

In article <1992Jul17.200643.12106@sura.net>, orr@sura.net (Valerie Orr)
wrote:
>     Where can a young, single female go for some good square dancing?  I
> am not necessarily interested in meeting someone while square dancing,
> but generally, there is an access of females at the dances I have been
> going to, so I don't get to dance very much.
As far as I know, the Bachelors&Bachelorettes still have a Washington chapter
that meets in the Pentagon.  What you need to do is to pick up a Calls and
Cues magazine, which is published by WASCA (Washington Area Square Dance 
Coop Association).

In the center are about four pages of clubs listed, in order of nights of the
week that they dance.  It also has levels, dance addresses, and contact
phone numbers.  I don't know what square dance shops are up in the College
Park area but the one I go to is over in Falls Church, called Triple R Western
Wear.  They always have Calls and Cues.  At Maryland, of course, there's the
Square-ums dancing at the school.  Alternatively, if you want info on any
specific club, you can give me a call at home (703-830-6894) and I can read you
the entry from my Calls and Cues mag.  Hope this all helps.

-- 
Gary Bisaga (gbisaga@mitre.org)
From: pearl@sw.stratus.com (Dan Pearl)
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: Re: Dancing in Boston Aug 8-15
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:18:53 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

In article <9207291332.AA03127@hsr>, atkinson@MAYO.EDU (Elizabeth Atkinson) writes:
> Hi!
> 
> I'll be visiting Boston August 8-15.  Could someone tell me what Contra dancing
> or international folk dancing is going on then?   I'm dependent on public 
> transport so info on how to actually get to the dances would also be 
> appreciated.

If you send me your U.S. Mail address, I'll send you a flyer that
has maps showing the location of the Boston-area contra dances.

Here goes:

SATURDAY AUGUST 8th
-------------------
Contra dancing at the Concord Scout House.    COMMUTER RAIL to Concord.  74 Walden
Street is about a 10 minute walk from the station.  You'll need to find
a ride back.  7:30-10:30.  $5.  (617) 547-7781

SUNDAY AUGUST 9th
-----------------
IFD at MIT.  Take Red Line to Kendall, or just walk from Boston over
the Charles River on Mass. Av.  Location varies.  Call (617) 253-FOLK
for location (usually either the Student Center or "Bldg. 13").
Basic/intermediate level.  25 cent donation.

MONDAY AUGUST 10th
-----------------
Contras at the Concord Scout House.  COMMUTER RAIL to Concord.  74 Walden
Street is about a 10 minute walk from the station.  You'll need to find
a ride back.  7:30-10:30.  $5.  (617) 272-0396

TUESDAY AUGUST 11th
-------------------
IFD.  Basic level. Near the fountain (weather permitting) at Copley Square.
Call (617) 491-6084.  I think it is 7:30-9:30.   FREE.

Experienced Balkan/Western European Couple FD at MIT Student Center Rm. 407.
See Sunday listing for contact info.

THURSDAY AUGUST 13th 
--------------------
Contras.  VFW Hall. 688 Huron Av. Cambridge.  A bus from Harvard Square makes
about a 1/2 mile approach to the hall.  10 minute walk from the bus stop.
8:00-11:00.  $5.  (617) 272-0396

Experienced IFD.  404 Concord Av. Belmont.  Commuter rail to Belmont Center
or a Concord Av. bus from Alwife station (Red Line).  (617) 491-6084.
8:00-11:00.


FRIDAY AUGUST 14th
------------------
Basic IFD.  421 Common St., Belmont.  Probably there is a Trapelo Rd. bus
that can get you there.   Call (617) 491-6083 for info how.

SATURDAY AUGUST 15th
--------------------
See August 8th.

For 24-hour recorded dance info in Boston, call FAC at (617) 491-6084.
To speak with a human, call (617) 491-6083.



-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dan Pearl  **  Stratus Computer, Inc.  **  pearl@spectacle.sw.stratus.com
From: mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu (Mary E. Allison)
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: WSD a/c AA&CC Con in TdOaLyEtDoOn
Keywords: WSD - advanced challenge
Date: 30 Jul 92 17:09:44 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
NNTP-Posting-Host: uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu


     So -- I've asked this before but I'll ask it again.  Other than 
Charleen and myself, is anyone that reads this newsgroup going to the
American Advanced & Challenge Convention in Toledo in Dayton this
year?  

     Hello -- am I going to have ANYONE ELSE besides CHARLEEN to
socialize with ;^).  I might get bored with her :^)

--
It is worth while to have a storm of abuse once in a while, for
one reason to read the Psalms - they are a radiant field of
glory that never shines unless the night shuts in.
  -- Harriet Beecher Stowe

    Mary Allison (mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu) Urbana, Illinois
Catx2 Owned, Square Dancer, Leaper, Ballroom Dancer in training
From: asimov@wk223.nas.nasa.gov (Daniel A. Asimov)
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: Ride Request: To Chicago Contras July 25 and 27.
Date: 22 Jul 92 02:08:38 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA


I'll be in Chicago this coming week, staying in a downtown hotel.

Can anyone out there give me a ride to and from either, or both, of
the local contra dances on Saturday, July 25 and Monday, July 27 ?

Many thanks in advance,


--Dan Asimov
asimov@nas.nasa.gov

Mail Stop T045-1
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA   94035
(415) 604-4799
From: hilding@catfish.ocpt.ccur.com (Hilding Holroyd)
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: Folk Dancing in Central NJ
Keywords: IFD, Dancing, NJ
Date: 29 Jul 92 16:20:19 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Concurrent - Oceanport NJ

(I am new to the net and am probably posting this to too wide
a distribution, but ...)

My wife and I used to dance with the University of Rochester (NY) Folk
Dancers but left the area in 1974 (yes 20 years ago). We miss dancing
an awful lot and would like to know what clubs there are in Central NJ.
We live 20 miles east of Trenton so anything within 30 minutes driving 
would be ok. And, yes, we did meet at a folk dance party 20 years ago
this New Year's Eve. WOW!!

By the way, anyone from that era at UofR..
 if you are out there, let me know.

Thanks in advance.
-- 

US MAIL: Hilding W. Holroyd - CONCURRENT COMPUTER CORP.(Ex MASSCOMP,Interdata)
FAX: 908-870-5952    2 Crescent Place, Oceanport NJ 07757   PH 908-870-4558 
UUCP:  rutgers.edu!ocpt!holroyd    or   Internet:  holroyd@ocpt.ccur.com
From: sagan@mth.msu.EDU (Bruce Sagan)
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: RE: IFD, counting, talking
Date: 28 Jul 92 20:59:13 GMT

David Pritchard writes
 
|>All the display dance groups that I know (quite a lot) DO dance what I
|>would call `generic' dances.  They just do them better, with more `style'
|>and `traditional' costume.
 
Then you have never seen any number of groups from Eastern Europe
and Russia, e.g., the Pirin Ensemble from Bulgaria.  The dances they
do are quite choreographed (to the point that they put the
choreographers name in the printed program), and are only loosely
based on the `generic' dances that the people in the villages do.
 
Later in the posting, Pritchard asks what an ethnic picnic is.  These
are affairs put on by people of a certain ethnic group here in the US.
(Perhaps they do not exist in England.)  So, for example, the Serbian
community might get together for an afternoon of eating, drinking,
dancing and generally having fun.  The nice thing about these events
is that the dancing tends to be the simple stuff of the villages
these people came from, rather than the staged versions of the
performing groups.
 
-Bruce Sagan
From: fred-mckenzie@ksc.nasa.gov (Fred McKenzie)
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: Re: Square Dancing in Maryland
Date: 21 Jul 92 19:15:16 GMT
Followup-To: orr@sura.net
Distribution: usa
Organization: NASA/Kennedy Space Center, Florida

In article <1992Jul17.200643.12106@sura.net>, orr@sura.net (Valerie Orr)
wrote:
>     Where can a young, single female go for some good square dancing?  I
> am not necessarily interested in meeting someone while square dancing,
> but generally, there is an access of females at the dances I have been
> going to, so I don't get to dance very much.

Valerie-

I realize there may be more single ladies than men in Square Dancing, but I
understand your problem very well!  Many times I have been the "extra"
person.  Even when there are singles at a regular club dance, they are
frequently "paired", and don't change partners.

How close are you to Catonsville, MD?  According to the 1991-1992 SSDUSA
"Yellow Rock" directory of Singles Square Dance Clubs, there is a Bachelors
'N' Bachelorettes International - Baltimore Chapter, meeting at the
Catonsville Senior Center (501 N. Rolling Rd.).  They dance the 2nd and 4th
Thursdays from 8:00 to 10:30 PM.  Contact is Gary Ansok in Reistertown, MD,
301-526-5429.

There used to be a Singles club dancing in the basement of the Pentagon,
but they aren't listed in the latest "Yellow Rock".

Is there a Square Dance shop in your area? If so, they may have a copy of
"The National Square Dance Directory", that indicates singles clubs with
the letter, "X", in the column for type of club.

Here in Florida, there are several active Singles clubs, including the
"Florida Association of Single Square and Round Dancers".  We can go to
most major conventions knowing there will be singles there to dance with. 
In addition, there is a state "Single Rama" each October.  Is there a
Maryland state convention? 

It may be a long way to travel for local information, but you may meet
people from your area at the Single Square Dancers U.S.A. "Dance-A-Rama". 
This year, it will be held  over the Labor Day weekend (September 4-6), at
Louisville, KY.  If interested, contact Janice Casado (Registration), 5005
Railroad Avenue, Louisville, KY 40258, 502-935-8447.

fred-mckenzie@ksc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: j_glenister@tamar.compserv.utas.edu.au
Subject: Conferences: Safety
Organization: University of Tasmania at Launceston
Date: 31 Jul 92 10:24:25 +1000

Wanted: information about conferences anywhere in the world relating to 
"Safety in Dance".  Thanks!

Jennifer Glenister
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: neilson@osf.org (Peter Neilson)
Subject: Re: Dancing in Boston Aug 8-15
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 16:59:56 GMT


Dan Pearl says that the dances in Concord are reachable by commuter
rail.  Here are further details ...

  Trains leave North Station in Boston and stop at Porter Square in
  Cambridge on their way to Concord.  North Station is on the Orange
  and Green subway lines, Porter Square on the Red line.  The trip to
  Concord takes about 40 minutes, and costs $3.25.  In Boston (but not
  at Porter Square) you must buy your ticket at the station, because
  there is a $1.00 if you buy it on the train.

Abbreviated schedule:

  SATURDAY

  Lv Boston   4:30   5:30   7:30
  Lv Porter   4:40   5:40   7:40
  Ar Concord  5:09   6:09   8:09


  MONDAY

  Lv Boston   4:00   4:50   5:20   5:30   6:15
  Lv Porter   4:10   5:00   5:30   5:40   6:25
  Ar Concord  4:43   5:32   5:57   6:13   6:58

To find your way from the Concord station to the Scout House, just ask
people.

It is possible to return to Boston on Monday on the 10:56 train from
Concord.  But it's a lot friendlier to get a ride.
-- 
            >>>  Peter Neilson  --- neilson@osf.org  <<<
                  "             ?" said Tom, blankly.
(Quotation changed daily.  If you've seen this one before, it's still yesterday.)
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: jlb@hounix.org (Joel Breazeale)
Subject: Dance Server Needs A New Home
Organization: Houston UNIX Users Group (HOUNIX), Houston, TX
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 01:45:32 GMT

The Dance Server is a program which will respond to e-mail requests
for information on dance locations/content/cost/etc...  Information
stored in the Dance Server is submitted by *you* and is available
to *all*.  I understand that 70 items are in the database.

The Dance Server needs a new home!  It needs a host location and
simple database maintenance.  If you'd be willing to consider this
(and hopefully enthusiastically promote) the Dance Server then
please *do* contact me for more information.

jlb@hounix.org
--Joel

P.S.: When the Dance Server finds a new home may I suggest we come
      up with a reporter for each state and/or metropolitan area who
      will gather information for said area?  Perhaps this list of
      contacts could be part of an FAQ list so those who wish to
      find contacts for a specific area can use the list...
      Just ideas...
Xref: sparky rec.folk-dancing:1579 comp.graphics:8043
From: richards@hermes.chpc.utexas.edu (Jon T. Richardson)
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing,comp.graphics
Subject: Chicago Contra dancing during siggraph 7/25 - 8/1
Date: 22 Jul 92 20:26:02 GMT
Article-I.D.: chpc.1992Jul22.202602.12358
Followup-To: rec.folk-dancing
Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC


 > 
 > I'll be in Chicago this coming week, staying in a downtown hotel.
 > 
 > Can anyone out there give me a ride to and from either, or both, of
 > the local contra dances on Saturday, July 25 and Monday, July 27 ?
 > 
 > Many thanks in advance,
 > 
 > 
 > --Dan Asimov
 > asimov@nas.nasa.gov
 > 

I will be flying in Saturday for siggraph and also staying downtown.
I don't know where the Contra dances are, but maybe we can share a cab?
Can someone let me know where and when the contra dances are?

Thanks in advance,

Jon.
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: ertas@athena.mit.edu (Mehmet D Ertas)
Subject: Int. FD in UCSB?
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:49:24 GMT

Hi,
Are there any International Folk-Dancing groups accessible from UC Santa Barbara?
I will be there for two weeks and don't want to make it through without dancing.

Thanks,

Deniz

Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
From: larss@cyklop.nada.kth.se (Lars Schylberg)
Subject: Lindy Hop dancing in New York
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 07:00:32 GMT

Hi !

I will visit New York from August 5 until August 9.  I wonder
if someone could recommend me some good places to go 
to be able to do some good Lindy Hop dancing.  I will also 
be in Washington DC the week after, 10 until 14 of August and 
could use some hints there as well even if I will have less 
spare time there.

Lars

Lars Schylberg                        Email: larss@fmi.kth.se   (Internet)
Department of Photogrammetry         
Royal Institute of Technology         Tel.   +46 8 790 86 33     (office)
S-100 44  STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN           Fax.   +46 8 10 91 99 


-- 
Lars Schylberg                        Email: larss@fmi.kth.se   (Internet)
Department of Photogrammetry                 larss@sekth.bitnet  (Bitnet)
Royal Institute of Technology         Tel.   +46 8 790 86 33     (office)
S-100 44  STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN           Fax.   +46 8 10 91 99
From: winston@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: *Another* ride wanted from Boston to Pinewoods English-American Week
Date: 21 Jul 92 08:23:33 GMT
Organization: SSRL, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lab

I am posting this message on behalf of Vanessa Schnatmeier, a friend of
mine who is going to Pinewoods for the English-American week (starting
August 22), and is looking for a ride from Boston. (And probably back.)

Don't know what else to say about this except that she's an amusing
conversationalist who can stay quiet if you prefer and can read maps
in moving vehicles.

To respond, you can send e-mail to the address below or call my home
number, (415) 856-2259.
From: atkinson@MAYO.EDU (Elizabeth Atkinson)
Newsgroups: rec.folk-dancing
Subject: Dancing in Boston Aug 8-15
Date: 29 Jul 92 13:32:49 GMT

Hi!

I'll be visiting Boston August 8-15.  Could someone tell me what Contra dancing
or international folk dancing is going on then?   I'm dependent on public 
transport so info on how to actually get to the dances would also be 
appreciated.

Thanks,

Beth Atkinson
e-mail:  atkinson@mayo.edu
From: chuang@micro (Michael Chuang)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
Subject: TDF reporting (was Re: LeMond is officially gone.)
Date: 27 Jul 92 22:42:51 GMT

[... my criticism of some Susan Bickelhaupt TdF articles deleted ...]

hoppe@cs.cornell.edu (Bruce E. Hoppe) says:

# Actually, I think you are wronging her.  I don't know how to spell her
# name either, but she writes TDF columns every year for the Globe.  I
# think she and Samuel Abt (New York Times, International Herald-Tribune)
# are the only two American sports columnists who do this.

Bickelhaupt is either ignorant and less than qualified to write about
professional cycling or the editors are deleting the content of her
articles and pasting in largely irrelevant "interesting" material like
"who was wearing a cowboy hat on Thursday at the races."  Oh well, at
least we had an article.  I wonder if complaints about the quality of
cycling articles will motivate the newspapers to find better writers.
I have this fear that it will have the unintended effect of provoking
them into dropping cycling coverage altogether ("those ungrateful little
snots!").  Not a flame at Bruce, by the way.

chuang@micro.ll.mit.edu
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
Subject: Re: UK Track Bike (LOTUS Monocoque)
From: stern6@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Stern)
Date: 31 Jul 92 13:14:44 GMT

lenny@inmet.camb.inmet.com (Len Goodman) writes:

>Could somebody explain the unique features of this bike??
>I have not seen any pictures of it, or a detailed explanation.

There's a pretty clear photo in Wednesday's issue of El Pais. I can scan it
and post the tiff or put the tiff in ftp somewhere, if people are interested.
Let me know.

BTW, El Pais (Spain's answer to the New York Times) has the finest Olympic
coverage I've seen. A pull-out section every day, roughly equal in size to
a complete issue of Sports Illustrated.

******************************************************************************
         Michael Stern        *  "I love children, especially when they cry,
                              *   for then someone takes them away."  
   stern6@husc.harvard.edu    *                         -Nancy Mitford
******************************************************************************
From: vlad@erg.sri.com (vlad)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
Subject: Re: Barry Tompkins (Was: Re: ESPN & TdF)
Date: 21 Jul 92 21:25:30 GMT
Organization: SRI International, Menlo Park, CA

In article <1992Jul17.215709.6838@pony.Ingres.COM> jrb@Ingres.COM (John Black) writes:
>In article <19272@optima.cs.arizona.edu> sham@cs.arizona.edu (Shamim Zvonko Mohamed) writes:
>>In article <1992Jul17.170328.21804@synapse.bms.com> idelson@bms.com writes:
>>>
>>>Who is Barry Tomkins anyway!!????
>>
>>Some jerk who got a free trip to Paris and is now living the high life, and
>>calls Jalabert and Museeuw "unknowns".
>>
>He also constantly mispronounces European place-names and sometimes says
>"Tour de France" with an "a" sound like in the American pronunciation of
>"apple." 

I htink a yaer or two ago Johnny Carson made a whole speech about how
embarassed he was by Barry Tompkins's stupidity at a tennis grand slam
event (french open?). Barry was evidently completely new to tennis and to
being abroad and devoted all his commentary to making fun of foreign
competitors' names including world-renoun stars. His comments were: "his
name sounds like something that oyu do after a good dinner", "this is more
of an exclamation than a name", etc. I don't remeber details.

Why is it that a basketball commentator is assumed to be competent to cover
international tennis and bicycling, while no tennis or cycling commentator
would be allowed to announce such vitally important events as Tupeka Junior
College vs. Kalamazoo Kindergarten Teacher's Institute basketball game? :-)

Employer may disagree
From: scl@sasha.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steve Losen)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
Subject: Re: Benefits of stretching
Date: 29 Jul 92 20:11:31 GMT
Reply-To: scl@sasha.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steve Losen)
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <1992Jul29.130203.8571@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>,
caseb@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:
|> How much does pre-ride muscle stretching improve performance on a
|> long ride in terms of fatigue and cramping?

It reduces cramping by 17.377% and reduces fatigue by 12.752%,
approximately.

--
Steve Losen                     scl@virginia.edu

University of Virginia Academic Computing Center
From: gcarter!gcarter (George Carter)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
Subject: Re: Headset problems with my mountain bike
Keywords: gorilla lock nut
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 19:25:38 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: SFBAC

Re: Gorilla headset lock nut

Yes, this product works very well on either road or mountain bikes.
Mavic makes a headset that includes an integral Gorilla-type lock nut,
but for aesthetic reasons the allen bolt is very small.  I do not have
any experience with this latter product.  Has anybody used it?
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
From: glp7584@tamuts.tamu.edu (Gordon Lee Powell Jr)
Subject: Flat rides, was Re: centuries
Summary: Kansas is flat by my definition
Keywords: Kansas, flat, Texas 
Organization: ~/lib/organization
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 19:53:52 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.164755.12263@rice.edu> shenry@cs.rice.edu (Sam Henry) writes:
>>>In article <1992Jul20.171835.2561@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
>>>mcclella@yertle.Colorado.EDU (Gary McClelland) hill and dales us:
>>>>Colorado is almost 4000 feet. ...The Flint Hills are beautiful
                                        ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
                                        the stuff that started it all
>>>>rolling hills in the central part of the state. ...
>>Now, don't get me wrong.  I don't claim that the area around Texas A&M
>>is beautiful, or even scenic.  Fairly flat, yes.
>
>Au contrair!  Some of the most beautiful wild flowers in Texas are
>between you and Brenham, Hempstead, and Navasota.  Very flat, until
>you get to the river bottoms, and then fairly flat.

Actually, you are sort of right there.  The wildflowers ARE very
beautiful (My vocation is grad. student, avocation bicycling, hobby
photography) as my photo expeditions have shown.  Sadly, there is 
really only a short period in the spring when they are spectacular.
This is July.  They are not spectacular any more.  The annual 
Bluebonnet 50, starting at Washington-on-the-Brazos, is a good 
ride for flower watchers.  There are a few slight grades on that ride
as well.

Last Saturday, I rode the 65 miles from Bryan to Navasota to Anderson
then Carlos and back to Bryan.  I will agree there are some grades
in that area, but still not what I can call hilly (without breaking
out in a belly laugh).

In defense of the Kansas folks who might take exception to my maligning
their scenery, I will admit that the Flint Hills (ha) are more pretty
than, say, Emporia.  I also will note that it is a DARN good spot
for some star gazing.  While ALL of the Great Plains States have 
some extremely flat terrain, I have no doubt that each state has
some localized areas of not-quite-flat land.  My problem is that
all this riding down here ruins me for my return trips home to 
La Crosse, Wisconsin, where there are hills.

Every one wish me luck trying to stuff a bike in my fully loaded
truck for my trip home this weekend!

Gordon L. Powell, Jr. '89            glp7584@zeus.tamu.edu (VMS on VAX 9000)
Aero Engr  Texas A&M Univ.           gordon@aero.tamu.edu (D. U. on S. C.)
Oh well, some people can flame in a nitrogen environment.--Les Earnest