Bobfab wrote: Just curious. We had a dozen local community college students come this > past week... > > Has anyone seen an increase in Youth attendance at local dances > since the NPR spots aired last week? > Here's the link to one of them. The other was with Bob Boilen, a closet > contra-ist > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128273050 > > Thank you for posting this. I had not heard the NPR segment. It is a good one. It is great to see a media piece about contra dance that gets it right. It's about the people, and the music. A caller is, however, necessary.
We have a strong presence of university students and young people who frequent our dances. We have some of them on our Board of Directors. I have not seen any significant change in this mix over the summer. Thanks, Greg McKenzie
