Keeping your cool...

Flaming June has arrived. And we don't mind at all.... except when there's a power cut halfway through the Monday afternoon class. With my Pollyanna hat on I can be glad that at least it was light but the speed at which we warmed up without the air conditioner, and ceiling fans, reminded us of why we don't dance all the way through the summer! However, we kept going, slightly more flushed than we might have been, but still enjoying ourselves learning the beautiful strathspey 'The Orchards of Co. Armagh'. In consideration of the heat and our slightly melted state another strathspey seemed a good idea and we successfully tackled the Paisley Weavers before the power was miraculously restored and we zoomed through the much more energetic reel, The Devil's Elbow before realising that although the fans were doing us sterling service the A C was having a serious sulk. Of course, once we realised that we weren't actually being AC'd it seemed far too hot to carry on, so we had to call a halt, but since we only had 10 minutes to go we didn't lose out much - well done to everyone involved. And then onto Tuesday... despite informing 'management' of the problem we were still AC-less. With a degree of misgiving we moved the furniture as usual- but although it was cooler inside than out and the fans were frantically spinning, but still very hot and we fully expected everyone to be more interested in hydration than dancing. But no, despite the sauna like conditions everyone danced! It was an excellent night, we had 2 sets up for many of the dances and lots of fun with the trickier ones - the heat definitely didn't help, but everyone did well despite that - a good night all round, even though we sadly had to say goodbye so some of our dancing visitors, it was a memorable night to leave on! And for the rest of us - see you next week.