In attendance:
Allyson Whipple
Marta Evans
Scott Brown
Jeff Force
Ben Wright-Heuman
Peter Catlin
Brendan Cox
Valerie Schmidt
Our options for a replacement Historian include Valerie taking on a second job,
Ben doing the work, or all the officers working together.
Don't forget! April 23 is the OSU meet.
We may be going to Notre Dame on April 10, depending on interest. For the
newcomers, it's beneficial to dance at as many competitions as possible, and
Notre Dame is another small meet like Michigan was. However, there will only be
American-style dancing there (Smooth and Rhythm). The other obstacles, including
this late notice, a long drive on that Sunday night at 7 pm or so, and possible
funding shortages can be overcome if people really want to go.
Expect more information regarding the ND meet from Valerie very soon, and please
respond to this email or her email if you want to go. We will only go to the ND
meet if people are interested!
April 17 is the Student Leadership Dinner, and we are pleased to be sending
Scott Brown, Brendan Cox, and Valerie Schmidt.
Scott is assured a fancy wall plaque and somesuch reward for his hard work, and:
"[If Brendan and Valerie don't win something] it means I am a horrible English
major."-Allyson
We'd like to congratulate Scott, Brendan, and Valerie, and ask them to keep in
mind that they have good reason to go to the dinner, since:
"You get the choice of food or that other food."-Allyson
In other news, the Ballroom Fun Games Night with Food and Possibly DDR Amongst
Other Things Maybe will be on April 9 or 16, depending on whether we go to
Notre Dame or not. That should be decided by Thursday or so, and Allyson will
be reserving some space for the Games Night Etc Etc.
That’s all for this week folks, have a great spring break, and we’ll see you in
two weeks!
*whisper whisper*
What? That was the last two weeks? Why didn't anyone tell me? I stayed here and
wondered why no-one was at class! ...
In attendance:
Marta Evans
Ben Wright-Heuman
Peter Catlin
Allyson Whipple
Scott Brown
Jeff Force
Brendan Cox (later)
While we wait for people to arrive, it is divulged that Brendan is
catatonic
(i.e. asleep). Peter mishears this as "canatonic" and assumes that we're
discussing canonizing Brendan. There is some confusion over whether
this would
involve getting shot out of a cannon.
The meeting begins. Some miscreant attempts to continue non-ballroom
conversation, but the great and powerful Marta interrupts with "Hey.
Hey, I'm
talking here!" It seems that our mild-mannered friends is already being
corrupted by absolute power.
- Henry Spiller, one of our two faculty advisors, is leaving Kenyon. We
still
have our other advisor, Patrick Gilligan. Do we need two advisors.
Allyson
vouchsafes that many clubs have only one advisor. We decide not to
worry about
it.
Allyson: "I don't use the technical meaning, I use the Allyson meaning."
- We advise Scott to not graduate. He says that by this point, it's up
to his
professors. We all secretly hope he fails all his classes and has to
stay here
another year.
- Do we need a new stand-up poster? The one we've been using is nice,
but the
photos are getting a bit outdated as more and more dancers graduate.
We'll have
to think about this one.
- Events at the beginning of next year: Activities fair and swing
dance, as well
as filling out a bunch of forms and getting people certified to use the
sound
system. We feel ready and energized for all of this.
- Marta asks what we'd like to emphasize or work on next year. Ben
points out
that the people from the Naz have been a tremendous addition to the
club, and
that we should work to support them, encourage them to come, and so on.
We all
agree. Yay for Nazzies!
At this point, Brendan arrives, having slept for some time (after
having not
slept at all last night).
Allyson: "Good morning, Sleeping Beauty!"
Brendan (understandably surly): "I'll sleep you!"
We digress for a few minutes about the relative merits of hyperbole and
irony as
grammatical techniques. Discussion closes after we realize we've
covered this
topic already.
- Marta: "Does anyone here have good music capabilities, as in 'burn
stuff'?"
We need music to play while we dance. Peter suggests buying a commercial
ballroom compilation with club funds. It's pointed out that Ksenia has
bought
many such compilations in the past, and been dissatisfied with all of
them.
Scott suggests going to libraries in our various hometowns, checking out
ballroom CDs, and ripping them to our computers. We mull the idea.
Allyson: "Oooooh, RAM!!!" (once again, she is excited by computer parts)
- Marta asks who will be doing the teaching next year. (She says "I'm
trying,
this summer, to learn better how to be a guy." This comment is met with
a
moment of silence, followed by people falling into their soup
(metaphorically)
with laughter.) We discuss teaching briefly, and decide that people
will be
assigned days of the week, just like this year.
Allyson (to Ben): "If you ever try to have us do samba to 'Sweet Home
Alabama',
hoo boy -- I guarantee you won't be having children." (She makes
threatening
gesture with silverware.)
Ben: (wisely protects self from attacks of jealous ex-president)
Scott: "Technically, he outranks you."
- Meeting adjourns, although no one realizes it for several minutes.
Marta: "Don't go kvetching about your bleugkh." Spelling on that last
word,
anyone?
Finally, Allyson stabs self in nose with fork. This is either karma for
her
earlier attacks (threatening gestures) towards our noble Vice
President, or
else a signal from the gods that we should adjourn for real.
- We adjourn for real.