Not posting much from Anaheim....

We've been way too busy with costume changes at Convention to keep up posting. I salute those who find the time somewhere. It has been wonderful getting together again with friends old and new, and since this year we have just graduated from Advanced class, we are dancing a lot more than normal since it's an opportunity to cement those new calls into our heads. It was heartening to see nearly all of our graduating class in the 'A' hall this morning doing reasonably well, and realizing we are far from the weakest dancers in most squares. Made it to the only-mildly-incompetent stage... and our worst 'A' tip was when billeyler called; some combination of sound system and brain malfunction. Sorry, Bill!

I'll write some more on Convention topics when we get back home and I have pictures to illustrate -- I left the USB cord at home, so I can't upload anything yet. It's fun seeing otterpop58 having such a great time, bjarvis and kent4str have been friendly as ever, and the elusive rlegters and tdjohnsn have even managed to get a few words in edgewise. Had a nice dinner with stormecho and his partner Patrick, whose sly charm is starting to have an effect. Have run into others too numerous to mention, and enjoyed fuzzygruf and allanh's "Inside the Caller School" reports along the way. We'll be here until Wednesday; people are already starting to leave, so we'll be last out.