Date: October 4th 2007

Thank you all so much for coming to the inaugural FootFall! We hope that you had a wonderful time, and will consider coming back again next year. We will let you know by email when registration for 2008 opens. We are working on the flyer and registration form, and hope to get them posted quickly. Our bands for 2008 are Hotpoint ("Make 'em Go Wooo!") Stringband, a fabulous group from Athens, Ohio http://www.hotpointstringband.com/home.html and Elixir, an amazing and blazing high-energy contra band that kicks brass, from Brattleboro, Vermont http://www.elixirmusic.us/index.html . Our callers will be Kathy Anderson and Nils Fredland. So mark your calendars for September 5-6-7: it's already a four-day work week, why not celebrate it at FootFall?

We have been delighted to receive so many evaluation forms, nearly 60, which is a remarkable percentage. We have read them carefully, and will post some comments on the website shortly. The fabulous yellow signs (including "this way out" exit signs on Sunday) were obviously a big hit, as were the name-tagged reusable cups and mugs and the cup rack (thanks again, Rick!). And there seems to be a general consensus that the Great Saturday Night Chocolate Chip Pancake Stampede should be an annual event.

Here's the Lost and Found list: Do any of these sound familiar? Let us know.
1. Rain/sun hat, pale yellow with thin white band, Van Cort XL.
2. Scarf, cotton blend, aqua, with machine embroidered ducks and "On with the dance, let joy be unconfined" [from Peggy & Joe's wedding]
3. T-shirt, purplish blue, "25th anniversary Chesapeake Dance Weekend" XL
4. Baseball cap, grey with black mesh on sides, black adjusting strap at back, REI
5. Hooded jacket, black, light weight w fleece lining, XL, full-length front metal zipper, drawstring for front of hood, 1 pocket each side, right pocket top seam mostly open – there was a (sealed) butter packet in the right pocket (tsk tsk), which we have disposed of.
6. Watch, men's sport style, black plastic case and band, Timex Expedition Indiglo WR 50M, stainless steel case back

Jay Darmstadter took a number of digital photos, which he has given to us (thank you, Jay). A representative sample (100) has been placed on the website at http://www.footfalldance.com/pics2007/index.html . If you object to having a particular photo which contains your image on the website, please let us know within the next two weeks, and we will remove it. If you think you would be interested in purchasing a CD containing all of the photos, please let us know. If there is sufficient interest, we can burn and mail copies for a nominal cost (enough to cover expenses).

Cordially
The FootFall Committee