The Courting of Barbara & Lance
 While not strictly
speaking a memoir, this item from Ausdance ACT Dance Action May 2005
is a lovely introduction to our reflections on this and that. Thanks
to Paula for the significant research effort, and the even greater
effort of distilling it all down to one page.
Barbara and Lance caught up with Ausdance ACT to chat
about retirement from the Monaro Folk Society Dance Committee and
their shared love of bush dance.
Barbara and Lance met during a barn dance in 1962 and married
at Scots Church in Melbourne in 1966. They lived in the bush
(Mooroolbark) for several years and moved to Canberra in 1974.
In the early days, Barbara and Lance took their daughters to Woolshed
dances run by the Monaro Folk Society (MFS) and attended classes at
Corroboree Park hall with teachers Daryl and Di. ... read on
Lessons Learned
 The
purpose of this note is to record the lessons that we learned through
ten years on the dance committee. Our number one lesson learned is
that there is an urgent need for an elected
committee to run dancing on behalf of the Monaro Folk Society.
The other lesson learned is that the principles listed below need to
be promoted within the duly elected committee and in accordance with
fair and open processes for consideration of ideas and decision
making ... read on
1994 Calendar
 The oldest
calendar that we still have is the 1994
Monaro Folk Music Society calendar. Includes lots of names that
are still familiar.
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