Dancing, Homecoming, and Dancing

The Venture Out Friday night dances re-started this past Friday night...

... with one of our favorite bands from last season, Midnight Confessions.

They are a favorite of a lot of the Venture Out residents, so the dance was sold out, and a lot of people on the dance floor.

Saturday was Venture Out's "Homecoming". The Activity Center hosted lunch (chicken and waffles) and there were vendors from outside the park as well as displays of different clubs that reside inside the park.

The plan was for a lot of the vendors to be outside, but the weather was chilly (for Arizona), so they decided to move it inside. The Ham Radio club was asked to come help get vendors to the right places...

... so Carl helped out with that, getting vendors directed to the right places.

We enjoyed visiting different vendors and hearing about what they were representing.

One of the tables was for Po.L.K.of A - Polka Lovers Klub of America - Arizona. We had a friend who had told us about their dances, so we picked up some information from them -- they had a dance scheduled the next day on Sunday afternoon, so we decided to go.

We thought we had understood that they offered dance lessons, but it was more that there are people there who will help you learn the steps. The bands play two polka tunes, two walzes, two country songs, two swing or Latin dances...

This is a flyer from one of the bands that plays for the Po.L.K.of A dances, though they did not play the Sunday afternoon that we went.

Carl is keen to learn some Country Two-step dances, so we tried waltzes and two-step (probably more Texas three-step, because that's what I know...).

The band played well and kept the beat of the songs.

The dance floor was not as crowded as the ballroom at Venture Out, so it was easier for us learning as Carl didn't have to avoid as many other couples as he was learning to move his feet to the steps of the song.

This fellow was selling the polka record collection of one of his relatives who is ill and cannot enjoy them any longer.

We enjoyed being with the Po.L.K.of A group and will probably join them at dances additional times this season. We have also signed up for "Arizona Two Step" lessons that are to be taught at Venture Out starting in January.