TYNE BRIDGE TIPS

Having taken the last drag off your post-dancing fag, do not drop the glowing butt down a drain hole without checking first that

the contents are wet. Do not do as Sue did at Bede’s World Museum and drop it down a drain hole full of dried rose leaves -

which then smoulder and send up smoke signals. If you happen to do so- do as she did and have a 2 litre bottle of water handy

to douse the flames.

When dancing out it is useful to have bottles of water to take refreshing swigs from between and after dancing (and to

extinguish small conflagrations). But if they are carbonated, and have been jogging about in your backpack, be sure to warn

fellow dancers BEFORE they open them and soak themselves and the surroundings. (Sue again)

Always remember your collecting buckets. We got 3 weeks practice room rent at Durham Folk Party mainly thanks to Stan

«the man» Otterburn who picked ours up and (quite illegally) went soliciting tourists with it.

Keep all the safety pins they give you with your dry cleaning. Put them on one big pin and pin it to your kit bag- or discreetly on

to your kit. Someone at a dance out is bound to need at least one and you’ll have a friend for life.

If your tights (or any other garment) feel loose before dancing they WILL slide down/off. The law of gravity will then conjoin with

Sod’s law to ensure the most embarrassing garment will come off at the most crucial moment in the most public place. So find

the keeper of the pins and pin them up before you dance.