Decimal Dancing

Do you remember December? There were so many Christmas special events that lots of dancers wondered how they were going to find the stamina and time to fit it all in.

Fortunately stamina has never been a problem to the average square dancer. You drag yourself wearily to your fourth dance in five nights and struggle onto the floor for the first round-up—and then that wonderful music starts and the tiredness just floats away in the enjoyment of dancing. And, of course, there's a fitness level that keeps improving as you dance more often.

Time is the problem and now that we have grown accustomed to living in the twenty-first century we need to apply a twenty-first century solution.

Look at what we achieved in Australia during the last century. In 1966 we switched to decimal currency and, in due course, followed that with decimal weights and measures. Then, when we had the opportunity to go the whole distance, our politicians started running scared.

But this is not just a new century, it's a new millennium, and it's time to make the next logical extension. Why not introduce a decimal calendar?

Think of it—decimal weeks with ten days each! Once we take the plunge there'll be time to do all the dancing we want and still have a little left to accommodate the rest of our busy schedules.

We could even take it a step further and convert decimal weeks to decimal days of ten decimal hours, each equalling 2.4 imperial hours. What a difference that would make to callers who would only have to rent halls for a little over an hour instead of the current three. It might even make calling a profitable enterprise, attract more callers, and cause a resurgence of square dancing.

So do something positive for square dancing. Write to your Federal MP today and demand a decimal calendar.

Of course, the Review is way ahead of all this. With just ten issues a year we're already decimal compatible.

Happy dancing . . . and I'll be back with another yarn in 1.2 decimal months.