"The dog has been trained NOT to howl along."

Cats are not so trainable.
He was miaoing are biting my feet last night along with my descant recorder.

In my case
1 there is a music stand in the middle of the dining room (mine)and in the lounge (Jim's)
2 there is a box of music taken to the last practise on the floor
3 there is a pile of music not needed for the last practise chucked out of the box onto a chair
4 the table is covered with dance instruction cards
5 the book cases are full of dance instruction books
6 the other chairs are full of open cases of dance cassettes
7 the window sill holds spare boxes of dance cards
8 yes, the calendar is full of dances, and the names of my "other men" - band leaders

But then I'm only a pretend musician, but a real dance caller