"Duh"??? What has my not being a dancer got to do with it? How does that disqualify me from wondering: What is 'quaint' about one of our finest traditions? Where is the 'gentle fun" in seeing it performed? Who are these who love it so much they want to see it turned into an object of ridicule ~ with their active assistance and participation? ("Ridicule", btw, is not what I am aiming at your suggestions: extreme disgust, rather.) So it might be financially profitable, might it? Does not any conception of prostituting your art enter into your calculations?

I am sorry, Anne ~~ I think your entire view misconceived, and find your attitude incomprehensible and thoroughly reprehensible. And if you can't see why, then I feel genuine pity.

~Michael~