We had 29 participants with most joining for an adult beverage post lesson. Lead instructors Jens and Heather (City Dance Studio Vernon) along with Silver Hares Alex and Elaine did an outstanding job making everyone feel comfortable and guiding the learning process.  There was much laughter and a sense of friendly community. There might have one or two males that were a bit nervous going in to the evening but soon as they realized the whole process was as familiar as any sport lesson about movement patterns things became about learning those movements and awkwardness pretty much went away. After all we are all athletes and what we do xc skiing is all about learning and executing movement patterns all the time