Hi Luke, Just one quick observation -
You may want to allocate 10 minutes for teaching the dances (make them simple but fun) and 5 minutes for dancing. 10 minutes of dancing 1 dance may be a bit much for the non-contra dancers who will be participating, since they are not used to dancing, and more teaching time may also be required. Havent had a chance to look at the program, but wanted to make you aware of what I have already found in calling wedding dances myself. Unless it is all dancers, keep it simple and short. If you do the Fan Dance you can run that a long time. That one traditionally runs long. Dave Colestock www.davecolestock.com www.frolicinthefall.freeservers.com --- On Wed, 7/29/09, Luke Donev <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Luke Donev <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] requesting wedding program feedback > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 6:56 PM > Hello, > > Some friends have asked me to call some contra dances at > their wedding. > There will be lots of dancers in the crowd, but not > everyone will be > familiar with contra. > > I've put together a schedule for my portion of the evening, > two contra sets > bracketing the cake cutting and some international folk > dance and Klesmer > (I'm only responsible for the contra). > > I'm planning on ~ 5 minutes to find partners and teach > dances, and running > the dances for ~10 minutes. The exception being the circle > mixer after the > snowball waltz, where folks keep there last waltz parter > and move into a > circle and teach the circle mixer quickly (~2 minutes) to > keep people on the > dance floor. > > The program is available as a google document at *http://tinyurl.com/mqlwa6. > *I'd appreciate any feedback folks want to share, and would > request comments > to me off-list to avoid clogging inboxes. (I'll add know > that Star Trek was > specifically requested by the bride.) > > Thanks! > > -- > Luke Donev > http://www.lukedonev.com > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
