Hi, Luke-- I've been following this discussion on the sharedweight listserve with interest, but thought I'd just reply privately, rather than to the whole listserve. I do agree with Linda Leslie, that it's better to err on the side of having dances be too easy rather than too hard for the crowd. I believe that the most important thing is for folks to feel joyous and celebratory--which is much easier to achieve and maintain when everyone's succeeding on the dance floor. That said, maybe you could tweak your program so that the pre-cake dances are for everyone (i.e., easy dances, like whole-set dances and circles), and the post-cake dances are for "those who know"?
I'll bet it'll be a fabulous event, and I wish you much success in calling for it. See you in Ithaca soon, Katy ---- Luke Donev <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
