And if you are in a reminding mode, it might be a good idea to remind
dancers that their next neighbor might also be just knee high. When my
daughters were 6 years old, they sometimes needed to kick their next
neighbor in the shins to get them to look down. Both old and new dancers
have been guilty of this.. The size, shape, and gender of dancers can
vary a lot, although species seldom changes... ;-)
Greg McKenzie remarked on 9/12/2009 9:41 AM:
At 08:12 AM 9/11/2009, Martha Edwards wrote:
1. Dancers might benefit from a mention in the beginner workshops
that they
should not be too surprised if the person they are to do a move with
is of
the unexpected gender, that it's just done for fun and is okay.
Forewarned
is forearmed. New dancers might think we're strange, but they won't
have to
panic and think they've done something wrong. Maybe they'll even
laugh as
they get the joke.
Good idea. But you might consider mentioning this to the entire hall,
rather than only to newcomers. It reminds folks that newcomers are in
the room and alerts everyone.
