> I agree that there are often too many walk-throughs and too much "teaching" > by the caller. At that point the most professional thing to do is to > apologize, choose a simple dance, and get people moving quickly to lively > music.
I'm not sure that after 2 walk-throughs the best bet is to switch dances. Unless you've got something you want to run in that situation without a walk-through, you're still not getting people dancing immediately. If you're trying to run a very complex dance, maybe you need to bail, but hopefully you're not doing that to newcomers to begin with. If there's one trouble spot after 2 walk-throughs, and you think the might be fine with other people, maybe just have everyone take hands four, walk forward a couple, walk forward a couple, take new hands four, and start the dance from there. -- Luke Donev http://www.lukedonev.com [email protected]
