I've had East coast callers tell me in no uncertain terms that if you have to walk it through more than once you'd better figure out a better way to call or choose simpler dances.
But we're used to two out here in the Heartland, so we have all kinds of reasons why it's better. Number one is that the two walkthroughs have different functions - the first one to explain the moves, the second to show what you have to do when you do them at speed. The number two reason is that the experienced dancers are talking during the first walkthrough, knowing that another one is coming... Hmmm.... M E On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Rich Goss <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 4/30/10 11:29 AM, "Bob Isaacs" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Chris Weiler wrote: > > > > > > "I subscribe to the theory that if I need more than one walk thru, then > > I'm calling a dance that is too difficult for the crowd. The main reason > > that I might run a second walk thru is if there is a clump of beginners > > and I need to get them progressed to new couples who can help them out. > " > > > > Bob Isaacs wrote: > > > > Just curious - what are the dancer expectations where you call? > > > > > > Often I find that is just depends on the dance. Our Portland Saturday > dances tend to have a fair number of beginners, somewhere around 20-30 > percent (we get between 100-150 total) If I observe that folks seemed to > get it the first time, back it up and go. If it's a dance with a tricky > move, second walkthrough. If I've had to demo a move in the first > walkthrough, definitely a second with the feel of the flow. I always try > to > throw in a no-walkthrough sometime during the evening, with familiar moves. > > Rich > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > -- For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil chance, And the merry love the fiddle And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats
