There were about 100 people in the lesson at Glen Echo last night, about
50 of whom were there for the 1st time.
Michael Barraclough
www.michaelbarraclough.com
On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 13:26 -0400, Read Weaver wrote:
> In the late '80s/early '90s, the JP (Boston) Contra dance had a
> beginners' session from 7:30-8:00, and charged a lower admission
> during that time to encourage everyone, new and experienced, to come.
> That stopped some time while I was away ('93-'00), not sure when.
> Now, If we happen to know we'll have a bunch of new folks we'll have
> them come early and have a beginners' session before 7:30, and if we
> find ourselves with a bunch of newbies we'll sometimes do something
> during the break. We've always had a larger number of newcomers than
> most established dances.
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