Once, as the dance ended, I said into the mike "Do NOT take a new partner! I'd like anyone who sat out the last dance to jump up right now and find someone to dance with. Yes, you, sitting out: go! Go now!" and a bit more hectoring.
After 15 seconds of that, I asked everybody else to take a partner. That worked pretty well. ------ Lindsay Morris 859-539-9900 On Jan 16, 2013, at 10:22 AM, jill allen <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you as a caller or organizer had particular success in helping people to > find partners, especially when there is gender imbalance? I welcome comments > about the issue of making sure all are having equal opportunity to dance. I > recently received a message from our contra dance board asking callers for > suggestions on this issue. I believe that the organizers are addressing this > issue because we have had dancers leave after not being able to find > partners. I will be sharing your comments with our board and they will share > these thoughts with callers as they are hired to call a dance. > > Thank you! > Jill Allen > Lawrence, KS > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
