based on the list below it appears that the Knoxville Tn group does not have a workshop, but that is incorrect. We are a smaller group and do not always have newcomers at our dance. Correction: we usually have a few new dancers but frequently they show up later in the evening. If there are no new dancers there before the dance begins, we do not hold the workshop.
> > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:11:13 -0400 > From: Jeff Kaufman <[email protected]> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Glen Echo FND beginner lesson plan > Message-ID: > <CAK36jCN1aX=R7yCJVDnR0+b0jM_DSCe5a7_Z8z=xmodrjz4...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > The regular evening dances we've played, with workshop status: > > Amherst MA: workshop > Grey Eagle, Asheville NC: no workshop > BIDA in Cambridge MA: workshop > Baltimore MD: no workshop > Belfast ME: workshop > Brooklyn NY: workshop > Charlestown MA: no workshop > Charlotte NC: workshop > Charlottesville VA: workshop > Clemmons/Winston-Salem NC: workshop > Concord MA: no workshop > Concord NH: no workshop > Cotuit MA: no workshop > Deerfield NH: no workshop > East Sandwich MA: no workshop > Enfield CT: no workshop > Glen Echo Friday: workshop > Glen Echo Sunday: no workshop > Greenfield MA: no workshop > Ithaca NY: no workshop > Jamaica Plain MA: no workshop > Kingston NH: no workshop > Knoxville TN: no workshop > MIT, Cambridge MA: no workshop > Medway MA, no workshop > Montpelier VT: workshop > Mystic CT: no workshop > New Haven CT: workshop > CDNY, NYC: workshop > Northboro MA: no workshop > Rochester NY: workshop > Syracuse NY: no workshop > Worcester MA: workshop > > I might be misremembering some, but I've tried to check with their > website where I could. About 39% had workshops. > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Greg McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: >> Jeff wrote: >> >>> I think the fraction of dances with a beginners workshop is more like 30%. >>> >>> (With the Free Raisins I notice when there are workshops because while >>> we're not generally asked to play for a workshop we do need to be >>> quiet and stop soundchecking. We've played dances at about 45 >>> different dance series, and think about 15 had workshops.) >>> >> >> Keep in mind that some venues have the option of holding a newcomer's >> orientation in a separate room. You may not have been aware of it. >> Nevertheless this does sound encouraging. I would love to see some harder >> numbers regarding dance series with no orientation session for newcomers. >> That would be helpful. >> >> In what geographical area do the "Free Raisins" play? >> >> - Greg McKenzie >> West Coast, USA >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/
