Several minutes could be saved each evening (maybe time for an extra dance) if people would take hands four as soon as they lined up
________________________________ From: Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 8:54 AM Subject: Re: [Callers] How to devise a program On Tue, Sep 17, 2013, Greg McKenzie wrote: > > I try to shave a minute, if possible, off of the walk-through and teaching > time. This is one reason I don't teach from the mike and leave this job to > the regulars. It just makes sense to keep things moving. I do NOT shave > time off of the set formation and socializing time. I see this time as > part of the dancer socializing time that belongs to them. When callers try > to quiet the crowd too early it encourages the dancers to ignore them. You > have to strike a careful balance. I also try to shave off about one time > through the tune by ending the dance sooner. That's about half a minute. One easy way of shaving time from the walkthrough that I wish more callers would use: *Don't* have dancers return to their starting points, just start the dance from the place the walkthrough lands. That can save up to thirty seconds. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
