Often when I close a ONS dance with a circle, I have the dancers find their
original parents for a swing & promenade.
Rich
On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 5:14 PM jim saxe via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Good advice from both Alan and Rich. I agree with Rich that you could
> rep
Allison,
Thanks for your answers. They were exactly on target at addressing the spirit
of my questions and were quite informative.
Thanks for clarifying that the issue about Mad Scatter was anxiety about not
finding new partners, and not about anyone being fixated on some idea like "I
want to
Thanks Alan, Rich, Mac, and Jim!
>> and have a couple slightly more challenging ones - with progression, etc
- up your sleeve but without any emotional investment in actually using
them.
"without emotional investment in using them" is very well-put, and I think
it describes my philosophy overall
Good advice from both Alan and Rich. I agree with Rich that you could repeat
more than one well-received dance from last time.
Alan wrote:
> and have a couple slightly more challenging ones - with progression, etc - up
> your sleeve but without any emotional investment in actually using them.
Allison,
I am with Alan on this. I would use several of the most well received
dances, and then add a few with a similar level of difficulty. I would
look for variations in formations to provide variety without adding
difficulty. Another way to add variety is by using different music, As an
ex
In general, I'd say to prepare mostly the same easiness-level of dances, mostly
different dances, a repeat of whatever the most popular dance was, and have a
couple slightly more challenging ones - with progression, etc - up your sleeve
but without any emotional investment in actually using them
Hi all,
I hail from a rural area with no nearby dance communities. This June I held
a free community barn dance, featuring lots of Linda Leslie's "very easy
dances". Through the magic of newspapers I was able to connect with a
string band, and we had about 25 dancers, lots of whom left their emai