Amen to all that Greg said. Be less concerned about the number of times you
call, and more concerned that everything you choose to do or not do is
supportive of the dance experience, in the manner described by Greg.
On Feb 11, 2011, at 8:52 PM, Greg McKenzie wrote:
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> Martha,
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> This
Martha,
This reminds me of a situation that sometimes comes up when I am
calling to halls with lots of first-timers. It involves what I call
"excessively helpful" dancers.
These are folks who talk to their first-timer partners during the
walk-through and will give them instructions while
I take a much different approach. There are far too many variables to try to
attach a number to anything. The most important is how the dance is designed -
and I mean each transition - not the whole dance. That is far more important
than the experience level, difficulty of the dance or
Martha wrote:
> We had a discussion the other night - not about how many walkthroughs, but
> about how many times the caller should call before dropping out.
> Obviously, it depends.
> So, for the purpose of this discussion, let's assume a new-dancer to
> intermediate dancer to experienced
Hi Martha,
The situation here in NZ is a bit different, as we have no contra
dance tradition and it's pretty new here. I learn a lot from shared
weight and it's helping me establish the tradition that I hope forms here.
I'm trying to wean the dancers off being dependent on the calls.
Hi Martha!
My thought is 5 times through with full calls and 3 times thru with short
prompts. If the band is playing a 2 tune set I might stick around after the
tune switch. Sometime the excitement of a new tune will wonderfully "distract"
the dancers. In an ideal world in a 3 tune set I
We had a discussion the other night - not about how many walkthroughs, but
about how many times the caller should call before dropping out.
Obviously, it depends.
So, for the purpose of this discussion, let's assume a new-dancer to
intermediate dancer to experienced dancer ratio of 1:2:1. If
