Lots of good thoughts in this thread. I've just read it all in one go
and found myself nodding to at least something from everyone's contribution.
I don't really see anyone offering formulae or algorithms for when to
stop calling, to change the amount/style or to drop out. The numbers
I've
Nope. Wasn't you this time, Colin! But you're in good company.
M
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>From Colin:
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> I may be the caller at Pinewoods that Martha Edwards mentioned who
> "had a policy of not coming back in - he would just let the lines
> break down". I think the caller's job is to teach the dance - and the
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>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:34 PM,<mhillego...@comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Thank you, Mac. I whole-heartedly agree with your approach.
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>>> Even if one could formula-ize this, I don't have the brain power to wor
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:07:55 -0500, Andrea Nettleton wrote:
> Wow. You guys are so mathematical. I do this totally on instinct.
> But then, I am much newer at this, so maybe this calculation is
> something I should be doing more analytically.
No you shouldn't - I totally agree that you watch
Feb 2011 14:04:09
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Subject: Re: [Callers] How much is too much? How little is too little?
I take a much different approach. There are far too many variables to try
to
attach a num
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>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:34 PM, <mhillego...@comcast.net> wrote:
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>> > Thank you, Mac. I whole-heartedly agree with your approach.
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>> > Even if one could formula
it more.
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> Happy calling!
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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> -Original Message-
> From: Richard Mckeever <mac...@ymail.com>
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> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:04:09
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ample an "intoxicating" swing. The next
move might be prompted with 1 word i.e. "Gents". That could be the only
prompt that time thru the dance.
--- On Fri, 2/11/11, Martha Edwards <meedwa...@westendweb.com> wrote:
From: Martha Edwards <meedwa...@westendweb.com&g
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.
t be prompted with 1 word i.e. "Gents". That could be the
only prompt that time thru the dance.
--- On Fri, 2/11/11, Martha Edwards <meedwa...@westendweb.com> wrote:
From: Martha Edwards <meedwa...@westendweb.com>
Subject: [Callers] How much is too much? How little is too li
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
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