Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote: > This brings up a question of how do we change things in the U.S. to encourage > a moving floor, even if it's crowded? Obviously, this would need to start a > local level. Your thoughts It's part of the Floorcraft/Navigation problem. Leaders must be trained properly. But many leaders don't train themselves much after they learn the basics. And some just don't care. In which case they must be policed. I myself have just begun speaking personally to the ones at my local milongas who misbehave. So far one just brushed me off. Another laughed embarrassedly and said "yes, I know, but I just got carried away with the music."
I am on a one-man mission to personally reform floorcraft in America. One man at a time. If the men in America will be MEN and and not tolerate poor floorcraft amongst our fellow men, soon there won't be a problem. If the men won't be MEN, then the women can fix the problem by refusing to dance with poor dancers. If the women won't be WOMEN and refuse to dance with bad dancers, then the Organizers can fix the problem by speaking to offenders personally. If that doesn't work, the Organizers can ask the offenders to leave their milongas until they can dance better. One female organizer I know, Marsha Kramer in Sarasota, Florida is the only one I have seen who prints a code with etiquette of milongas and navigation which she hands out at her milonga, and she also makes announcements in the middle of her milonga and reminds the leaders of the codes. Bless her. I invite any men who are willing to be men, and any women who are willing to be women, and any organizes who are willing to be organizers, to join me in my crusade to bring civilized floorcraft to America,one man at a time. Abrazos! El Stevito de Gainesville _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
