[Callers] How do you organize your Dance Card Boxes ? Categories or Other Suggestions ?

[Kalia Kliban via Callers]

Those of you who organize your cards by categories, what do you do when 
a dance falls across 2 or more categories?  Do you have multiple cards? 
Seems like that would get bulky in a hurry (I'm remembering Becky Hill's 
suitcase full of cards).

Kalia

On 4/8/2017 8:36 AM, Joy Greenwolfe via Callers wrote:
> I organize my box by how I think of the components of a program. So I
> have dances arranged by distinctive feature or slot in the program, or
> whatever features sticks out.
>
> I have my categories color coded by type of move (in the box, not the
> card, necessarily). For instance:
> Orange for easy or basic components, dark green for distinctive (doesn’t
> fit in other categories), yellow for smooth moves, light green for
> balancy, puntuated dances, pink for moves that trade people around,
> other formations, and ONS/family dance formations.    I use those color
> tabs that I can stick onto a card to make a divider.
>
> You might notice that I also have a split between swirly moves and more
> balancy moves.
>
> First dances
> Good basic
> Fun ending dances
> Allemandy and stars - basic, swirly
> Gene Hubert (yes, he gets his own swirly category)
> New (dances still early in my use)
> Down the hall
> First Heys
> 1/2 Hey and unusual
> Other Heys
> Gypsy
> Stars
> Swirling/wheeling
> Smooth progression
> UNique/unexpected progressions
> Wavy lines
> Petronellas
> ROM (Rory O’More)
> Box the gnat/star thru
> Rollaways
> Pull By hands/square thru
> Swap & Circulate
> 1/2 Figure 8s/Contra corners
> 1s & 2s, equal/unequal
> Trailbuddy Easy/diagonal
> Trailbuddy complex
> Unusual-Complex-Advanced
> Squares
> Other Formations - 4x4s, triplets
> ONS/Family - longways
> ONS/Family - circles, mixers, others
>
>
> In use, I’ll think, "Oh, I’d like something with a rollaway next," so I
> look there. Or if a crowd of newbees walk in, I can go to my easy basic,
> or any of my first few categories.
>
> You could look at your cards and see which ones clump up into categories
> of similar dances, and where you need to bolster your collection.   See
> what works for you!
>
> Joy Greenwolfe
> Durham, NC
>
>
>
>> On Apr 8, 2017, at 12:40 AM, Cheryl Joyal via Callers
>> <callers at lists.sharedweight.net
>> <mailto:callers at lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Jack !  What a great list !
>>
>> I like some of the ones I was stuck on where to put - e.g. basics.
>>
>> Appreciate it !
>>
>> Cheryl Joyal
>> clmjoyal at gmail.com <mailto:clmjoyal at gmail.com>
>> clmjoyal at aol.com <mailto:clmjoyal at aol.com>
>> 630-667-3284 (cell)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 7, 2017, at 11:31 PM, Jack Mitchell <jmitchell.nc at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jmitchell.nc at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> My current set (probably due for modification / update soon).  In
>> particular, I really need to improve the divisions in "smooth"
>> dances.  But it has served me reasonably well for a while now....  You
>> are welcome to what of it is useful.  Hope it helps!
>>
>> Basics
>> Smooth (with heys)
>> Smooth (without)
>> Orbits
>> Stars
>> Eyes/Gypsy
>> Ring Balance
>> Rory O'Moore
>> Long to Short Waves
>> Waves
>> Allemande (without waves of any sort)
>> Along the set (pull by's, zig zag, big oval promenade, etc)
>> Down the hall
>> Star Promenade
>> Square Thru
>> Tune Specific
>> Proper
>> 4 face 4
>> Contra corners
>> Multiple progression
>> Squares
>> Breaks
>> Singing Squares
>> Mixers
>> One Night Stand / Party Dances