<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">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. <div class=""><br class=""><div class="">I have my categories color coded by type of move (in the box, not the card, necessarily). For instance: </div><div class="">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. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You might notice that I also have a split between swirly moves and more balancy moves. <br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">First dances</div><div class="">Good basic</div><div class="">Fun ending dances</div><div class="">Allemandy and stars - basic, swirly</div><div class="">Gene Hubert (yes, he gets his own swirly category)</div><div class="">New (dances still early in my use)</div><div class="">Down the hall</div><div class="">First Heys</div><div class="">1/2 Hey and unusual</div><div class="">Other Heys</div><div class="">Gypsy</div><div class="">Stars</div><div class="">Swirling/wheeling</div><div class="">Smooth progression</div><div class="">UNique/unexpected progressions</div><div class="">Wavy lines</div><div class="">Petronellas</div><div class="">ROM (Rory O’More)</div><div class="">Box the gnat/star thru</div><div class="">Rollaways</div><div class="">Pull By hands/square thru</div><div class="">Swap & Circulate</div><div class="">1/2 Figure 8s/Contra corners</div><div class="">1s & 2s, equal/unequal</div><div class="">Trailbuddy Easy/diagonal</div><div class="">Trailbuddy complex</div><div class="">Unusual-Complex-Advanced</div><div class="">Squares</div><div class="">Other Formations - 4x4s, triplets</div><div class="">ONS/Family - longways</div><div class="">ONS/Family - circles, mixers, others</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Joy Greenwolfe</div><div class="">Durham, NC</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 8, 2017, at 12:40 AM, Cheryl Joyal via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks Jack ! What a great list !<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I like some of the ones I was stuck on where to put - e.g. basics.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Appreciate it !</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div class=""><div class="">On Apr 7, 2017, at 11:31 PM, Jack Mitchell <<a href="mailto:jmitchell.nc@gmail.com" class="">jmitchell.nc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">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!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Basics</div><div class="">Smooth (with heys)</div><div class="">Smooth (without)</div><div class="">Orbits</div><div class="">Stars</div><div class="">Eyes/Gypsy</div><div class="">Ring Balance</div><div class="">Rory O'Moore</div><div class="">Long to Short Waves</div><div class="">Waves</div><div class="">Allemande (without waves of any sort)</div><div class="">Along the set (pull by's, zig zag, big oval promenade, etc)</div><div class="">Down the hall</div><div class="">Star Promenade</div><div class="">Square Thru</div><div class="">Tune Specific</div><div class="">Proper</div><div class="">4 face 4</div><div class="">Contra corners</div><div class="">Multiple progression</div><div class="">Squares</div><div class="">Breaks</div><div class="">Singing Squares</div><div class="">Mixers</div><div class="">One Night Stand / Party Dances</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 9:20 PM Cheryl Joyal via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word" class="gmail_msg">I am at the point that I want to reorganize my dance box to be able to better program an evening. I plan to go to “categories of dance features”, and have listed what I am thinking for possible categories below. <div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">I am wondering how others organize their boxes - if categories, what do you include ? Do you file Becket and/or Double Progression separately from “dance categories”, or just note on card ? <div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Or do you have another suggestion ? <div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Possible Categories:</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Easy and ONS Contras</div><div class="gmail_msg">California Twirl</div><div class="gmail_msg">Full Hey</div><div class="gmail_msg">1/2 Hey</div><div class="gmail_msg">Down the Hall</div><div class="gmail_msg">Petronella</div><div class="gmail_msg">Mad Robin</div><div class="gmail_msg">Short Wavy Lines</div><div class="gmail_msg">Long Wavy Lines</div><div class="gmail_msg">Zig Zag</div><div class="gmail_msg">Balance the Ring</div><div class="gmail_msg">Box The Gnat</div><div class="gmail_msg">? Four Facing Four</div><div class="gmail_msg">? Becket</div><div class="gmail_msg">? Double Progression </div><div class="gmail_msg">? Unique (e.g. Wizards Walk)</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">Appreciate your suggestions !! Thanks - Cheryl</div><div class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">
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