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<p>In general, I'd say to prepare mostly the same easiness-level of dances, mostly different dances, a repeat of whatever the most popular dance was, and have a couple slightly more challenging ones - with progression, etc - up your sleeve but without any emotional
investment in actually using them.</p>
<p>Expect very little to carry over to a second dance five months later. Maybe more facility in getting lined up, but also (if you're lucky) they'll bring friends with no experience.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/24/18 10:25 AM, Allison Jonjak via Callers wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi all,</div>
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<div>I hail from a rural area with no nearby dance communities. This June I held a free community barn dance, featuring lots of Linda Leslie's "very easy dances". Through the magic of newspapers I was able to connect with a string band, and we had about 25
dancers, lots of whom left their email addresses 'so you can invite us again next time.' </div>
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<div>I'll head home for the holidays, the band is willing and the hall is willing, so I'm planning to host another dance. The question is: should I prepare</div>
<div>-the same dances</div>
<div>-the same easiness-level of dances, but different actual dances</div>
<div>-a dance or two that uses progressions? </div>
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<div>The dancers in June learned very quickly, and aced the proto-progressions in both Jefferson & Liberty, and Peak Bagger.</div>
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<div>How much of that practice in June do I expect to carry forward to November? Here was the program I wound up calling, <a href="https://contradb.com/programs/76" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://contradb.com/programs/76</a> , pardon that
the calling notes are mixed in with my followup notes. Here were the dances I had prepared: <a href="https://contradb.com/programs/71" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://contradb.com/programs/71</a> </div>
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<div>Thanks all in advance for your help!</div>
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<div>Allison Jonjak, M.S., E.I.T.<br>
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<div><a href="http://allisonjonjak.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">allisonjonjak.com</a> </div>
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