[Organizers] University contra clubs

[Marie-Michèle Fournier via Organizers]

That's really interesting! Do you mean that you will partner with
organizations that do contra in other universities or organizations from
the same university that do other types of dancing?
Thanks!
Marie

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Erik Erhardt <erikerhardt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Marie,
>
> A little history for our group, then a suggestion that we plan to follow
> this coming year:
>
> At the University of New Mexico (unmcontra.org) FolkMADS (our local folk
> dance org, folkmads.org) put on 8 dances in year Aug 2014 - May 2015,
> then we formed a student organization and put on 8 dances, the last 4 with
> a student band Aug 2015 - May 2016.  We've had low attendance (10-30
> dancers, about half students), but with returning regular dancers.  We've
> put in a lot of energy without much growth, though the student band (
> http://www.clarabyom.com/rusty-tap.html) was a very positive outcome.
>
> This coming year we plan to *partner with other large student
> organizations and put on joint events*.  This will help guarantee larger
> dances, will help with advertising, and will get people who already know
> each other to dance together.  I think this will increase the appeal of the
> dance.
> We can also do more if we leverage ways to use student organization funds.
>
> Good luck!
> Erik Erhardt
> (505)480-4462  StatAcumen.com
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Marie-Michèle Fournier <
> organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone!
>>      I have recruited some of our younger dancers to start a contra club
>> at their university to help us bring in more people to our dances in an
>> effort to be sustainable. However, none of us are quite certain what's the
>> best way to proceed with this and what exactly to do with this club. Any of
>> you out there have associated university or college clubs? Could you put me
>> in contact with the people in charge so we can use their ideas and
>> experience with this?
>> Thanks!
>> Marie
>> ContraMontreal
>>
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