[Organizers] Organizers Digest, Vol 28, Issue 13

[Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Organizers]

Yes! Please do share!

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> On Apr 5, 2017, at 2:17 PM, Emily Addison via Organizers <organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> ​Hi Dana (Monteplier) and fellow organizers!
> 
> I'm digging back into my inbox for interesting things I had read but couldn't get to.
> 
> Anyway, I think your dance series sounds really innovative and quite neat. :)
> 
> I love the idea of the little skits.  We did just one back in the fall on how to hold your partner... just before the break in the dance.  This because lots of our regulars pull on shoulders etc.... even though many go to the beginner lesson to help out, we wanted to get the message clearly but in a fun way out to everyone.
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> I'm curious - do you have a running list of what you've done for skits? How you've covered those subjects?
> 
> It would be neat to do a group sharing of ideas if others are also interested!
> 
> Emily
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>> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 17:09:02 -0500
>> From: Dana Dwinell-Yardley via Organizers
>>         <organizers at lists.sharedweight.net>
>> To: organizers at lists.sharedweight.net
>> Subject: Re: [Organizers] Organizers meeting at Flurry.
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>> Hi friends,
>> 
>> I missed this session at Flurry, but my co-organizer, Alice Smolinsky, was
>> telling me about it! We run the Montpelier Contra Exchange dance (
>> www.contraexchange.org) together, along with four other folks.
>> 
>> We are the series that does half contra, half featured dance. We do contra
>> for the first half, and it's a long half: 8?9:45. Then we have a short
>> workshop on the featured dance from 9:45 to 10. Then we take a break, and
>> come back for 45 minutes of the featured dance (swing, Cajun, waltz, etc)
>> from 10:15 to 11.
>> 
>> We also do the organizer-led skits on various aspects of being a better
>> dancer: asking your partner if they prefer twirls, listening to the caller
>> and not chatting, being a "dance ambassador" and looking out for the
>> benefit of the whole hall, etc. We believe that it's powerful when teaching
>> moments come from the "laypeople" ? dancers/organizers ? not just the
>> caller.
>> 
>> Let us know if you have more questions about our unusual but super friendly
>> little dance!
>> 
>> Dan
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