[Organizers] Leading Contra Dances in non-english-speaking countries

[Walker Sloan via Organizers]

Communicate with Susan Kevra.  She works in French and has experience in 
what to mix, and when.  susankevra.com

As a singer, I'm pretty used to Italian musical terms.  "English" 
language contra is already full of other languages.  I would tend to 
keep to standard English terms for portability across nations.

The lingua franca for air traffic control is English, for standard 
communication across all nationalities of pilots.

Mac Sloan
Thursday Night, Scout House, Concord MA, USA



On 3/3/17 12:04, Karlsruhe Contra Dance via Organizers wrote:
> Hi! I am in Germany and am new to event organizing. I have my first
> event planned for June. I have offered a few small workshops and family
> dances since November. An issue I have had with my smaller workshops
> (and am worried about my larger event) is language. With the smaller
> workshops, I just kinda wing it depending on who is there. But for a
> larger event, winging it is probably not the best tactic.
>
>
> I am wondering if there are a few other planners here that are not based
> in English-speaking countries and can share with me how things have
> worked out with for them. Do you stick to all English? or have the
> beginner lesson and/or walkthrus in the majority language? or everything
> except for the actual calling in the majority language?
>
>
> I am especially interested in the scenario of hiring a caller who
> doesn't speak German at all and curious if/how this will work out.
>  Incidentally, the caller I have hired for my June event does speak
> German, so it won't be an issue.
>
>
> tia,
>
> Rebecca
>
>
>
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