20 Oct
2008
20 Oct
'08
6:26 p.m.
Perhaps someone who isn't dancing should pay more, because they aren't
contributing to the dance by dancing...Or perhaps a caller who is taking the
time to learn to call better should pay less, because he or she will give
back incomparably more in the long run...
In St Louis, when we have a band that attracts a following of people who
only want to listen, we do charge admission at the door - for the concert.
We know when it's happening because they tell us they are just coming to
listen to the band.
But normally, if someone comes to watch because they aren't sure they want
to do this thing called contradancing, we let them in for free, and should
probably pay them to put up with us constantly pestering them to dance.
Also, friends and relatives who just came to see what their aunt or nephew
is always going on about, are not charged.
I wish we had a way to test for economic hardship and could have a sliding
scale, the way CDSS has for membership. But I can't think of a dignified way
to put it. In the coming years we will probably have to figure this out.
M
E
On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing <
winston(a)slac.stanford.edu> wrote:
Chrissy wrote:
I have been wondering about something lately and
wanted to know what
others
think, and what's usual and customary in your
experience as callers
learning
from other callers.
Say, for example, that I want to learn from
another caller and go to a
dance
specifically and particularly to observe what
he/she does. I am simply
going
to sit on the side of the hall and take it all in.
Do I have to pay
admission
for that dance since I am not dancing? Why or why
not?
"Have to" depends on local policy. But I really think you ought to.
Why? Because you're benefiting from the event happening. (Whether you're
just
watching the caller or just listening to the band, and not dancing,
nonetheless
there wouldn't be any point for you in being there if somebody hadn't
rented
the hall and hired the band and the caller.)
Pay the door fee and help the organizers pay the rent. I think it's only
fair.
-- Alan
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