28 Sep
2013
28 Sep
'13
11:54 a.m.
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013, Greg McKenzie wrote:
I try to shave a minute, if possible, off of the walk-through and teaching
time. This is one reason I don't teach from the mike and leave this job to
the regulars. It just makes sense to keep things moving. I do NOT shave
time off of the set formation and socializing time. I see this time as
part of the dancer socializing time that belongs to them. When callers try
to quiet the crowd too early it encourages the dancers to ignore them. You
have to strike a careful balance. I also try to shave off about one time
through the tune by ending the dance sooner. That's about half a minute.
One easy way of shaving time from the walkthrough that I wish more
callers would use:
*Don't* have dancers return to their starting points, just start the
dance from the place the walkthrough lands. That can save up to thirty
seconds.
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