12 May
2010
12 May
'10
9:02 p.m.
Hi everyone,
I have a question about dance length - not the length of time you run a particular dance,
but the length of an evening of dancing. In Chicago, we recently went from a three-hour
Monday night dance to a two-and-a-half hour Monday night dance. Some dancers like ending
earlier, some really hate it and others don't seem to care.
From a caller's perspective, will you generally
keep calling contras when there are three or four couples left? I know one can always call
squares or triplets, or ask the band to play waltzes, but I'm specifically curious
about contras. Do people think there's a minimum number of dancers necessary for a
contra line? I've danced in four-couple contra lines, and I don't think it's a
whole lot of fun. And I've been the caller at 10:45 p.m. trying to call a square
dance, which I'm not good at yet, and I don't think that's a lot of fun
either.
Thanks for any input you all have....
Meg