Many years ago, our local dance had a teaching session before the dance started, and we charged less for people who arrived in that first half hour to encourage everyone to do so. We were also explicit (and I think this made a bigger difference) that we were doing that to encourage experienced dancers, as well as newcomers, to be there for the teaching so the experienced folks could help.

Read Weaver
Jamaica Plain, MA
http://lcfd.org

On Apr 13, 2025, at 2:36 PM, Amy Wimmer via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Does your dance group offer lessons before the actual dancing begins? We offer a half hour lesson (though many folks arrive late and miss some stuff) at the beginning of the dance to teach basic moves.