1 May
2010
1 May
'10
11:23 a.m.
Interesting discussion. Here in central New York, I don't think the dancers
have a clear expectation about the number of times a dance should be walked
through (although generally there's a preference for single walk-throughs,
and little tolerance for more than two). The approach that I've decided to
take is to mix it up: use one walk-through for simpler dances and two when a
dance is particularly complex ... or when the dance is new to me, or when I
feel I haven't done the best job teaching it the first time. So far no one
has complained....
Katy Heine
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Walk-throughs
I've had East coast callers tell me in no uncertain terms that if you have
to walk it through more than once you'd better figure out a better way to
call or choose simpler dances.
But we're used to two out here in the Heartland, so we have all kinds of
reasons why it's better. Number one is that the two walkthroughs have
different functions - the first one to explain the moves, the second to show
what you have to do when you do them at speed.
The number two reason is that the experienced dancers are talking during the
first walkthrough, knowing that another one is coming...
Hmmm....
M
E
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Rich Goss <richgoss(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Bob Isaacs wrote:
> Just curious - what are the dancer
expectations where you call?
Often I find that is just depends on the dance. Our Portland Saturday
dances tend to have a fair number of beginners, somewhere around 20-30
percent (we get between 100-150 total) If I observe that folks seemed to
get it the first time, back it up and go. If it's a dance with a tricky
move, second walkthrough. If I've had to demo a move in the first
walkthrough, definitely a second with the feel of the flow. I always try
to
throw in a no-walkthrough sometime during the evening, with familiar moves.
On 4/30/10 11:29 AM, "Bob Isaacs" <isaacsbob(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> Chris Weiler wrote:
>
>
> "I subscribe to the theory that if I need more than one walk thru, then
> I'm calling a dance that is too difficult for the crowd. The main
reason
that I might
run a second walk thru is if there is a clump of beginners
and I need to get them progressed to new couples who can help them out.
"
Rich
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