Reportedly it was the feeling of the board that mixers are the best way to integrate
beginners and thereby improve retention. Thus they feel it's a good enough tool for
potentially increasing attendance over time that they felt they should codify it. I've
never heard of a requirement like this being enacted, although I understand that certain
New England communities tend to have one or more mixers at every dance. I'm afraid
it'll rub a lot of callers the wrong way. I'm rather certain it'll exacerbate
the ongoing problem here of experienced dancers showing up a half hour or more after the
dance begins (they're not popular with the regular dancers). What do others think?
Brian Hamshar
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From: Michael Fuerst <mjerryfuerst(a)yahoo.com>
To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Request about requests
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new policy requiring callers to program a mixer " What was the reasoning for this
?
Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844
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