12 May
2010
12 May
'10
11:55 p.m.
What time do the dances start? Are people leaving because it's too late for
them on a Monday night? Could you start earlier?
At our calling parties, where space is limited, the ideal number of people
is 10 - there is always eighty per cent of the people dancing, and there are
never more than two people not dancing. With eight people, it goes back and
forth between 50% and 100%, so on average, just 75%. With six people, it's
67%. With twelve, it's 83% on average, but every other time, there are four
people not dancing. And so forth. So, ten.
It's been a dream to go through the triplet repertoire and find the good
ones. If you do it, let us know what you find!
M
E
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Meg Dedolph <mdedolph(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
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.
--
For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats
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
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