Re: [Callers] Dance length

Meg, This seems right to me as well. We've had dancing at jams or caller sessions and there's a lot of waiting (or inventive scrambling end to end) with six couples or less for a typical contra line. We've done it with laughter and good cheer, but I wouldn't prefer less than 7 couples for a "formal" dance contra line.  I'm glad you mentioned the alternate formations, triplets, scatter mixers & other proper configurations, are important for any caller collection. Laurie P MI --- On Wed, 5/12/10, Paul Wilde <zenyente(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Paul Wilde <zenyente(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Callers] Dance length To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 10:09 PM Meg, My personal opinion is that 7 couples is a good minimum number for a contra line.  This gives 3 sets of hands 4 dancing all the time.  6 couples will leave you with 2 hands 4 and 2 couples out every other progression. Good luck, Paul Wilde --- On Wed, 5/12/10, Meg Dedolph <mdedolph(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Meg Dedolph <mdedolph(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [Callers] Dance length To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 9:02 PM 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. Thanks for any input you all have.... Meg       _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers