5 Aug
2025
5 Aug
'25
5:06 p.m.
You might consider a mixer to help get the newbies out of their cluster and
meeting other people on the floor--hopefully some of those other folks will
then ask the newbies to dance, and it'll be a less scary experience.
I feel like most dance communities with good beginner-welcoming practices
will do this already, but if you've got some friends on the floor, you
might ask them directly "hey, could you and some of your friends ask the
new folks to dance for the next dance or two?"
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Maia McCormick (she/her)
917.279.8194
On Tue, Aug 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM Casey Carr via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Agree with the things you listed and just had this
thought. If you do
two walk-throughs as you start the dance, some of them will naturally be
moved down the line to dance with more experienced dancers. Since the
swing is so important in getting people on the correct side of their
partner, I would re-teach the swing as I teach the dance.
Casey Carr
On 8/5/2025 12:07 PM, Gregory Frock via Contra Callers wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
Here's the scenario: You are finishing up a new dancers' lesson, and
will be starting the dance in a few minutes. In walks a significant
number (say 6+) of newbies, all friends who want to dance together.
Besides the two most common solutions, lower the difficulty and insist
they NOT do the first couple of dances together, does anyone have an
additional creative/elegant solution, enhancement actions to make the
basics more effective, or important issues for consideration that are
commonly missed?
Greg
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