9 Jul
2011
9 Jul
'11
8:01 p.m.
On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Richard Mckeever <macmck(a)ymail.com> wrote:
I would be interesting to hear how other callers
incorporate other formations in their programs and how they and the dancer feel about it
Consider the size of your crowd:
1) For dances where the actives ARE active (compared to 2's and maybe
3's) you ought to run the dance long enough for everyone to have a run
at being active. That makes for a pretty long dance if the lines are
long.
2) If you have a pretty full house of contra lines, you won't have
room for circles.
3) Opposite problem for 4 facing 4's. If you don't have enough it
doesn't take much time to run through the line.
4) Squares: up to 3 couples won't be able to dance. That may not be
too bad as some will be on the edge of whether they want to sit one
out and will accommodate to fill out the last square.