This question boils down, to me, to the question of "How much different does a dance need to be to be considered a new dance rather than a variation of an existing dance?"

I've heard the 25% guideline. (So 8 measures for a 32 measure dance.) But it's obviously not that simple. If I flip the A and B of many dances, they're danceable but clearly not new dances, just variations.

What are your thoughts on what makes a dance "new" vs "variation"?

-Ron T Blechner

(As for the database, having a way to tag that other callers have successfully called it would add legitimacy.)

On Jul 30, 2014 3:40 AM, "Michael Fuerst via Callers" <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> Who will decide what dances merit placement in the database?