[Callers] Re: Dance organization?

Hi all, Regarding Seth's question about dance collection organization, here's my method. I guess on a grand scale, I organize my dances into mixers, improper/proper dances, beckets, double progressions and triplets/triple minors/other unusual formations. Within those grand categories, I organize dances by first figure, as I try not to have two dances in a row that start with the same figure. Within each first figure category, I roughly organize them from easy to hard. I have some double progression and mixer beckets, but I file them under beckets. One other thing I do, which I've found helpful, is to note on the back of the card the date I called the dance. I found that in the beginning, I was calling the same dances over and over again for a while. Now I try to include dances I haven't called yet or called less frequently in my programs. I also write any teaching notes to myself on the back of the card. Hope that helps, Bev (p.s. I'm getting the digest version of the list. I notice that when I reply, I don't get a copy of the original post. That's fine with me, as I just copied the subject line into this email. Hopefully, It's not a problem for anyone else.) ***************************************** The Witful Turnip wturnip(a)sympatico.ca "If you're gonna eat shit, don't nibble." - said by Tom Hinds re: calling square dances *****************************************