Re: [Callers] Booking Ahead - (was ideas for callers about sidelines)

Kalia: Not necessarily, but ... in my experience, seriously ... yeah, it's mostly booking ahead. Dave: The coolest, hippest dancers I know are the ones who enjoy dancing either role with either gender - at least sometimes. (Not to mention that dancing both roles makes you better at both.) Linda: I have the pleasure of calling BIDA this Sunday, for the first time. When I got an e-mail from my contact regarding BIDA's community values, I was *very* excited. Greg: That's an interesting argument, regarding saving the dancer from an "icky" partner. I would retort, however, that is just a band-aid for a larger problem that the dance community should be addressing. I think introducing the concept of booking ahead to new dancers is a *bad* idea, because it gives them the impression early on that it's okay. I'd rather solve the challenge of on-boarding new people through encouraging experienced dancers to look for them, rather than falling back on booking them in advance. I've also noticed new people often sit out a lot, because they're shy/tired/unsure of protocol. There's often lots of opportunities to sit out, walk up to the person while they're sitting out, then invite them to dance the next one. (I think there's an implicit difference between booking the next dance with someone already dancing versus someone sitting out.) Lindsay: YES. -Ron Blechner contradances.tumblr.com On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Lindsay Morris <lindsay(a)tsmworks.com>wrote;wrote: