13 May
2010
13 May
'10
8:40 p.m.
Our Monday night dance in Asheville goes from 8-10:30, but we keep the break
very short....5 or 6 minutes. The Thurs. dance runs 8-11 with a 15 min.
break.
When I have to be up early the next day, I really appreciate calling a dance
that ends at 10:30 !
~Barbara
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From: "Clark Baker" <cmbaker(a)tiac.net>
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Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Dance length
On May 12, 2010, at 9:02 PM, Meg Dedolph wrote:
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I have a question about dance length - not the
length of time you run a
particular dance, but the length of an evening of dancing. In Chicago, we
recently went from a three-hour Monday night dance to a two-and-a-half
hour Monday night dance. Some dancers like ending earlier, some really
hate it and others don't seem to care.
As best as I could tell, I saw exactly zero answers to your question :-)
and lots of discussion about dances with small attendance.
Most (perhaps all) of the dances in greater Boston are 3 hours. Most are
8-11 on weekends and 7:30 to 10:30 on weeknights.
While slightly off subject, the MWSD club I dance with had been 3 hours
sine the 1970's and changed to 2 1/2 hours about 5 years ago. When the
change happened, it was a big deal. Now, it just seems normal. The
change was motivated by our caller who had to get home and get to work
early so ending at 10:30 on a weeknight helped him.
Dances need critical mass. If people are leaving at the middle break, and
you are stretching to keep things going for that last 1/2 hour, perhaps
you need a shorter dance.
Another issue to consider -- the cost. Dancers are paying $7 to $10 to
get into a dance these days. Will they be upset if the dance is
shortened?
--
Clark Baker, Belmont, MA
cmbaker(a)tiac.net
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