You could try surveying the contra dancers to see if anyone tried English and gave up for some reason. And then find out what those reasons are.

On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Merry via Organizers <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
How do you survey people who have come only once, or who used to dance frequently and now do not?  How do you identify them?  How do you contact them.  And finally, if they don,t come to your dance, how do you motivate them to respond to your survey?




On May 7, 2015, at 7:49 PM, David Chandler via Organizers <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

This has been a difficult year for English dancing in NYC, with lots of people not dancing because of disability, weather, etc. We are looking for ways to get more dancers to come and join our community on a continuing basis, and want to survey dancers (those who came only once, those who came for a while and dropped out, and long-timers) about what might make dancing more attractive. Rather than reinvent the wheel we wondered if any other communities have done such surveys, and/or found good ways to expand their English dancing community. Thanks for your help!

I'll post this separately on ECD.

David Chandler
_______________________________________________
Organizers mailing list
Organizers@lists.sharedweight.net
http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/organizers-sharedweight.net

_______________________________________________
Organizers mailing list
Organizers@lists.sharedweight.net
http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/organizers-sharedweight.net