6 Dec
2016
6 Dec
'16
3:35 p.m.
My observations in Greenfield are much of what's been said. We also have many new
dancers, with the old group either aging out, finding other hobbies, nursing injuries,
etc.
One question: how politicized have dances becomes around issues like what a move is
called, what a position is called? On the floor, there is a steady hum of resentment
amongst long time dancers about these matters and some of this is also appearing to sour
people on wanting to attend.
Allison
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6 Dec
6 Dec
4:09 p.m.
In Atlanta, there's no obvious trend in attendance over the course of the
year. Here are the last few months' numbers (average dancers at each dance,
which is weekly):
April: 101
May: 80
June: 80
July: 121
August: 115
September: 109
October: 89
November: 94
I can't speak to the multi-year trend; I know Bill Porter has all that data
accumulated.
Lex Spoon
7 Dec
7 Dec
4:32 a.m.
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!important; padding-left:1ex !important; background-color:white !important; } This -
politicized - sentiment is NOT an issue in MI. Or in in any area I've danced in.
Including Columbus. It seems to be centered... and maybe self centered. All but one of
the national callers I've danced to have not addressed it and in fact have discounted
it.
In MI we are experiencing a decline. In all communities. Some to their detriment. Dances
in the areas have gone to one from two dances per month. And barely surviving. Thriving
communities are now in the black.
All thIs has nothing to do with the political issue you mention. I'd bet no one but me
and two others even heard about it. Or care. Or would care.
Is it economics? Some. I know this is an ebb and flow connection. Maybe we are in the low.
We have to see what trends moved the mid to high in the past and follow - follow .. and
times are achanging - so we need to change our promotion techniques.
In my personal experience over near 18 years, the main driver is person to person
advocation. Then it's extension to that extension from them. What I find now is that
connection dead ends. Before it branched out to a group of others that were connected to
the person,
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My observations in Greenfield are much of what's been said. We also have many new
dancers, with the old group either aging out, finding other hobbies, nursing injuries,
etc.
One question: how politicized have dances becomes around issues like what a move is
called, what a position is called? On the floor, there is a steady hum of resentment
amongst long time dancers about these matters and some of this is also appearing to sour
people on wanting to attend.
Allison
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