New subject: Organizers Digest, Vol 28, Issue 13

5 Apr 2017

Hi Dana (Monteplier) and fellow organizers!

I'm digging back into my inbox for interesting things I had read but
couldn't get to.

Anyway, I think your dance series sounds really innovative and quite neat.
:)

I love the idea of the little skits.  We did just one back in the fall on
how to hold your partner... just before the break in the dance.  This
because lots of our regulars pull on shoulders etc.... even though many go
to the beginner lesson to help out, we wanted to get the message clearly
but in a fun way out to everyone.

I'm curious - do you have a running list of what you've done for skits? How
you've covered those subjects?

It would be neat to do a group sharing of ideas if others are also
interested!

Emily

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 Hi friends,

 I missed this session at Flurry, but my co-organizer, Alice Smolinsky, was
 telling me about it! We run the Montpelier Contra Exchange dance (
 www.contraexchange.org) together, along with four other folks.

 We are the series that does half contra, half featured dance. We do contra
 for the first half, and it's a long half: 8?9:45. Then we have a short
 workshop on the featured dance from 9:45 to 10. Then we take a break, and
 come back for 45 minutes of the featured dance (swing, Cajun, waltz, etc)
 from 10:15 to 11.

 We also do the organizer-led skits on various aspects of being a better
 dancer: asking your partner if they prefer twirls, listening to the caller
 and not chatting, being a "dance ambassador" and looking out for the
 benefit of the whole hall, etc. We believe that it's powerful when teaching
 moments come from the "laypeople" ? dancers/organizers ? not just the
 caller.

 Let us know if you have more questions about our unusual but super friendly
 little dance!

 Dan

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