14 Mar
2016
14 Mar
'16
7:36 p.m.
Some of us call monthly community dances at the same venue, and a few
hundred dances, as Paul suggested, might be good for us.
Like Karen, I do tend to call the same dances at most of my One Nighters.
I slowly add dances to One Nighters, and occasionally remove them from the
least. If I have an annual One Nighter, I generally repeat most of dances
from the previous year and add a few new dances to keep it fresh.
Rich,
Stafford, CT.
On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 2:23 PM, karendunnam(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers]
<trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Paul wrote:
"a collection of a few hundred great dances for community dance series as
well as one nighters"
I just reviewed my own list. There are about ten dances I typically use
for a onezie or community dance, and if there are demographic changes
(ages, dancing capabilities) I might add a couple more.
A hundred dances would be overkill, and leads to the sort of "dead air"
I've witnessed at onezies lead by others. If you have too many choices,
you'll never have the perfect dance.
Here's a thought -- the link below shows "muddle and match" books for
kids. Infinite combinations, just turn the pages and pull together some
random combo for figures. (Some folks do this with fakebooks so they'll
have a bazillion sets of medleys.)
https://youtu.be/R0f6KA-yG7E
--Karen D.
in Grand Rapids
who replied to this idea in 2012 if not earlier