3 Jan
2017
3 Jan
'17
4:35 a.m.
Agreed about keeping the dances longer than the instruction time!
My general principle is I'd like to have the time doing the dance be at
least 1-2 times as long as the instruction.
However, there can be exceptions. If there weren't then some awesome dances
would be lost. For example, there's no way to teach Hyde Park in less than
the 2:30 it takes to perform it (twice!).
Video of Hyde Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjHn1qviDkU
Jimmy Akin
San Diego
On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 11:09 AM, John Freeman johnfreem(a)aol.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hello All,
One of my basic rules has been to take much less time to teach a dance
than it does to dance the dance. I have had to watch my “bloviating” from
time to time, but I try to keep the teaching short and sweet. I have a
number of square and circle dances that I call and teach from the set. They
can be as much fun as the complicated dances.
Cheers!
John B. Freeman, SFTPOCTJ