[Callers] Dance length/dances per evening

[Ryan Smith via Callers]

"If you decide on a number of times through and actually count, you can
stick to that pretty well, but if you decide a running time, it is much
more difficult to stay on track of the time and warn the band three times
before you want to end, etc."

I couldn't disagree more.  I have always used a stopwatch to keep track of
how long I'm running the dance, and since one time through the dance is
close enough to 30 seconds as to make it not matter, I signal the band 3
more times at whichever B2 is closest to one and a half minutes (usually
6.5 minutes since we started) from my target time (usually 8 minutes).  I
don't count times through or use marker couples or anything like that
because I don't need the distractions.  If I were counting, I would
definitely have a moment where some couple needed my help and I'd be
figuring out what calls would best put them back on the right track and
forget whether I was on 5 or 7, and then I'd probably end up running the
dance too long thinking I was on 16 times through, when it was really 20.

If counting works for you, that's great.  For people like me, having a
target length is much simpler.
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