[Callers] How do you organize your Dance Card Boxes ? Categories or Other Suggestions ?

[Dugan Murphy via Callers]

Hi, Cheryl,

I've reorganized my cards a few times and each time I add new categories.
The guiding question for deciding whether or not to create a category,
which also helps me decide which category to assign a card that could fit
into two or more sections, is this:

What about this dance would cause me to include or avoid it at a particular
point in my program?

For glossary dances, I might be looking for a dance that progresses with a
California twirl because the last dance I called progressed with a star.  I
like to include Petronella- and Rory O'More-inspired dances in most of my
programs, so I go looking for dances with those, regardless of how they
progress.

I recommend asking this question of your own programming choices and let
that inform your card organization system.

Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.com
www.DuganMurphy.com
www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com
www.NufSed.consulting

Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 20:20:13 -0500
From: Cheryl Joyal via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
To: "callers at lists.sharedweight.net" <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] How do you organize your Dance Card Boxes ?
        Categories or Other Suggestions ?

I am at the point that I want to reorganize my dance box to be able to
better program an evening.   I plan to go to ?categories of dance
features?, and have listed what I am thinking for possible categories below.

I am wondering how others organize their boxes - if categories, what do you
include ?  Do you file Becket and/or Double Progression separately from
?dance categories?, or just note on card ?

Or do you have another suggestion ?

Possible Categories:

Easy and ONS Contras
California Twirl
Full Hey
1/2 Hey
Down the Hall
Petronella
Mad Robin
Short Wavy Lines
Long Wavy Lines
Zig Zag
Balance the Ring
Box The Gnat
? Four Facing Four
? Becket
? Double Progression
? Unique (e.g. Wizards Walk)

Appreciate your suggestions !!   Thanks - Cheryl

Cheryl Joyal
clmjoyal at gmail.com
clmjoyal at aol.com
630-667-3284 (cell)
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