[Organizers] Organizers Digest, Vol 26, Issue 2

Emily Addison via Organizers organizers at lists.sharedweight.net
Tue Dec 6 07:16:11 PST 2016 

Chiming in briefly from Ottawa.

We usually have about 110 paid attendees and our first four dancers were
all in the 80s.  A big hit for us. Our last dance was better but 'tis
worrying. Especially if a bigger trend.

We don't think it's related to the talent as we have a diverse lineup that
isn't unlike other years.

And while the political situation is on the mind of many up here, my doubt
is that is having an effect.

We too are thinking of writing a carefully worded email to our community
encouraging them to come out more often + bring friends (+ tips on how to
do that effectively as we already encourage bringing firiends but doing
that is an art). We were thinking of sending the email (if we do) over the
holidays along with some youtube clips of the dances.

We're also starting to push other outreach strategies we haven't used in a
while.

Glad you brought this up Marie-Michele and looking forward to more voices
on this subject as it's such an important one!

Emily





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> Hi all,
>     Both Montreal and Ottawa have seen lower attendance this fall and we
> got word that it's similar in Brooklyn. Are any other local dances seeing
> this too? Any idea what might be causing this? Since it happens to both
> Canadian and American cities I doubt it's the political climate.
> Thanks,
> Marie
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> This is astonishing information, as attendance at my dance in Deerfield, NH
> is down as much as 50% from its peak last season. The reason or reasons are
> unclear. If the poor attendance continues it potentially jeopardizes the
> long-term viability of this decades-old event.
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> Paul Pindris
> Deerfield, NH
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> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Marie-Mich?le Fournier via Organizers <
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> > Hi all,
> >     Both Montreal and Ottawa have seen lower attendance this fall and we
> > got word that it's similar in Brooklyn. Are any other local dances seeing
> > this too? Any idea what might be causing this? Since it happens to both
> > Canadian and American cities I doubt it's the political climate.
> > Thanks,
> > Marie
> > ContraMontreal
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> Attendance is holding reasonably steady here in Minneapolis-St. Paul. I
> think we've had a long-term decline from where we were 6-7 years ago, but
> certainly nothing like a 50% drop in a year's time. - David
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> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 7:25 AM, Paul Pindris via Organizers <
> organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> > This is astonishing information, as attendance at my dance in Deerfield,
> > NH is down as much as 50% from its peak last season. The reason or
> reasons
> > are unclear. If the poor attendance continues it potentially jeopardizes
> > the long-term viability of this decades-old event.
> >
> > Paul Pindris
> > Deerfield, NH
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> > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Marie-Mich?le Fournier via Organizers <
> > organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> >> Hi all,
> >>     Both Montreal and Ottawa have seen lower attendance this fall and we
> >> got word that it's similar in Brooklyn. Are any other local dances
> seeing
> >> this too? Any idea what might be causing this? Since it happens to both
> >> Canadian and American cities I doubt it's the political climate.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Marie
> >> ContraMontreal
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> My home dance on Thursdays in Concord MA has been way below average since
> the summer.?
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> I heard that the Amherst MA is needing to revise its pay schedule down due
> to reduced income.
> The Canadian data puts a torpedo in my previous theory that this is a
> Trump-related effect.
> Could it be that there are too many dances for the population?? Is this
> Great Contra Collapse of 2016?
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> From: Mary Collins via Organizers <organizers at lists.sharedweight.net>
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> Buffalo attendance has been down as well, however the last dance was up a
> bit.  Many of our long-time good dancers are not coming.  A suggestion has
> been made that the board contact them individually to discuss their MIA
> status, we have not made a decision as how to approach this as yet.
>
> I do know that in some cases there are "opposing" great events on our dance
> nights and we loose our out-of-towners (those that travel to our dance) to
> those.  There have been some family illnesses, travel etc. that have
> effected us as well.
>
> One question that has come up among organizers and I wonder if others have
> had similar thoughts...is a particular band or caller keeping folks away?
> thoughts?
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> Mary Collins, QCCD.org
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> ?Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass ... it's about learning
> to dance in the rain!? ~ Unknown
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> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Paul Pindris via Organizers <
> organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> > This is astonishing information, as attendance at my dance in Deerfield,
> > NH is down as much as 50% from its peak last season. The reason or
> reasons
> > are unclear. If the poor attendance continues it potentially jeopardizes
> > the long-term viability of this decades-old event.
> >
> > Paul Pindris
> > Deerfield, NH
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 8:17 AM, Marie-Mich?le Fournier via Organizers <
> > organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>     Both Montreal and Ottawa have seen lower attendance this fall and we
> >> got word that it's similar in Brooklyn. Are any other local dances
> seeing
> >> this too? Any idea what might be causing this? Since it happens to both
> >> Canadian and American cities I doubt it's the political climate.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Marie
> >> ContraMontreal
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