[Organizers] Organizers Digest, Vol 26, Issue 2

Tue Dec 6 07:33:57 PST 2016

Hi, All...
Toronto attendance was significantly down during the 15/16 year, and it looks rather the same for 16/17. 

I'm wondering if the "good" dancers are preferring to dance at weekend events where the quality of the dancing is considerably better because of the skilled population that attend. 
Just putting that thought out there...

I suppose the only way to know for sure is to poll people....

-Elizabeth Szekeres 
Talent Coordinator 
Toronto Contra Dance 

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>   3. Re: Lower attendance this year? (David Kirchner 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
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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 <
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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:
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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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> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 10:02:01 -0500
> 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?
> 
> 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:
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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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