Ya gotta love Childgrove. They have been so supportive of our little calling incubator, that every one of our experienced callers has been willing to let one or the other of us take a slot or two to help us get some real-world experience. Now Peggy has invited us to call a whole dance!
It's in April, almost three months from now, which gives us time to investigate the deeper mysteries of planning an evening. I'd like to suggest that we start thinking about what kind of evening we'd like to present, and discuss what kinds of dances should go on the schedule (with substitutions if 20 beginners walk in after the workshop). We should certainly get input from our experienced callers, but I'd like to see if we can do the planning ourselves, then get it critiqued. Once we have an idea of the evening, we can each figure out which dance we'd like to call. Would that work?
I've run across probably a half-dozen really thoughtful discussions of how to plan a dance. I'll locate them again and add them to our list of resources (see the right column? Near the bottom?). If anyone knows of a good link, please post it, perhaps with a summary or review of what the writer has to say...
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Martha - and the hatachlings..
Here is what I would suggest - you have plenty of material to work with. Set a target date - say the end of Feb to have your program ready. Send it to all of the local callers for comments. Let us know not just what you are doing - but why. You will, hopefully, get a variety of different comments - some will be conflicting. This will serve for the discussion that leads to the final program.
I am available to help if you need it - as I am sure the other callers are as well.
Mac
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