Perhaps someone who isn't dancing should pay more, because they aren't contributing to the dance by dancing...Or perhaps a caller who is taking the time to learn to call better should pay less, because he or she will give back incomparably more in the long run...
In St Louis, when we have a band that attracts a following of people who only want to listen, we do charge admission at the door - for the concert. We know when it's happening because they tell us they are just coming to listen to the band. But normally, if someone comes to watch because they aren't sure they want to do this thing called contradancing, we let them in for free, and should probably pay them to put up with us constantly pestering them to dance. Also, friends and relatives who just came to see what their aunt or nephew is always going on about, are not charged. I wish we had a way to test for economic hardship and could have a sliding scale, the way CDSS has for membership. But I can't think of a dignified way to put it. In the coming years we will probably have to figure this out. M E On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:14 AM, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing < [email protected]> wrote: > Chrissy wrote: > > > I have been wondering about something lately and wanted to know what > others > >think, and what's usual and customary in your experience as callers > learning > >from other callers. > > > Say, for example, that I want to learn from another caller and go to a > dance > >specifically and particularly to observe what he/she does. I am simply > going > >to sit on the side of the hall and take it all in. Do I have to pay > admission > >for that dance since I am not dancing? Why or why not? > > "Have to" depends on local policy. But I really think you ought to. > > Why? Because you're benefiting from the event happening. (Whether you're > just > watching the caller or just listening to the band, and not dancing, > nonetheless > there wouldn't be any point for you in being there if somebody hadn't > rented > the hall and hired the band and the caller.) > > Pay the door fee and help the organizers pay the rent. I think it's only > fair. > > -- Alan > > > -- > > =============================================================================== > Alan Winston --- [email protected] > Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: > 650/926-3056 > Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA > 94025 > > =============================================================================== > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
