Chrissy Fowler has some great handouts for an organizer's workshop she
did at the Down East Festival. Maybe she would kindly share those with you.
The best advice that got when I was working on the two dance series that
I helped create was this: Make sure that you have a clear vision of what
you want to create and write it down.
We wrote a list of our goals when we started BIDA and it's been
invaluable to refer to it as we have grown and new people have become
involved. Read more about it here: http://bidadance.org/about.html
It's probably a little more involved than most people want to get with
their dance series, but it's an important thing even when your mission
is just "hold affordable monthly dances that people want to attend".
You can also encourage them to subscribe to the organizers list and ask
questions there. The list has quite a few people who have been doing
this for a while and would be happy to help.
Good luck!
Chris Weiler
Goffstown, NH
On 2/25/2011 12:47 PM, dhuntdan...@aol.com wrote:
Hi:
Someone asked me how to go about starting new contra dance series. Rather
than start from scratch making a list of everything to consider when
starting out, I'm wondering if any of you have a list or if there is an online
resource for this. Perhaps CDSS has something?
Donna Hunt
"Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should
dance." -unknown
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