Do we know what 'regularly' means? Do we know what 'contradance' means?
In the UK there are many people who dance once or twice a year, every year, at events put on by their PTA or church. If that is regular then the answer is probably in the millions. Similarly, what do we mean by contradance? Is this the narrow definition of Modern Urban Contradance where devotees dance only in duple minor sets to 32-bar tunes. Or does it include English Country Dance (since both share the same historic 'country dance' parent )? Michael Barraclough www.michaelbarraclough.com On Sun, 2012-03-25 at 13:31 -0400, David Millstone wrote: > [Duplicate posting to trad-dance-callers and SharedWeight lists] > > A friend recently wrote me, "I am trying to pin down an unpindownable number: > > namely the number of people in the world who regularly contradance. Any idea > of > this number, or anyone who might steer me to it?" > > I'm wondering if anyone on this list has tackled this question, has developed > > even a crude methodology, and would be willing to share what you came up with. > > As for "the world," with the exception of the folks in Denmark and in > England, > I think we're really talking about the US and Canada in terms of any > significant > numbers. I can ask friends ub Denmark for their estimates. The annual country > > dance festival in Prague brings together several hundred dance enthusiasts > from > central Europe, though their definition of "regular" is certainly different > from > someone in the Boston or SF Bay or DC areas. > > David Millstone > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
