Greg, I think the same-dance twice idea is BRILLIANT!! -------------------- Lindsay Morris CEO, TSMworks Tel. 1-859-539-9900 lind...@tsmworks.com
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Winston, Alan P. <wins...@slac.stanford.edu>wrote: > Congratulations, Danielle, on your first full evening. > > What I do: > > - I have a file of easy contra dances with me. > - I know a bunch of one-night-stand (super easy, often whole-set rather > than duple-minor) dances, including mixers, and will whip them out when > necessary. > - Even without a bunch of beginners, no battle plan survives initial > contact with the energy. Always evaluate how your program is going, > whether the next dance you had is what's best for the people on the floor, > etc. > (Sometimes they can handle more than you thought they could.) > > I echo Andrea's point that as you develop as a caller you'll be able to > teach beginners more in less time. > > -- Alan > > ________________________________________ > From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net [callers-boun...@sharedweight.net] > On Behalf Of Danielle Boudreau [elle.boudr...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 10:16 AM > To: call...@sharedweight.net > Subject: [Callers] Programming on-the-fly > > Good morning, > > My name is Danielle, and I am a new caller in New Mexico. I just called my > first full evening last night. We ended up having a rather large group of > beginners, so much so that I could use neither my planned program nor even > my backup program that I thought would be appropriate for a mixed crowd. I > ended up programming on the fly, which didn't go as smoothly as I would > have liked. > > I'd love to hear what other callers do in this situation, or how they are > able to avoid it with prep work beforehand. > > Thanks! > Danielle > > -- > Danielle Boudreau > <d...@unm.edu> elle.boudr...@gmail.com > cell: (505) 377-3071 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
