the perfect last dance is the one where dancers go away happy. i tell the band to save their very best piece for last, and i call a really easy dance. that goes double for the end of the first half - EASY dance means beginners go away feeling good, HOT music makes the regulars happy. barb :-)
> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 17:30:07 -0700 > From: ka...@sbcglobal.net > To: call...@sharedweight.net > Subject: [Callers] Good ending dances > > Time and again, I find myself wondering what makes a dance a good one > for ending an evening. Looking at lists like Seth Tepfer's "Groovin' > Dances to End an Evening" > (http://www.dancerhapsody.com/handouts/DanceEndEvening3.pdf), it's hard > to see what the dances he singles out have in common with each other. > Some are balancey, some oozy, some have lots of swings, some only one, > levels of complexity vary widely, some end with a partner swing and some > don't... Is it just a total crapshoot, a conjunction of a good tune and > happy dancers, or something actually inherent in the dance pattern? > > Speak, o hive mind, upon this subject. > > Kalia > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
