Like Chris, I'm also confused about how this helps with low dancer numbers. I also don't see how 4x4 or 3x3 help, since if you only have enough people for a single line those formations mean more people are out?
Jeff On Tue, Oct 25, 2022, 7:01 AM Mary Collins via Contra Callers < contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > I think maybe a comment I made may have added to this. When I said I'd use > dbl prog it was specifically in relation to low dancer #'s and using 4 face > 4 or 3 face 3. Not contra lines. Rarely would I use a dbl prog unless I > have longer lines and doing contras. > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2022, 2:39 AM Chris Page via Contra Callers < > contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > >> I'm dubious about using double progression in short lines. >> >> If there's an odd number of couples in the line: >> In a single progression dance, there's always one couple out, >> alternating between the top and the bottom of the line. >> In a double progression dance, there's always one couple out at the >> bottom of the line. >> >> If there's an even number of couples in the line: >> In a single progression dance, it alternates between 0 and 2 couples >> out at the ends, for an time-average of 1 couple out. >> In a double progression dance with two individual progressions (like >> Awesome Double Progression Dance), for half of one time through the >> dance, 0 couples are out, and for the other half of the time through a >> dance, there are 2 couples out at the ends, for a time-average of 1 >> couple out. And you always do the first half of the dance sequence >> with the same half of the couples. >> In a double progression dance where you progress all at once (like the >> left diagonal right-and-left-through of Becket Reel), everyone's >> always in. But you only dance with half the couples, which is more >> noticeable in short lines. >> >> Cheers, >> -Chris Page >> Los Angeles, CA >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net >
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