In the Montpelier/Central VT dance community centered at the Capital City Grange, we have the ongoing, very successful series organized by the Contra Dance Umbrella (CDU), held every 1st, 3rd & 5th Saturday, plus the Traditional series held every other month on 4th Saturdays, plus occasional "advanced" dances, frequently held on Sunday afternoons. As these are organized by separate groups, there does not seem to be a problem for people distinguishing them--pretty much the way Chrissy describes the Guiding Star dances. At both of these venues, the dance community is aided by relatively low costs for the dance spaces as well as a great dance community. We organizer types think it is excellent to have a variety of options, to satisfy people who particularly like one dance style or another, or who are put off by the large attendance and sometimes crowded conditions at the CDU's "zesty contras". --Tim Swartz
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:10:36 -0400 > From: Chrissy Fowler <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Organizers] Variety > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Have other groups tried things like this?? Would a > > pattern like "3rd > > Sundays are contras, 1st Sundays anything goes" be too much > > for people > > to remember? [2] Would it hurt our community, because people > > who have > > come to expect one thing from BIDA (contras) would come to > > 1st Sundays > > expecting that and be disappointed? > > > > Jeff Kaufman > > Boston MA > > > > You could think of it like dances at the Greenfield MA Guiding Star Grange. > Each Friday (or Sat) dance has its own flavor, in part because of who's > organizing it. > Some people dance every Saturday night, others may choose. > > Or you could think of it as if BIDA were organizing two different dance > series. > (As you know, NEFFA does this with the Thurs night dance and the Family > dance) > Third Sunday BIDA dance is a contra dance. > First Sunday BIDA dance is a wonderful variety. > Both are lots of fun. > You could even market/publicize them separately. > > In any case, you can't be responsible for people who choose not to pay > attention to your clearly expressed publicity information. > (If they are disappointed because of misguided expectations, perhaps > they'll tune in more next time.) > Plus, they might actually be pleasantly surprised by something unexpected. > Chrissy Fowler > Belfast ME > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers > > > End of Organizers Digest, Vol 38, Issue 3 > ***************************************** >
