Many groups (at least here in the DC/Baltimore area) give 2nd dance free coupons to new dancers. What we don't do is track how many of these we give out. We do keep track of how many come in though, so we can't say. As a door person at the Glen Echo Friday Night Dance, I can say that on a given week we get roughly 5-10 2nd dance free coupons redeemed, but our new dancer workshops usually number between 50 to 100 (with maybe 10-15 of these being experienced dancer helpers).
Perry ________________________________ From: Lindsay Morris <[email protected]> To: A list for dance organizers <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [Organizers] Retention of Beginners We discussed this in Asheville, but we don't have an easy way to measure it. (We get 250 people at our dances.) Do you? -------------------- Lindsay Morris CEO, TSMworks Tel. 1-859-539-9900 [email protected] On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Paul Rosenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks > > I was wondering if you have ever thought about the percentage of people > who try out a contra dance at a regular series and come back any time > within the next 6 months or so to another contra dance. > > Would you say it's 2%? 5%? 10%? > > Obviously, it can't be very high, otherwise you'd be overrun with dancers! > > I think this topic has come up before but I'm getting tired of spending > all day at my computer and searches take so long anyway....... > > Paul Rosenberg > Albany, NY > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers > _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers
