[Callers] What makes a program varied, how important is that

2012-03-25 Thread Rickey Holt
Hi Callers, I have asked this question before and still I do not understand this. I suspect that it will take thinking about it several more times before I do. Here is my question. What makes a program varied and how important is that. Let me say that I am thinking of this in situations where m

Re: [Callers] number of contra dancers?

2012-03-25 Thread Hanny Budnick
Add all the inhabitants of my house: two. Hanny

Re: [Callers] number of contra dancers?

2012-03-25 Thread Dorcas Hand
The number would get that much more accurate if you did that survey for every night of the month - well, at least you would have a fairly accurate estimate of how many6 people have contradance in that month anywhere in the world. Since Houston dances on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays, May 5 would not

Re: [Callers] number of contra dancers?

2012-03-25 Thread Rich Hart
David, What do you mean by "regularly"? - At least twice in the past 5 years? - At least twice in the past 2 years? - At least twice in the past 12 months? - At least twice in the past 3 months? - At least twice in the past week? I say twice, because I assume that by "regularly" you mean at lea

Re: [Callers] number of contra dancers?

2012-03-25 Thread Michael Fuerst
163,000 Michael Fuerst      802 N Broadway      Urbana IL 61801   217-239-5844 --- On Sun, 3/25/12, David Millstone wrote: From: David Millstone Subject: [Callers] number of contra dancers? To: trad-dance-call...@yahoogroups.com, call...@sharedweight.net List-Post: callers@lists.sharedweig

Re: [Callers] number of contra dancers?

2012-03-25 Thread Michael Barraclough
Do we know what 'regularly' means? Do we know what 'contradance' means? In the UK there are many people who dance once or twice a year, every year, at events put on by their PTA or church. If that is regular then the answer is probably in the millions. Similarly, what do we mean by contradance?

[Callers] number of contra dancers?

2012-03-25 Thread David Millstone
[Duplicate posting to trad-dance-callers and SharedWeight lists] A friend recently wrote me, "I am trying to pin down an unpindownable number: namely the number of people in the world who regularly contradance. Any idea of this number, or anyone who might steer me to it?" I'm wondering if a