strathspey@strathspey.org:27884

Alan Paterson

Re: Pre-Booking

Oct. 14, 2001, 10:54 a.m. (Message 27884, in reply to message 27876)

Eric Ferguson wrote:
> 
> On 13 Oct 2001, at 11:57, Malcolm Brown wrote:
> 
> > <...>  pre-booking <...> does ensure that the keen dancers get to
> > dance those dances that they want to dance <...> but <..>  other
> > people <...> get left on the sidelines because everyone else is
> > paired off!
> 
> As all Women are free to choose any partner, at the most one woman
> could be left "unpaired" against her will.   But can any Men divulge
> their strategy on how to avoid being left isolated as the available
> ladies pair off in twos?  I have yet to see any men joining a set as
> a two-man couple !

I have found myself doing that. Most often in class, where, as teacher,
I am always last to be partnered, but it has happened at balls as well.

Alan