March 6, 2006, 12:33 a.m. (Message 44496, in reply to message 44484)
A nice sensible suggestion. I was once at a local dance (--) years ago where the habit was for the MC to announce the dance and give the recap. He then invited us into sets while the band played the intro. That left just a minute or two to sort the sets and then away -- . Quite strange but pleasant when one got used to it. And - one could sit out if it sounded too grim. It certainly helped incomers.