strathspey@strathspey.org:44503

L. Friedman-Shedlov

RE: Taking to the floor (I'm not altogether with Simon!)

March 6, 2006, 5:30 a.m. (Message 44503, in reply to message 44497)

On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Ron Mackey wrote:
> 	There were usually 16 -18 dances in a programme which left
> rather more time to socialise between dances and the halls closed
> earlier.  I remember having to curtail one programme as we were
> running a little late and the hall-keeper was exceedingly crotchety.
> 	Nowadays people feel short changed if they don't get 22 or 24
> dances in their evening.

Sheesh!  The norm in North America is 16 to 18 dances, and if there are 
more, some people complain (I've never understood why -- if the program 
is too long for your endurance level, you can always sit a couple of 
dances out).  When I was in Scotland, I recall it was more 
usual to have 20 or more dances on the program, however, they usually did 
not brief (or recap!) dances, so it took less time to get through the 
program.

/Lara Friedman-Shedlov
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA


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