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Patricia Ruggiero

RE: Difference Between Briefing a dance and Recapping a Dance

March 8, 2006, 5:05 p.m. (Message 44571, in reply to message 44570)

Chris wrote:
  
> In short, by the time a ball or dance finally arrives, all I 
> want and all I  
> expect is a crisp and accurate reminder of how the dance 
> goes.  A  short 
> briefing or recap, in other words. 
>  
> Frankly, I feel I owe it to my fellow dancers to study the 
> dances as well  as 
> I can before a dance.

Well said, Chris.  I'll add that it's my experience that if one doesn't know
a complicated dance before the briefing, one is not likely to learn it from
same; therefore, long and detailed briefings (a contradiction in terms) are
not of benefit to those who don't know the dance, while being an irritant to
those who do.

Pat
Charlottesville, Virginia USA