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Helmut Biesenbach

Re: Encores

March 16, 1995, 6:32 p.m. (Message 1322, in reply to message 1319)

If you have the opportunity to look  at older Dance programmes
(19th and earyl 20th century),  you will realize that they had
'encores' on the programme, ie you might find dances twice:
before and after the interval.  
I personally like encores because then you can do the dance either
'right' (if it didn't quite work the first time) or enjoy it -
now you and the other know whats coming (or are surprised :-) ).
However it is the duty of the MC to realize if the dancers want
an encore and he should not ask for one just because there is time
left.

Helmut Biesenbach 
Institut f. Angewandte Mathematik 
Univ. Bonn
Wegelerstr. 6 
D 53115 Bonn
Germany
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