strathspey@strathspey.org:69467

Tom Halpenny

RE: Dances from around the world

Feb. 26, 2018, 7:11 a.m. (Message 69467, in reply to message 69461)

Thank you, Anselm, for the explanation of the dance selection process.  

I came up with an expectation of 7 dances selected from Japan for books 41
through 51, based on the Japan fraction of total RSCDS members, all other
factors being equal. Compared with 1 dance selected in book 42.

I am curious whether Scottish dancers from Japan who are strathspey list
readers have any insight why Japan Scottish dance devisors might be
proportionately less successful to submit dances that are potentially
selected?

Assume the number of selected dances proportional to relative number of
members.
Japan has three branches with 2017 membership: 640 = 239 Tokyo + 228 Tokai +
173 Saitama. Total branches membership = 11621.
Japan branches are 5.5% of branches membership. 
Looked at years when Japan branches were founded: 1984 Tokyo , 1997 Tokai ,
2001 Saitama.
So consider only RSCDS books published after 2000. Books 41 through 51
published 128 dances. 
Assume Japan membership proportion has been consistent over the period.
Expectation 7 dances from Japan = 5.5% x 128 dances.

Tom