Here’s a good way to sell square dancing (not!): a page of articles, where two out of three deal with dancer responsibilities and rules. Gee, that’s just what I want in a fun activity: rules and responsibilities. Whoops, the third article, on angels, just happens to be a list of rules for angels. How special.

This stuff on contra dance sound might be of interest, although it’s more relevant to mixing live music. For info more specifically related to using our equipment, see Hilton Audio’s “Sound” Information.

Interested in how contra callers organize their dances? Check out “Methods of organizing dance cards”, a thread on rec.folk-dancing. This has actually segued into a discussion of preparing for a dance (programming in our terms). Different folks prepare differently, ranging from completely written-out programs to extemporaneous programming (just like square dance callers). I find that I call a better dance if I have some plan in mind, even if the plan gets totally revised at the dance. I think it’s sort of like athletes visualizing a performance; it gets me focused on the event. Last week, the dance I called for Duke City Singles went well, and the dancers seemed to have fun with the “special shapes” tip.