A tip is a square dance unit of measure. Typically, it's a single session within a full dance in which dancers will dance to extemporaneous ("patter") calling for 5-7 minutes, then dance for a 3-4 minute singing call ("a singer"). The dancers will then thank the dancers in their square and take a few minutes' break before forming up in a square again for the next session. Each combo of patter+singer is a tip.
Just like technical conferences, we have birds-of-a-feather special sessions. These vary in size and may last 30-60 minutes, depending on the popularity. The bear tip is for bears & admirers; the leather tip has an expectation of everyone dancing in leather; the redwood tip is for tall folks, the munchkin tip for the shorter dancers, a women's tip for women only, etc.. Sometimes the hosting committee will make time & space available for make-your-own specialty tips: at the last big gay convention, someone (fuzzygruff?) organized a session of LJ members.
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Date: 2006-05-03 06:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-03 07:40 pm (UTC)Personally, I'd love a chance to call for the leather tip some day. Not this year, but some future time...
Practice sessions
Date: 2006-05-03 08:16 pm (UTC)\ebob
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Date: 2006-05-03 10:21 pm (UTC)Calling
Date: 2006-05-04 12:27 pm (UTC)Re: Calling
Date: 2006-05-04 06:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-03 09:00 pm (UTC)leather tip?
What's with the tip biz?
When Cults Collide
Date: 2006-05-03 09:49 pm (UTC)Just like technical conferences, we have birds-of-a-feather special sessions. These vary in size and may last 30-60 minutes, depending on the popularity. The bear tip is for bears & admirers; the leather tip has an expectation of everyone dancing in leather; the redwood tip is for tall folks, the munchkin tip for the shorter dancers, a women's tip for women only, etc.. Sometimes the hosting committee will make time & space available for make-your-own specialty tips: at the last big gay convention, someone (
Re: When Cults Collide
Date: 2006-05-04 03:41 am (UTC)yellow rocks!
(not that I can say much, not having danced in 6 or 7 yrs)
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Date: 2006-05-03 10:20 pm (UTC)