Making Progress

[bjarvis]

kent4str & I called the square dance portion of Chesapeake Squares' open house last night. The prior Tuesday, we had only one newbie and her partner who was a lapsed CS member; this time, we had at least six newbies, not including repeat appearances from the prior week.

We also learned there would be another open house coming up on Tuesday, August 22. Being in the latter portion of the month, kent4str & I would be calling for that event unless some event transpires to force a trading of nights with Dayle.

The new folks are a clueful bunch! They quickly absorbed everything we threw their way in two separate sessions. It wasn't a particularly difficult list --by design, of course-- but I was impressed how easily they adapted. Now to see if we can translate these numbers into a new Mainstream class series...

I'm 95% done my lesson plans for the September-December Mainstream class with DC Lambda Squares. This draft largely maintains the CALLERLAB recommended teaching order with some modifications. For example, "cast off 3/4" appears before "spin the top" in my plan, rather than later in CALLERLAB's. I've moved "touch 1/4" and "run" up the list as well. Still, my adjustments are largely cosmetic and we have another 1.5 months to make revisions if needed. kent4str now gets to critique my draft. :-)