DC Lambda Squares Open House Summary
Sep. 11th, 2006 10:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisWe're freshly home from hosting DCLS' open house, a lead-up to the new Mainstream course on Monday nights. I think it went pretty well, despite both ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kent4str and I being utterly exhausted.
In a two hour session, we had four blocks in which we lead two squares (three newbies) through some simple square dance calls (in no particular order: circle left/right, into the middle & back, dosado, allemande left, partner swing, promenade, stars, pass thru, u turn back, right & left grand), each building on the prior where appropriate. The club wanted a full MS tip so I called the patter, Kent the singer; we put this in the middle of the overall session so that the newbies would be on their feet through the latter sessions.
I'm not particularly good at first nighters... I find it takes a vast amount of energy to maintain a social & perky persona --if you can imagine me perky-- to help overcome the newbies' shyness. Being extremely extroverted, even for a short period, requires a huge output of energy for me. Still, outside ofkent4str accusing me of being uber-perky through the first block, I think I held myself together pretty well.
There are a number of folks who are committed to the MS class starting next Monday but couldn't make it tonight so I'm cautiously optimistic we'll have a better attendance next week.
kent4str and I being utterly exhausted.In a two hour session, we had four blocks in which we lead two squares (three newbies) through some simple square dance calls (in no particular order: circle left/right, into the middle & back, dosado, allemande left, partner swing, promenade, stars, pass thru, u turn back, right & left grand), each building on the prior where appropriate. The club wanted a full MS tip so I called the patter, Kent the singer; we put this in the middle of the overall session so that the newbies would be on their feet through the latter sessions.
I'm not particularly good at first nighters... I find it takes a vast amount of energy to maintain a social & perky persona --if you can imagine me perky-- to help overcome the newbies' shyness. Being extremely extroverted, even for a short period, requires a huge output of energy for me. Still, outside of
kent4str accusing me of being uber-perky through the first block, I think I held myself together pretty well.There are a number of folks who are committed to the MS class starting next Monday but couldn't make it tonight so I'm cautiously optimistic we'll have a better attendance next week.
