Posted by Steve Pastor on December 26, 2008, 4:07 pm, in reply to "Re: Keeping everyone happy"
Back "in the day", there was a pretty predictable pattern to which songs were next. It went sort of like: a slow dance (or dances) was followed by a couple of line dances, then a couple two steps, a "West Coast Swing", a copule of "pattern partner dances" (schottiche,cha cha, Horseshoe (a horseshoe ALWAYS followed a cha cha), a waltz, a slow dance or two.... start over again.
Although people complained about the particular SONGS that were played, this "pattern" of dances gave everyone something.
And, the "pattern" could be, and was, varied for line dance night (meaning more line dances worked in). AND the contemporary rock and r&b stuff didn't start till "late".
The "older folks" who knew how to dance (partner dances and line dances both) were ready to go home anyhow, or had already left.
Saturday, the non country stuff started earlier.
Oh, and I've never understood why there isn't some sort of process where dances that Joyce teaches aren't worked into the play list more.
I've had lots of people tell me (and I agree) that they don't even bother to learn new dances, because they are never played again (except for the following week).
Surely, some sort of system could be worked out for Thursday?
Steve
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