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Ballroom Dance Floor
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Only once around with each lady.
Then drop her off at the end of the line.
Men line up here
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Ladies line up here
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THE MIXER
The problem of too many ladies and not enough men can be solved. At most dances,
ladies out number the men.
We know that the most common problem at dance locations is that too many ladies
are sitting out too many of the dances.
They sit and sit and rarely get a chance to dance. We know that isn't the best
scenario. Well
there is a way
to solve this problem, in part.
In the past many things have been tried, Broom dancing, Stop the music and
change partners
dancing, Paul Jones
using a circle, etc. etc. etc. In each of these it meant, in most
cases, that the
man who acquires the lady dancer,
dances the complete dance for the balance of the music
at that time. Well, that just does not work too well.
What if the man is an accomplished
dancer and he now is with someone with 2 left feet for 3 to 5 minutes.
NOT GOOD.
He wished he never went into that mixer. Right? So, let's see if we can shorten
his time on the floor with
that dancer
and also give more of the many ladies the opportunity to dance.
This
is the method that I am
going to explain (refer to the picture above) and it is the solution to these problems.
A man at the head of the line takes the woman next to him at the head of the
ladies line
and dances around the floor only
once, at his own comfortable speed, he then drops her off at the end of the
ladies line. The
man now resumes his position
at the end of the mans line. But lines move
quickly and
before he knows it, he is again at the head of the ladies line picking
up a new partner.
The average dance is only about 4 minutes. In that 4 minutes this will give him a
chance
to meet from 4 to 6 different ladies
rather than only one. In this way, he may possibly get to meet
the right
dancer for him. It may be a Top dancer meeting a
top dancer or it may be a
competitive
dancer meeting a similarly experienced dancer from one of those 6 persons
that he
dances
with.
Now that will be much more interesting scenario, won't it. This makes for a lot
of camaraderie and fun in the ballroom. Dancers
are able to meet the majority of the people at the dance in one evening
instead of meeting just 3 or 4. After 2 of these sessions within a 3 to 4 hour
period, several things will happen. Ladies
will ALL be happy to return to the next dance, as they will be confident in
having more time on the dance floor. They might even find that special person
who dances in a compatible style and
now they can make a pair.
If you like the description, please let your dance owners know about this
explanation, suggested to you by
www.dancinglist.com , Tony Hornick. By the way, this system is used exclusively in many ballrooms in the state of
Florida
and the music played is usually
only Fox Trots or Waltzes during the mixer.
PLEASE LET TONY KNOW IF AND WHEN YOU USE THIS SYSTEM
OF MIXING GENDERS,
We will then give you some extra free advertising to get more dancers involved
at your dance club.
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