academie: Confusion at K12N

[Oxford, David]

What I HEARD (again, I wasn't there, I'm relying on my wife and some others) was
that some people were having a hard time telling if ANYONE was in charge.  Not
having been there I can't elaborate much beyond that.  The overall feedback I
got about the dancing from those I knew who were there was that it had A LOT of
problems, many of which seemed to stem from trying to do a
no-teach/no-walk-through/no-calling ball at an event so large and with such
varied skill levels.  I was surprised to hear that dances weren't even called.

Since I wasn't there, would someone who WAS there and was perhaps closer to the
"action" care to comment on their impression?  What I've relayed is the
perspective of a few dance-interested people who are not part of the "scene", so
I think it's fair to say their perspective is a little closer to that of the
"average" attendee.

Bryan


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Edvard Gayer [scavard at hotmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:29 PM
>> To: academie at pbm.com
>> Subject: RE: academie: Academie Heraldry
>> 
>> 
>> Scriptsit Bryan:
>> > >> I spoke previously about a blue baldric to indicate who the
>> > >> "dance master" is...
>> >
>> >Which is, I think, an exquisite idea.  I wasn't at 12th 
>> Night, but I've 
>> >heard from friends who were there that some of them 
>> couldn't figure out WHO 
>> >was in charge of the dancing.  Identifiability = good. :)
>> 
>> Really?  Wow, I thought we did an excellent job of NOT 
>> taking things over.  
>> I know that I did not make a single announcement, and I 
>> don't recally anyone 
>> OTHER than Arcturus addressing the crowd.  There are a few 
>> of us who dance 
>> better than others -- comes with practice -- and we did help those 
>> inexperienced dancers by telling them which steps came in 
>> which order.  Was 
>> that the source of confusion, you think?
>> 
>> -V
>> 
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