[Ansteorra] iso european dancers ??

[Laura Young]

"But two people have so far chimed in
with concerns about how to name a champion for an activity that,
except for a few isolated enclaves, seems to be dormant at best."

I only brought up competition because I was going down Lord Blackmoon's
list of concerns.

"That's when the critical mass gets formed, I'd think: when enough
people want to do it after court at an average event, "

One problem with this scenario is that court is often the last item on the
docket and everyone is scrambling to get out before site closes.  The
dancing this weekend was something to do to entertain the people waiting
for the Laurels (who were being as slow as possible on purpose, I know
:P).   I would have loved to see some dancing during the day at 12th Night,
although adding space for dancing would add another requirement to an
almost imposible set of site requirements, (location, price, kitchen,
seating, etc).  Sigh, never an easy answer.

Beonne

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Randy Shipp <randyshipp at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:23 PM,  <myfanwy at pug.net> wrote:
> > I don't think that the lack of competition is holding back the activity.
>  I'm sorry if I gave that impression.
> >
> > Myfanwy
>
> ----------
> No apology necessary, of course!  But two people have so far chimed in
> with concerns about how to name a champion for an activity that,
> except for a few isolated enclaves, seems to be dormant at best.
> Besides my original comment about not allowing competitiveness to be
> the prime motivation for any SCA activity (as opposed to fun,
> scholarship, fellowship, pageantry, etc.), it also seems premature to
> concern ourselves overmuch with how to identify and reward the best
> among a currently non-existent group of dancers.  The real question
> is, how do we interest more people in doing it, just for the fun of
> it?  That's when the critical mass gets formed, I'd think: when enough
> people want to do it after court at an average event, when the very
> absence of a competitive aspect makes even those with two left feet
> feel comfortable jumping up and joining in for a few laughs and a few
> minutes of enjoying period music.  I'm just afraid that a lot of
> people will be put off if they think they have to be "good enough" to
> get up and dance.
>
> I'm only going on snatches of rumors I've heard, but I'm under the
> impression that one of the problems that was faced by period dancers
> in the past was that the "good" or "dedicated" dancers lost interest
> in doing the simpler dances that could be more easily learned and
> enjoyed by the novice, casual dancers.  Surely, picking some easy, fun
> dances, even if they're a little anachronistic, would be a good start?
>
> In Service,
>
> --Antoine
> Barony of the Steppes
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