[SCA-Dance] [SCA-dance] Notes from the Future of KWDS meeting

[Gwommy 'Bill' Holderman]

As mentioned during the meeting, if we are going to pay a professional to
come and teach, it makes sense to have that person be the focus of
attention. Therefore, having a master class is a good idea.

Also, it'd be nice to not have to worry about having a class scheduled at
the same time as another teacher that you're interested in learning from.

In the case that there are new people, I think that running a beginner
class against the master track would be best. Surely, there are some
teachers that wouldn't mind teaching beginner classes opposite a more
advanced class. This way, the less experienced dancers will still have
something to do in the case that the 'master' class is over their heads.

Yay! Dancing!
--Gwommy

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Justin du coeur <jducoeur at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:36 AM, David Learmonth <
> david.a.learmonth at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So, yes, as Adele said, I think that the first main objective would just
> be
> > to not have competing classes, so that we could all be there to learn
> from
> > guest teachers and each other.
> >
> > >From there, how much different would they be from traditional classes?
> >  Probably not much.  I think that they thus would fall in the reasonably
> > advanced end of the spectrum, and though they certainly wouldn't be
> > restricted to only laurels or what have you, I think there would be an
> > expectation, at least expressed class by class / topic by topic, of a
> > certain level of experience, and/or a willingness to proceed at the speed
> > of the class.
>
>
> Honestly, I think you have two very different goals here, which are so
> badly in conflict that they shouldn't be combined.
>
> That is, requiring it to be only one track of classes *and* making that a
> Master track is a very bad idea, IMO.  KWDS isn't just for the advanced
> dancers, and combining these principles really is a slap at everyone else,
> whether you intend it that way or not.
>
> Advanced classes are a lovely thing, and having *fewer* tracks on Thursday
> is probably not a bad idea.  But having only a single track, where a
> substantial fraction of the attendees aren't welcome -- that would, at the
> very least, prove divisive.  (And counter-productive in the long run: while
> they're not the be-all and end-all, it's crucial to attend to the needs of
> the less-advanced dancers...)
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