[SCA-Dance] Dancing at non-dance events

[Nadine]

Is the population of the SCA aging?

I would love to see actual statistics.

Lowrie 

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> On Jan 21, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Ben Cogan <donnghaile at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Agreed, it is a prevailing trend all around, in Aethelmearc dancing has
> become quite rare as well.
> 
> We used to have it after feast, but gradual attrition took over and now we
> don't any more.  My extra comment comes that it coincides with another
> phenom, and that's the earlier and earlier end times of events.  Back when
> dancing actually happened after feast, the event closed at 11 or 12, and we
> were still there washing dishes until 1 or 2 in the morning.  Now we're
> closing the sites at 9 or 10 with the full intent off lights off everyone
> out by 10 or 11.  Now I don't miss the days of washing dishes until it's
> tomorrow, but closing events earlier has become our norm, and
> the dancing has suffered.
> 
> When I started dancing in the 90s we regularly had 40-50 people attend our
> weekly practices.  We'd have to yell at the gamers in the corner when they
> were too loud, but we'd have 4 sets of heralds in love going at once, now
> we have monthly dance practices, and wait to see how many people show up to
> see if we can have any dances for 8.  It used to be one the major social
> events, but now barely used.  I go less often myself now that I have kids,
> but it seems that we're not really getting new blood in.
> 
> Anecdotal, to be sure, but yes, your frustrations are felt,
> 
> Cheers,
> Brandubh
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, 20 Jan 2014, Sonya <patches023 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> However, when I have attended an event that is not dance
>>> focused, such as the ones listed above, the dancing is usually scheduled
>> for
>>> right after the feast and it only happens 20 percent of the time.  What
>>> usually happens is that court runs long or the feast runs long or both
>> run
>>> long and then everyone wants to pack up and go home or people need to
>> help
>>> clean up in the kitchen (which IS a very worthwhile thing to do) and
>> dancing
>>> is dropped.
>>> 
>>> Is this something that just happens in Atlantia
>> 
>> This is a tale I heard of a Dancers' Revolt event around Detroit.
>> Dancing all day, but they announced that combat would be held after
>> the feast and the ball.  So all the dancing wrapped up, and two
>> gentlemen fully armed and armored stepped onto the floor ... only to
>> be told that, gee, the feast ran long and the ball ran long and we
>> have to get out of the hall before 11 PM, so, um, sorry, but we've had
>> to cancel the tourney.  (One of the fighters may have been Midair,
>> from Cynnabar; he's been prominent as the M.C. at the ball at
>> Terpsichore at the Tower.)
>> 
>> If it was enough of a cliche to be the basis of a joke in another
>> kingdom at least a decade ago, it's probably pretty universal.
>> 
>> Daniel Delicious
>> --
>> Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
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