Supporting Community Growth and Continuance
How do you bring up a ticklish issue, and continue the conversation with options for each person to consider for themselves instead of devolving into a blame-fest? This is a thread from the Milwaukee Swing Dance forum (CCSwing.com) of which I’m a member.
(Leads are the men, Follows are the women.)
Somebody had to bring this up!!
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Many of us have noticed that very few leads actually ask the follows to dance. In the past, wasn’t it customary for the follow to wait to be asked by the lead? Or am I missing something? Lately all the leads stand around and wait to be asked. If you are not an agressive follow you are basically out of luck. I am bringing this up because there are many follows who are ready to leave our scene as a result, and I would like your opinion.
Sarah
RE: Somebody had to bring this up!!
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I’ve noticed the same shift, and hope to help make it temporary by stepping up my own recruiting of Leads. For awhile it was hilarious the number of men who appeared at Maureen’s beginner classes under my encouragement. Maureen wondered what I was using as bait. (Read on …)
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