BIDA Family Dance Timing |
April 2nd, 2018 |
| contra, organizing |
Someone was asking how the BIDA family dance timing works, so here's
it written up:
- 5:00
- hall opens, family dance musicians set up on the floor
- 5:30
- family dance starts
- 5:45
- most of the kids who are coming are here by now
- 6:00
- sound person arrives for evening dance, starts setting up on stage
- 6:30
- family dance ends, start setting up for potluck
- 6:34
- tables and chairs are set up, people start getting potluck food
- 6:41
- everyone has their food
- 6:45
- evening band starts their sound check
- 6:50
- most of the kids are done eating, back to running around
- 7:00
- most of the adults are done eating, though still at the tables
- 7:05
- beginner's workshop starts by the stage, people keep eating
- 7:15
- people start cleaning up from the potluck
- 7:30
- workshop ends, evening dance starts
And a series of diagrams showing how this works out in our hall:
While this looks like very tight timing when I'm describing it, the actual timing tends to feel pretty good.
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