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**under par** · 11th-May-2005, 07:57 AM

For all the beginner leaders out there and for those we hope to join us in the future I feel strongly that we should encourage any chance to practice the moves learned with as much personal tuition as possible.

A consolidation class is a good thing.

It enables novice leaders an extra bit of practice hopefully with some help to go over a lesson just taught whilst the more advanced dancers get on with their second lesson.

All help and additional tuition can only be a benefit and hopefully encourage new leaders to return and persist at what we all know to be an initially awesome task of learning to dance well with numerous partners.

I started a thread some while back asking what we can do to encourage new leaders to stay within MJ, it is vitally important that all venues do their utmost to retain them and good consolidation classes could and should help.

You only have to visit most classes and all weekenders to see anything from 10 to 75 (yes 75 women over at one lesson at Camber) more followers than leaders.

So for the confident cynics out there, please don't knock the consolidation classes, they are there for the less confident absolute beginner who hasn't a clue what is happening to him( do you not remember those first few weeks and months ? I do!!!!)

Some consolidation classes maybe better than others but anything is better than move OVERLOAD, doing the second class too early!

Having given up dancing myself twice for over six months a time I know how close I came to giving it up altogether.

Circumstances where such that I persevered and consolidation classes did help a lot so please don't knock it just because you are now too good to benefit from them,
Please allow novices the chance to learn from them and gain additional confidence which may make them stay with MJ.

11th-May-2005, 07:57 AM	#9 (permalink)
under par Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Worthing Posts: 5,960 Status: No Status Rep Power: 5 Rep.: 2420	Re: What happens in a consolidation class? For all the beginner leaders out there and for those we hope to join us in the future I feel strongly that we should encourage any chance to practice the moves learned with as much personal tuition as possible. A consolidation class is a good thing. It enables novice leaders an extra bit of practice hopefully with some help to go over a lesson just taught whilst the more advanced dancers get on with their second lesson. All help and additional tuition can only be a benefit and hopefully encourage new leaders to return and persist at what we all know to be an initially awesome task of learning to dance well with numerous partners. I started a thread some while back asking what we can do to encourage new leaders to stay within MJ, it is vitally important that all venues do their utmost to retain them and good consolidation classes could and should help. You only have to visit most classes and all weekenders to see anything from 10 to 75 (yes 75 women over at one lesson at Camber) more followers than leaders. So for the confident cynics out there, please don't knock the consolidation classes, they are there for the less confident absolute beginner who hasn't a clue what is happening to him( do you not remember those first few weeks and months ? I do!!!!) Some consolidation classes maybe better than others but anything is better than move OVERLOAD, doing the second class too early! Having given up dancing myself twice for over six months a time I know how close I came to giving it up altogether. Circumstances where such that I persevered and consolidation classes did help a lot so please don't knock it just because you are now too good to benefit from them, Please allow novices the chance to learn from them and gain additional confidence which may make them stay with MJ.