On the very first cycle, there is only one session, not three. So far, we have put eleven new dancers into the sponsoring club, and have over 40 dancers in various phases of lessons. Our statistics would have been even better, except that the mistakes we made during our learning process ran off over 30 people. Our retention figures are not very reliable at present, because three of the new dancers are my own children. In truth, they have brought in a few of their own friends.
Children are only a small percentage of our new dancers.
But perhaps we are finally starting to reach the younger set. Our plan has evolved considerably since we first started. It is likely to undergo further changes in the future. We do think we have finally created a stable situation, after a somewhat rocky start. The magic of the plan occurs by allowing beginners to start square dancing when THEY are ready, instead of only once per year.