Talk:Youth square dance

message: The article says ″At many adult square dance clubs and events, dancers are expected to come with a partner, and dance mostly, in some cases exclusively, with that partner. A dancer who comes without a partner may be accommodated in some cases (e.g., a single guest dancer) by matching him or her up with somebody else so that they can be treated as a couple for the duration of the event. In other cases, he or she may simply not be able to dance.″
I'm not sure where the author of this statement is from, but wherever I've danced in the past 15 years in Western Canada and USA, I find fewer and fewer couples clubs; perhaps this is due to the increasing number of widowed and divorced dancers.  It is more common that a couple dance the first and last dance with their partner, and in between dance with a number of partners. Many dances and square dance conventions use various systems —-- such as a singles seating area —-- to make it easy to find a partner.  It is incredibly rude that a single dancer ″may simply not be able to dance″.
Graywriter (talk) 01:46, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: A question about content

message: I changed the link from pointing to a new article on "Challenge square dancing" to instead linking to the section of the western square dance article that has to do with program lists.  I do not believe that "Challenge square dancing" should have a separate article.  I realize that there are many "Challenge-level events", etc.  but then there are dances and events that focus on other levels too.  So what is the result?  Articles on Basic square dancing, advanced square dancing, etc.?
I think it would be a great disservice to the square dance community to begin dividing it up into little pieces where it is not absolutely necessary.  And I think this is pushing the limit.
If you want to draw attention that there is a "cultural" divide (that we know as "challenge dancing") couldn't it be satisfied by a simple sentence or two (at the most) in the section on program lists?  I think it could!  If necessary at all to do so, and I don't really think it is.  SFDan 10:42, September 10, 2005 (UTC)
I disagree -- not only is there is just as much a "cultural divide" between Challenge and non-Challenge as there is between Youth or Gay and the average club, but there are tons of things that could be written in an article about Challenge square dancing that would easily overwhelm the current general square dancing and western square dancing articles.  Is it "absolutely necessary" to "divide up the community" by having separate articles for Youth or Gay dancing?  Certainly not, and certainly those could have been created as sections within a more general article.  It probably doesn't matter much either way, but wherever links to "challenge square dancing" point, it should definitely be something more than just the list of programs with an extra sentence!  Joe Dehn
: So write a good encyclopedic article on the subject, just don't leave a red link here for long, or even better write a short sentence (or two or three) on the western sqare dance page until you have written the article, and then when the article is written switch over.  SFDan 06:07, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
::I didn't create any link for challenge -- I think that was Shimon.  I have no objection to the link as it is now (to the program lists section) as a temporary measure.  My objection was to the idea that Challenge dancing was somehow less "deserving" of a separate article than other topics.  Sure, switching the link to that article can wait until somebody writes it!  (No, I don't have time today...)  Joe Dehn
:::There is now a Challenge square dance article, with some basic information. The external links given on that page should be a good starting point for a more in-depth article.  I share User:Sfdan's concern about overly-fragmenting the square dance articles, but I think the current organization allows us to keep the main MWSD article more focused.  C. Scott Ananian 18:44, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
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