Contra Events Pairing Callers By Age?
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A friend
observed
a pattern where contra dance events seem to be pairing older and
younger callers. I looked over my
notes
for two-caller events in 2025 and saw [1]:
Two older callers: 33 events
One of each: 30 events
Two younger callers: 4 events
Seems pretty clear evidence of pairing, no? But this actually turns
out to be what you'd expect to see if organizers ignored age.
With 67 two-caller events there are 134 slots. Of these, 96 (72%)
went to older callers an
observed
a pattern where contra dance events seem to be pairing older and
younger callers. I looked over my
notes
for two-caller events in 2025 and saw [1]:
Two older callers: 33 events
One of each: 30 events
Two younger callers: 4 events
Seems pretty clear evidence of pairing, no? But this actually turns
out to be what you'd expect to see if organizers ignored age.
With 67 two-caller events there are 134 slots. Of these, 96 (72%)
went to older callers an
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