Dance History
(Advanced Edition only)
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There is now a "Dance History" tab on the SELECT
screen that contains, for each dance, a simple chart showing
you at a glance what weeks you have cued that dance at the current
venue in the last six months. For instance, if you cued a particular
dance here last week, the week before, four weeks ago, eight
weeks ago, and five months ago, the chart for that dance would
look like this: XX_X___X______________X___ (Last week is the
leftmost column, and six months ago is the rightmost. If you
look again next week, all those 'X's will have moved one column
to the right.) This sample chart shows that you have been doing
this dance a lot lately and might want to skip it for a few
weeks.
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An even easier way to pick out overdone and neglected dances
is to use the color coding on the SELECT screen. The dance
names are displayed in one of five colors, depending on how
often you have cued that dance here LATELY.
Each time you cue a dance, it is assigned a certain number
of "points". If you cue it two weeks in a row, it
gets a lot of points. But these points "evaporate"
over time, so a dance cued last week has more points than
one cued two weeks ago. Dances with too many points are classified
as "Overdone", and others might be "Frequently
Done", "Medium", "Seldom Done" or
"Neglected", depending on how many points they have
this week. If that is a bit confusing (or makes no sense at
all), take a look at it and play with it for a bit. It is
a lot easier to show you how it works than it is to explain
it. But it is very easy to use. You don't have to do anything
- it happens automatically.
Since I know very well that you won't agree with my decisions
about how many points is too many, or about what color is
appropriate for each category, you get to decide those issues.
At the top of the SELECT screen, you will find a color chart.
Clicking the label beside a color (not the color itself) will
open a screen where you can design a custom color for each
category, and set the point thresholds, too.
In addition to distinct colors for each frequency category,
the SELECT screen now shows dances that you have not designated
as "Preferred" dances (in the DANCE DETAILS screen)
in gray. This is so they don't stand out and catch your eye,
and you don't waste time reading names of dances you aren't
likely to want to cue. (You can change that color too.) |
