Many groups (at least here in the DC/Baltimore area) give 2nd dance free coupons to new dancers.  What we don't do is track how many of these we give out. We do keep track of how many come in though, so we can't say.  As a door person at the Glen Echo Friday Night Dance, I can say that on a given week we get roughly 5-10 2nd dance free coupons redeemed, but our new dancer workshops usually number between 50 to 100 (with maybe 10-15 of these being experienced dancer helpers).  Perry ________________________________ From: Lindsay Morris <lindsay(a)tsmworks.comTo: A list for dance organizers <organizers(a)sharedweight.net> Sent: Friday, May 2, 2014 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [Organizers] Retention of Beginners We discussed this in Asheville, but we don't have an easy way to measure it. (We get 250 people at our dances.)  Do you? -------------------- Lindsay Morris CEO, TSMworks Tel. 1-859-539-9900 lindsay(a)tsmworks.com On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Paul Rosenberg <paul(a)homespun.biz> wrote: _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list Organizers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/organizers