Soprano transposed down> go for it. Sometimes I sing soprano and sometimes alto (my voice having a very small range somewhere inbetween) but when sight-singing I'd go for the soprano line every time. Even that's hard enough when you're trying to follow the words at the same time.
It was lovely having a seat just above the choir though: the music really swelled up and around us and you could hear all four parts really clearly, absolutely beautiful.
Dancing> I'd say the number of dances which were progressive so you lost your partner were outnumbered by the ones where you were dancing mostly with your partner. Typically I curtsey to thank whoever I'm dancing with at the end of the ones where you change partner. And as for asking people to dance I danced lots with Mike (though trying not to overdo it for forms sake :-), several dances with people I know, and at least 3 with complete strangers which is something I like about the usual etiquette of these things.
I'm not really *very* good at this sort of dance (as evidenced by me and Mike *completely* mucking up the Gay Gordons much to our amusement and apparently to that of some of the audience too). By and large I find it's good fun though, and trying to remember and follow the instructions makes it a sort of collaborative game as well as a dance. The fact that they tell you how to do it at all makes it much easier for me in general than the sort of dance where you're supposed to know what you're doing!
Mike and I tried our hand at a waltz at the end, and basically just cheated. I know it's supposed to be some sort of step-step-slide motion of the feet but we opted for step-slide-pause which worked for us more or less. I'm utterly utterly amused that he seems keen to try dancing lessons, because it just seems so incongruous, but I think it might be rather fun.
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It was lovely having a seat just above the choir though: the music really swelled up and around us and you could hear all four parts really clearly, absolutely beautiful.
Dancing> I'd say the number of dances which were progressive so you lost your partner were outnumbered by the ones where you were dancing mostly with your partner. Typically I curtsey to thank whoever I'm dancing with at the end of the ones where you change partner. And as for asking people to dance I danced lots with Mike (though trying not to overdo it for forms sake :-), several dances with people I know, and at least 3 with complete strangers which is something I like about the usual etiquette of these things.
I'm not really *very* good at this sort of dance (as evidenced by me and Mike *completely* mucking up the Gay Gordons much to our amusement and apparently to that of some of the audience too). By and large I find it's good fun though, and trying to remember and follow the instructions makes it a sort of collaborative game as well as a dance. The fact that they tell you how to do it at all makes it much easier for me in general than the sort of dance where you're supposed to know what you're doing!
Mike and I tried our hand at a waltz at the end, and basically just cheated. I know it's supposed to be some sort of step-step-slide motion of the feet but we opted for step-slide-pause which worked for us more or less. I'm utterly utterly amused that he seems keen to try dancing lessons, because it just seems so incongruous, but I think it might be rather fun.