All dancers must be listed in the
Dancer Table.
First Name and Last Name
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The dancer's first name and last name.
Role
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The dancer's role: Boy, Girl, or Any (bi-dansual).`
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Any means the dancer is willing to dance either as a Boy or a Girl.
Preferred Role
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This field only applies to dancer's whose role is Any.
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Dancer's preferred role: Boy, Girl, or Any (don't care).
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The program attempts to use the dancer's preferred role whenever the dancer dances as a single.
Category
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Dancer's category: Normal, Student, or Angel.
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In most cases, the category field should be set to Normal.
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Normal is anyone who isn't a Student or an Angel.
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Student indicates the dancer is in the class.
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Students are dancers who are weak or just learning the level.
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Angel indicates the dancer is helping out.
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Angels should be competent dancers and willing to assist newer dancers.
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Rotation Preferences allow
- students to dance every tip;
- even distribution of students among squares;
- angels to dance only if needed;
- even distribution of angels among squares.
Partner
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The dancer's desired partner, if any.
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To be assigned a partner, both dancers must be in the Dancer Table.
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The partner must not already be assigned to another dancer.
Couple Name
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The displayed couple name when the dancer is dancing with their desired partner.
OK w/Single
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When checked, the dancer is willing to dance as necessary with a single dancer.
Vaccinated
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When checked, the dancer has shown proof of Covid-19 vaccination.
Flags
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Flags assigned to the dancer to assist in locating the dancer in the database.
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Flags can be the dancer's dance level,
the group to which they belong, or other attributes.
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Flags are created and edited via the Flag Table.
Tag
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A short comment field. (A large comment field, 'Notes', is available within the 'Notes' tab.)
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The Tag field is often used for the dancer's upper level.
Single Name
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The dancer's displayed name when dancing as a single, or when not dancing with their desired partner.
Short Name
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An abbreviated (short) name of the dancer, used to save screen space for large dances.
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The default short name is the first three letters of the Last Name followed by a comma
and the first letter of the First Name.
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The operator must choose to display the short name.
Attributes
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How to treat the dancer for special considerations.
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Always in Square N
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Indicates the dancer will always be placed in square # N.
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Only one dancer in the rotation may have this attribute.
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It is intended for a
dancer such as the rotation computer operator who always needs to be by the computer,
or perhaps for a dancer who is hard of hearing who needs to be in the square closest
the speaker.
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The value of N is set via
Preferences - this Rotation.
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In N, Out M
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The dancer will be in (Ready to dance)
for N tips in a row, then out (Absent) for M tips in a row.
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The program is smart
enough to know that after a long break (e.g. a dinner break) to reset the dancer's
"In" counter to zero.
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Always available means In N, Out M is disabled.
ID
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The unique ID of the dancer within the Dancer Table.
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This ID is local to the computer. See also Global ID.
Global ID
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The ID from the Global Database,
uniquely identifies this dancer to all copies of SQROT.
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The Global ID is particularly useful for bar codes so the dancer can check-in/out
at multiple dances.
Last modified
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Date and time this dancer's data was last modified.
Notes
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Any notes about the dancer.
Country, State, City, Postal Code, Address, Phone1, Phone2, Email1, Email2
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These fields can be used to save dancer's contact data.
Prefer Partners
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A list of preferred partners for the current dancer.
Avoid Partners
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A list of dancers to avoid being partnered with.
Prefer Dancers
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A list of dancers with whom the current dancer would like to dance.
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Note: this option is currently not implemented.
Avoid Dancers
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A list of dancers to avoid being in the same square as the current dancer.
