Having an impromptu head dancer defeats the purpose.
Head dancers originally helped sponsor and host the event by advertising the powwow and feeding visitors.
Today, this title is largely symbollic as many dancers do not wait and allow the head dancers to be the first to begin the dancing.
Thus, there is really no reason to pick head dancers on the spot unless you just want to honor them with a "symbollic" title.
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