The San Antonio dance group had a blind dancer.  Everyone in the community
helped her along.  But Seth T's observation held here too.  She didn't
function as well doing non-touching moves, but the other dancers made them
touching moves.  It was a joy to watch, and to dance with her.

Rich


On 3/1/06 7:28 AM, "Seth Seeger" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Feb 28, 2006, at 5:52 PM, Karen Fontana wrote:
> 
>>   So, this begged the question: do I keep calling to help her out (one
>> person), or do I let her fumble and let some help outŠ. After
>> experimenting some more (calling thinly and watching herŠ.   I stopped
>> calling once and she ended up in a completely different hands 4 group
>> for the P Bal & Swg no where near her P), I finally figured out what
>> was happening!  The woman was blind!  Or, at least hard of seeingŠ.
>> A caller friend was at the top of the set ³Hey² I asked my friend ³is
>> that woman over there blind?²,Š. ³yeah², he said, quite non-chalantly,
>> no big- dealŠ.
> 
> While I have no experience with this, it surprises me...  I would have
> expected the blind person to learn the dance faster than the regular
> dancers!  Has anyone else had experience with blind dancers?
> 
> Seth
> 
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