I started out setting this very high bar for myself: lose the cards. After a while, I decided that either I had to give up my dream of calling or lower my bar, as I just can't seem to memorize these spatial arrangements at all. So now I study each dance a bunch to be sure I get it and write it out including working out a starter set of calls. I keep my cards on a stand and try to force myself to look at them as little as possible, keeping my eyes on the dancers as much as I can. I still have a long way to go on this, but now that I've given myself permission to put my energy there, rather than on memorizing, I'm feeling like more of a success and I'm energized to keep trying!
On Nov 27, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Donald Perley wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Maia McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: >> Do you do it? Or use cards? Do you think it's important to commit dances to >> memory? Do you memorize your entire collection, or just a few? (And if just >> a few, which sorts of dances are the most prudent to memorize?) > > I've memorized some, in 2 classes. Some I can call completely from > memory and some I can write down from memory but don't think I could > call unless I did. I don't choose which to memorize, it happens based > on how distinctive they are, and from dancing and calling them. > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> Delia Clark PO Box 45 Taftsville, VT 05073 802-457-2075 [email protected]
