Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 101, Issue 1

[Tom Hinds]

Donna Hunt said:


I'm glad you said this was a "true story" otherwise I would have  
thought it was a "caller's nightmare".  I'm wondering (as I'm sure  
everyone is) what else you had to "adapt" to and how you handled it  
all.  If you have time I'd love more information.


Donna,

I know I recorded that dance.  If I ever find it I'll send a copy to  
you.  It was easy to adapt because I was teaching dance and calling  
full time.  I was calling MWSD, calling to kids, mentally challenged  
etc.  So I was used to adapting all of the time.  This situation was  
just on the extreme side of adapting.  The dancers were very gung-ho  
and that made the experience very enjoyable.  I can see that visiting  
couple squares would have been a good choice but I really can't  
remember what I did because it happened in 1988 or 1989.

When I called MWSD I soon learned that calling full throttle for  
every tip wasn't real smart.  For the dancers it got old.  So I  
developed these different voice personalities for variety.  Sometimes  
I'd be relaxed, or kid around or was challenging and yes full  
throttle once in a while.  I think this helped me more than anything  
else when calling to the blues music.

Tom