I just adore the feeling of calling off handwritten cards. Plus, it leaves room for notes to yourself and fun things like COLOR CODING! (One of my projects over the holiday was to clean out my digital dance collection and then put all the best ones onto color-coded cards for myself.)
As everyone said, use pencil if it works for you. However, I find pen more legible, in general, and the number one thing you want on your contra cards is ease of readability, no? Of course, you could try making a handful of cards in pen and a handful in pencil and use 'em for a while, and see which you like better and whether they stand the test of time! Luck, Maia On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 6:54 PM, lynn ackerson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Emily. I have my cards backed up on the computer, but use hand written > cards. The cards are written in black ink, but if I need to change > something, I use white-out, if that's why you want to use a pencil. I like > the hand-written cards so I can add notes to myself while calling if I > notice things that I could have taught or called in a better way. > > Bottom line is, the system you choose for making your cards is very > personal, and whatever works best for you is "right". > > --- On Sat, 1/12/13, Emily Addison <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Emily Addison <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Callers] cards - writing in pencil vs pen??? > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Saturday, January 12, 2013, 6:06 AM > > Hi Folks, > > > > The most basic of questions... does anyone write their dance > > cards with > > pencil and if so, have they found that they smudge??? > > > > I'm quite a new caller and am a stage where I am figuring > > out my dance > > organization. Until now, I've been keeping my dances > > on the computer. > > However, I do almost everything on the computer and I really > > like the idea > > of having my dances on physical cards I've written out. > > > > But... I want to use pencil! > > > > Is this a no no???? > > > > Thoughts??? > > > > Emily > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
