Several MWSD clubs host an "Amateur Callers Night". That is how I got started. I local contra dances did the same, new callers would have opportunities to get stated and to gain exposure. It would be a great service to both the calling and dancing communities. Although some dancers may skip that night, aspiring callers would may up with partners/friends and pay admission. Rich Sbardella With lots of appreciation to Lori Morin/Ruffles and Beaus for that first Amateurs Night 20+ years ago!
________________________________ From: Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [Callers] Scheduling/programmer Question On Mon, Sep 30, 2013, Colin Hume wrote: > On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:42:41 -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: >> >> My question was poorly phrased. What I meant was, given the long >> lead time for scheduling callers, how do you keep from discouraging >> new callers? I sure would be discouraged if I knew that I could >> only start getting gigs more than a year away. > > I imagine a lot of callers are happier to start the way I've > described, gradually building up confidence. Would you expect to do a > Saturday evening dance in your first year of calling? "Expect"? Definitely not, but for a variety of reasons, it's something I certainly could have done if that had been my focus. ;-) (Too late now, since I started calling eleven months ago.) I think, though, based on other comments in this thread, that you are referring to something different for "gig" than I thought you meant; I was referring to any scheduled calling, whereas you were referring to larger-than-local events. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
