Twice I have seen groups encourage new callers, then put them on the local dance schedule. It was bad. The new callers only got a chance to call once every 2-3 months. They never improved. The community was saddled with several less-than-stellar callers for 2 years.
Just something to consider. ------ Lindsay Morris 859-539-9900 On Oct 1, 2013, at 1:18 PM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 01, 2013, rich sbardella wrote: >> >> 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. > > There are definitely equivalents in the contra community, I called two > days ago (Sunday) in Hayward for the "community dance", which also > featured a community band (and it's how I got started a year ago, at the > SF dance). But it's really not clear how to make the jump to calling > more in contra (and despite being on this list since January, I haven't > learned much about that). > > By contrast, probably largely due to Callerlab, the MWSD community seems > more oriented to bringing new callers on board. It's also quite likely > that I'm missing something in the contra community due to my hearing, but > lots of people suck at informal information gathering even with good > hearing, and if the contra community wants more diversity in callers, > we'll have to figure out ways to introduce more formality to bringing in > new callers. > -- > 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
