Anyone without 30 dances memorized to guarantee fun for whatever dancers are  
before her/him  cannot get a caller's license.
 
Michael Fuerst      802 N Broadway      Urbana IL 61801       217-239-5844



On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 12:28 AM, Erik Hoffman <[email protected]> 
wrote:
 
Interesting: carry cards in case the tablet fails.  Back in the old 
days, we knew a caller was a caller when she forgot her cards and still 
called a great dance.

I remember the first time I forgot my cards, and did fine with the 
dances I knew by heart.   Even in my head, I had more than enough to 
work.  There are, of course, no hurries to get to that place, and taking 
precautions is good, but when it happens, it does build a sense of 
confidence.

After hearing of a friend forgetting to put her dance cards in the car, 
only to watch them scatter in the mirror on the freeway, as they flew 
off the top of her car, I went and photocopied all my cards.

Now I have notes in my falling-apart books, and I've photoed every 
comment and dance I've written in the book, so if I loose the book, I 
can reconstruct it.

And, I can still call a dance with no written cues at all...


~erik hoffman


On 10/8/2013 10:59 AM, Rich Goss wrote:
> Most certainly carry cards as well.   But there are now several dances for 
> which I do not have physical cards.
>
>> On Oct 8, 2013, at 10:02 AM, Kalia Kliban <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Have any of you who use tablets for calling ever had problems with them in 
>> the middle of a gig?  Do you carry cards as back-ups?
>>
>> My biggest hesitation about using one is the horrible scenario of being at 
>> the gig and having the widget freeze up or go blank.
>>
>> Kalia
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