Thank you, Chris, for saying what was on my mind, and in a gracious way. My memory has been ravaged by decades of severe migraines. I've time, I have managed to remember or be able to reconstruct a few dances, but thirty? Probably not. I also have since childhood, been afflicted with a mental reversal problem. Formulae, number sentences, syllables in words, and now, sequences of dance moves, love to reverse themselves in my mind. I have no way of telling the real from the false memory. Should I stop calling? Am I unable to give pleasure to a hall of dancers? That seems harsh. I have been thinking about the vulnerability of my precious cards, and appreciate the suggestions seen here for making sure I always have some, even if my iPad mini gets left home, along with my box. Cheers, Andrea
Sent from my iPad > On Oct 9, 2013, at 8:09 AM, Chris Page <[email protected]> wrote: > > Different people have different memorization and coping skills and > strategies. One can be a perfectly good caller without memorizing the > swing/circle/swing/other stuff of generic contras. > > But if you don't go the memorization route, it's smart to stash a > dozen or three written dances in various emergency locations -- car, > pocketbook, wallet, home dance hall, or such. > > (If you have connection to the internet, problem's solved, as there's > plenty of dances online.) > > -Chris Page > San Diego > >> On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 10:44 PM, Michael Fuerst <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
