Before each dance, often DAYS before, Ted would give the band a list of dances he was going to call along with suggested tunes.. I'm sure copies of these notes went into his archives. I actually never saw him taking notes during the dance, maybe at the break, but I was pretty much in awe of the guy and maybe I just missed it. After a dance got going, he would often turn around and talk to me, or start looking at the "next dance" he was going to call.. BUT, if something started to mess up out on the dance floor, he was ALWAYS right there to take care of it.. I don't know how he did that, some sort of ESP.. he didn't like banjos though.. too bad.. heh heh.. b
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 11:45:54 -0400 > Subject: [Callers] Memorizing Dances > > > Bill Olson states: > > I consider Ted Sannella to be one of my primary mentors and back in > > the early days I did sound and often played in the band for his 4th > > Friday dance in North Whitefield, ME, so I got to see him close up.. > > Ted ALWAYS used cards but I KNEW he new the dances he called from > > memory. I asked him about it once and he said it just made him feel > > safer up there.. > > Another motivation for Ted may have been the fact that he kept > meticulous notes ----the date, place, and the dances that he called. > His extensive collection of personal notes, as well as books, and many > other items were donated to the Special Collections archives at the > University of New Hampshire. Here is the link to the information about > Ted: > > http://www.library.unh.edu/special/index.php/ted-sannella > > Linda > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
