>From Ed Butenhoff's book, "Dance Parties for Beginners" Question - "How do I get good judgement?" Answer "Experience."
Question - "How do I get experience?" Answer "BAD JUDGEMENT..." We all take our lumps, and hopefully learn from it... hang in there, Brooks! Ben Allbrandt ---- Jacob Nancy Bloom via Callers <[email protected]> wrote: > I would absolutely believe that the dancers were completely confounded by > "right and left through". I remember how surprised I was, when I called my > first dance, to discover how much more confusing it was than a Ladie's > Chain. If you are used to both of them, then you tend to think of them as > being similar. If you've never done either, then one of them has you > connected to other people, while the other leaves you by yourself, trying > to figure out which way to turn (and usually getting it wrong.) > > But learning which figures are easier and harder comes quickly. Learning > which dances to call for a given crowd and how to teach them efficiently is > a neverending process! > > Jacob > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Brooks Hart via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > So, as the original poster, I am reporting back. > > > > The dance with the solo fiddler was a mixed bag. The music was very nice, > > but because I am new to calling, and our dancers are 99% beginners, way too > > much time was spent on walk-throughs and teaching. The fiddler sat out for > > long stretches of time, which seemed like a waste of his time and the money > > spent on live music. > > > > I thought I had picked easy dances, but you wouldn't believe how > > confounded so many of the people were at "right and left through", and > > that falls on me and my lack of experience with teaching and crowd > > wrangling. > > > > A special moment for everyone, though, was doing a circle waltz dance with > > the fiddler playing, unplugged, in the center of the circle. > > > > So, thanks again for everyone's input and encouragement, > > Brooks > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 03:50:51 -0700 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Solo fiddler or recorded music? > > > From: [email protected] > > > > > > [resting up before the CALLERLAB convention, catching up on some older > > > messages] > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 05, 2015, Neal Schlein via Callers wrote: > > > > > > > > So, the moral of the story is that if a caller isn't USED to working > > with a > > > > band, live music isn't necessarily going to result in the best > > experience > > > > for the dancers. > > > > > > My experience as a relatively new caller is that it also depends on the > > > caller's experience as a dancer. My hearing makes it a bit difficult to > > > tune into the phrasing of a live band to call at the correct times, but > > > because I've been contra dancing for so many years (almost exclusively to > > > live music) I can roughly manage it -- and I know what it's supposed to > > > sound like. > > > -- > > > 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://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > > _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net
