I also use a stopwatch. As a new caller, I find it difficult to use any of the other methods because they require me to calculate and/or REMEMBER one more bit of information and my brain is already quite fully engaged. When I started out calling guest calling just 1-2 dances per night, I was fine tracking tune changes, but calling all night long, it all blurs together too much.
I don't use the stop watch to tell me when to stop the dance, but it's the perfect way to answer the question "Just how long has this dance been going on?". I usually aim to wrap it up in about 8-9 minutes, but it all depends on all those situational factors that people have already mentioned. -Lenore On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 5:54 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Just polling the masses here--how long do you generally run your dances > (in times through the dance, time take, couples going up and back, etc.)? > How many dances do you generally manage to fit into a 3-hour contra > evening? I've heard different wisdom from different folks and am curious to > add some more data points! > > Cheers, > Maia > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
