Ooh tricky - you definitely need to tell the band, maybe point out the odd phrasing and that you'll need to see if you can find a really good specific dance for it to work nicely. I'm intrigued as to what the tune is now - maybe the list can suggest something useful if you let us know?
Bob On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:43 PM, Martha Wild <[email protected]> wrote: > Next dance was rock solid, and easier, and tune was rock solid. So they > did redeem themselves. I have listened to a version on line and it has a > WEIRD B part - it is nominally 16 counts but the emphasis is kind of like > 6, 6 and 4, and it is weird beyond belief. How do I ask them to never play > it for me again? > > On May 30, 2017, at 2:38 PM, Bob Morgan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > In the moment, move right along. Next dance needs to be rock-solid, next > tune needs to be rock solid. Drop the difficulty through the floor and get > your dancers dancing again as quickly as possible. Don't dwell and let the > dancers forget it ever happened. > > Afterwards either ask the band to play it for you again if you have time > and see if you can work it out collectively or just say something on the > lines of "It's a shame I just couldn't seem to get the hang of tune X, is > there something unusual about it?" Ideally of course the band will have > been paying attention and be suitably annoyed at themselves that they > didn't get it right (the absolute optimal response of course would have > been for the band to have changed tune). > > Bob > > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:16 PM, Martha Wild via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> So, a while back I was working with a band and they played a tune that >> was sort of new for them, and the A part was fine, but the B part was >> unusual anyway, and hard to know where the count was, in particular because >> they were unfamiliar with it, and I tried to count and call so the dancers >> could keep going, and it kept coming back together in the A, but falling >> apart in the B, until things snowballed and the dance completely fell >> apart. What is the best thing to do or say in a situation like that so that >> the band doesn’t feel too much as if it is their fault, and the dancers >> don’t feel it’s their fault? And yes, it’s always the caller’s fault, since >> I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what the heck was going on with >> that tune, but the dancers couldn’t find their way in it either. Anyway, >> back to what to do to make everyone feel a little better after that. >> Martha >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >> > > >
