I have to concur with Ken not calling frequently compounds for me a brain glitch that precludes me from memorization. Cannot remember phone numbers unless repeated 1,000 of times. Cell phone have escaberated this exponentially.
Practice of course helps, but I honestly do not have the amount of time to practice this much! I do, however, recognize a dance once walked through regardless of not connecting moves with title. I envy those wonderful callers that rarely if ever use a card. Mary On Tue, Aug 3, 2021, 8:28 PM tom hinds via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > I think you’re correct Sue, two different parts of the brain, and two > totally different ways of experiencing the evening. > > I can walk into a dance and tell if the caller is using a card or not. > In my opinion calling a well memorized dance is far more natural. > > I have to tell you a short story of how my memory saved the day when I > called my 6th English dance. A women from the local senior center brought > about 12 of her dancers (still beginners) to our dance which is usually all > experienced. She did this without warning me ahead of time. > > I came to the dance without any cards or a written program. It took me > about two minutes to jot down a revised program, all from memory. The > evening went well. Calling from memory is extremely beneficial to callers, > there’s no question in my mind. > > We discussed this topic maybe 10 or 15 years ago. I was impressed that > one person said she would try it. I’m curious why some of you haven’t > given it a go. > > Lastly it happens that some of your messages are scrambled so I can’t read > them. Any ideas why? Tony, can you send your message to me off list? > > Tom Hinds > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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