I had that exact same nightmare when I was a brand new caller, probably before I even called my first full evening. I nearly always bring my box of dance cards anytime I go to a local dance as a dancer, because of the memory of that nightmare. Nice to know I'm not the only one!
Abbie Tucson, AZ On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM Amy Wimmer via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > My spouse and I are both callers who run a weekly dance. In the 20+ years > we've been doing this I can only think of 2 times the caller was a no-show. > The first time it happened there were 3 callers in the hall. While I drove > home to get my dance collection the others called dances they had > memorized. Since that time my spouse has brought his dance collection to > every dance, just in case. But sometimes we're not there. What a great idea > to leave a collection, even a whole program, at the dance! Gonna do it! > Thanks for the tip! > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 10:48 AM sdgola--- via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I was greeted at the door once by Organizers telling me that the >> scheduled caller was a no-show. This was 5 minutes before the start of the >> dance (I was attending with the expectation of being a dancer). The money >> box had a few scraps of paper with dances written on them, so we started >> with those. I asked a couple of dancers to sit out and use their phones to >> look up dance figures while I got the dance going. The originally booked >> caller had forgotten, so I became the caller for the full evening. >> >> Now I carry a couple of printed programs with me. >> >> Sue Gola >> Princeton/Mt Airy >> >> On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 01:21:01 PM EST, Colin Hume via Contra >> Callers <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:11:33 -0800, Gary Shapiro via Contra Callers wrote: >> > I haven't been a contra caller for many years, but last night I dreamt >> I was at a dance and the caller did not show >> > up. There were no other callers in attendance. So I got up there >> wondering what dances I knew by heart. I think I >> > knew how A Nice Combination went. Then I woke up and thought about it >> some more. I decided that every dance venue >> > should keep a dance program, with instructions, somewhere. >> >> I've been in that situation at a Festival - the caller was delayed on the >> motorway - and I realised I only knew two >> contras by heart, neither of which was a good one to start with. I >> actually had my lap-top with all my dances on it, >> but it was at the other venue. I managed to remember Bob Dalsemer's >> "Maggie's Hobby". I now have some cards >> for a few contras and squares in my shoulder bag along with the other >> vital stuff like Mars Bars and cough medicine! >> >> And yet I can remember lots of quite complicated English dances! >> >> Colin Hume >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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