I've often *joked* that I could call an entire evening of dances from memory. Of course the dances would all be symmetrical!
Hey in the Barn Midwest Folklore Princeton Petronella Feeling Giddy Will You Marry Me....... Any others I missed? On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > One of the first tips I got from Bob Dalsemer was along similar lines: > > If you drove several hours to call a dance and just realized that you'd > forgotten your cards, how many dances could you recall or reconstruct from > memory? > > I call my memorized collection my "back pocket" dances. Especially handy > in a small series where the first dance might be a triplet or square. > > Organizers in Louisville used to keep a set of "house" cards in the > cabinet with the sound system. > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 2:53 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] >> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- twirls, Frannie
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