I've heard the sound tech phrased like "if you're glad that more than 20 people are here you dance with you, thank [N] the sound technician! Let's give a round of applause for N for helping us have so many friends and dancers able to hear us here tonight. "
Pardon brevity; sent by smartphone. On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM Rich Dempsey via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > It's not always obvious, but the sound tech has a potentially large impact > on the event. The best are transparent. So, I think it's important to > recognize the sound tech close to the performers. We understand the caller > and groove to the music thanks to the sound tech. > > Just saying, > Rich in Rochester, NY > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM Bill Olson via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Loke and all, Keep in mind that not everyone makes it to the end of >> the dance, sometimes not even half the crowd. So saving all the thanks to >> the end might be shorting the "thankees". I often try to thank the band >> throughout the evening, often saying at the end of each dance, "thank your >> partner, and *thank the band".* David Kaynor, always prone to slightly >> off-color jokes, would often explain that thanking the band got them >> "aroused" after which they would play better.. Seems to work. I don't >> normally call for thanking the caller if I'm calling, hoping someone in the >> band will figure a way to do it after the band gets thanked. I normally >> thank the sound person, but once again not at the bitter end, and the >> organizers (if it's not me). >> >> Of course the organizers often recognize the band and caller at the break >> and introduce them if there are announcements at that time. >> >> bill >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Luke Donforth via Contra Callers < >> [email protected]> >> *Sent:* Monday, November 10, 2025 12:11 AM >> *To:* Shared Weight Contra Callers <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [Callers] Order of thanks >> >> Hey folks, >> >> I wonder what people's thoughts are on end-of-the night thank-you's for a >> contra dance. >> Folks you might thank or call-out for applause: >> Band >> Caller >> Organizers/volunteers >> Sound person >> >> I feel like a lot of places go band->caller->sound person; hopefully >> thanking the volunteers at the announcements. >> >> I can see doing the final band thank you right after the band gets to >> play their big closing number for the evening. Everyone's amped up, call >> out the band and then tack the other ones on. >> >> But I think about the theater, where at the end of the performance the >> performers come out for bows. There, it's usually chorus->supporting->main >> cast; and by that system I think we should thank the band last. But usually >> in theater when all the cast is on stage they give a thank you and wave to >> the tech crew and director. Which would imply >> caller->band->sound+organizers. >> >> Just wondering what folks' thoughts were on the subject. >> >> Happy dancing, >> Luke Donforth >> (Burlington, VT) >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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