When calling I try to remember to call attention to the band several
times during an evening. I'll say something enthusiastically, like,
"How about this band?!" I will try to introduce them more than once by
individual names. I will even go as far as to step away from the mic
and whoop during a dan
It's interesting that "shut-up" and "quiet down" mean the same. Michael Fuerst
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On Wednesday, April 22, 2015 8:59 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers
wrote:
On the question of paying attention:
A while back, in one of these e-g
My line is always "Live musicians appreciate live applause". It usually gets
a laugh-and applause!
Judy Greenhill
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As a caller I model applauding the band - I just stand there and clap.
I also try the occasional "and how about this music!" over the mic,
especially after they've done something good; that usually gets some
results. And I usually manage to remember reintroducing the band at the
break; the
I often announce the band again, possibly with a "give a big hand to..."
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> There are several places where almost no applause occurs after a dance. In
> some communities, when I've been
u...just got a notification that i was not a member...but i've been a
member for a long time. why did i get the notification if i wasn't a member???
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very good point!
but i would also like to point out that dancers have many different reasons for
coming to dances. some of them are to hear you play, but a lot of them are not!
are you talking travelling talent? or local dance?
seriously - spent a LONG time as a dancer before i ever thought of c
Hi All,
There are several places where almost no applause occurs after a dance.
In some communities, when I've been subjected to that experience, I've
asked, "were we off tonight?" The reply usually is something like, "no,
the dance was fine (or even great), we just head for our next
partner.
On the question of paying attention:
A while back, in one of these e-groups, someone pointed out that we
contra dancers keep talking about "community." This post pointed out
that we contra dancers go to a dance, and, often forsaking applause (yet
another topic...), run off to find our next par
