When I first started calling, I despaired when I heard experienced callers
say I must memorize my dances! I couldn't imagine keeping the order of
each dance straight in my mind! But now that I've been calling a couple of
years, I find that there are a few dances I know by heart and that there
Bill Olson states:
I consider Ted Sannella to be one of my primary mentors and back in
the early days I did sound and often played in the band for his 4th
Friday dance in North Whitefield, ME, so I got to see him close up..
Ted ALWAYS used cards but I KNEW he new the dances he called from
Some callers call from handwritten cards; some let the computer print their
cards; some call from tablets; some call from memory. It truly doesn't
matter as much as you might think. What matters is whether the caller is
focused more on reading the card/tablet/memory or reading the dancers.
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Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Memorizing dances (was cards - writing in pencil vs
pen???)
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013, Michael Fuerst wrote:
>
> All the itinerant dancemasters of the 16th and 17th centuries kept
> their dances in th
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013, Michael Fuerst wrote:
>
> All the itinerant dancemasters of the 16th and 17th centuries kept
> their dances in their heads. We should strive for the same
Why? Seriously. Calling is a hobby for me, it's something fun for me,
I get to help other people have fun.
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