About a month ago, I asked for help and suggestions because I was calling a
dance for visually impaired students. Thank you to all who responded. Well, the
dance was last Saturday. The students ranged in age from 8-17. Many of the
partnerships contained two visually impaired dancers. We started
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> This year at NEFFA I had the privilege of calling with Lisa Greenleaf
> and Bob Isaacs for the Festival Orchestra set Friday night. Both
> friends
> and mentors, it was fun working with them to plan the session and to
> share the experience of calling a fun dance for
Hello everyone,
For those of you who have been on this list from the beginning, or have
read through the archives, you know that I posted several updates
describing my early experiences as a caller. I just looked back and
realized that the last one was in October of 2005 and I'm long past due
Update on the dance in Japan:
First of all, many thanks to everyone (Linsay, Lisa, Amy, Greg, Alan, Chip,
Pam, John (yes, john, I believe you were the caller when Yukie and I met),
David and anyone else, if I missed anyone) for the replies, which I have read
with interest. The suggestions wer
Chris, they say that learning comes through experience - and boy have you
had some experiences! Thank you for being brave enough to tell these tales
that illustrate pitfalls that callers need to avoid.
Small dance venues, with a mix of beginner and experienced dancers,
challenge a caller's skills.
This dance at MIT with a variety of callers was interesting and
presented many decisions for newer callers dealing with newer dances.
Chris, Seth, and others called for a special dance set up to give them
practice a while ago. It was a fun dance, and gave them practice, but
most (all) of the
Hi all,
It's been a while since I posted an update on what I have been doing
about learning to be a better caller, so here it is. It's not that I've
been really busy with work and not doing anything about calling lately,
but it's close.
Back in late March, I made it up to Nelson to attend th
