I sometimes change it. If there's already a partner swing close to the end, then changing the end may just end up giving a partner swing that's toooooo long.
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Bob Isaacs <[email protected]> wrote: > > Come to think of it, there's one very good time a night to change the ending > (a tip learned long ago from David Kirchner); the first dance of the evening. > This acts like an auxiliary sound check - if many dancers don't swing or > look confused, especially in the far corners of the hall, you're not being > heard well over the band. - Bob > > > >> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:00:44 -0800 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Callers] Changing on the last round for a partner swing >> >> Callers -- >> >> Looking for opinions. >> >> As a caller, I will usually alter (if necessary), the last dance of a medley, >> the last dance of the first half, or the last dance of evening to end with a >> partner swing if it doesn't work that way in the choreography. (You know, >> that >> "This time, circle half and swing your partner" or "This time, just keep on >> swinging!" thing.) >> >> I'll usually leave the other dances alone. They end how they end; the band >> gets to crescendo and I don't have to be heard, and the dancers get something >> other than utter predictability. >> >> (As a dancer I don't like utter predictability; I begin to get a teeny bit >> bored if the callers changes every dance to end with a partner swing.) >> >> But I mentioned this to my date, and she *loves* it when the caller changes >> the >> dance to make it a partner swing so that it feels like you're finishing with >> the partner who asked you, and feels disappointed if the caller doesn't make >> those changes. I mentioned the issue of stepping on the band's hot ending; as >> a dancer, that meant nothing to her. >> >> So what do y'all think? What do you do? How you do think people like it? >> >> (Nobody's ever complained to me that I didn't alter endings enough, and I >> doubt that's the kind of thing anybody complains to anybody about, but it >> probably has some impact on dancers enjoyment of the evening.) >> >> Thanks! >> >> -- Alan >> >> -- >> =============================================================================== >> Alan Winston --- [email protected] >> Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 >> Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 >> =============================================================================== >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
