I call regularly at 3 different dances that are multi-caller. None of
them keep any records of the dances called, to my knowledge. But the
callers are mostly very flexible. I certianly come with a few
possibilities to chose from, depending on the crowd and the previous dances.
At the Nelson dance, I often follow Don Primrose calling Chorus Jig.
When that happens, I simply plan to call a dance without contra corners,
and I seldom pick a chestnut either. I do remember at least one time
when I and my predicessor had both seen an interesting dance to try (on
this or the other callers mailing list!), and we both planned to try it.
As i was second in line, I lost, and did something else. Otherwise, I
simply make sure that I don't call a second instance of a hey, contra
corners, petronella turn, wavy line (in either direction), and very few
others right after the same thing. But if one of these hasn't been done
yet, it's a good possibility for me to try.
There are so many dances available, and callers are usually dancing when
they are not calling, so we always get a good mix of dances. The one
time when this might be an issue is when there is a new, beginning
caller in the lineup. But this is a teaching moment to talk to them
about before they are at the mike, to help them pick a dance that is
right for the crowd, and their slot in the sequence.
On 5/30/2012 4:48 PM, donper...@gmail.com wrote:
On , Richard Mckeever <mac...@ymail.com> wrote:
We have never attempted to track this and have not had a problem with
caller using the same dances or ones that are similar.
Our dance is multi-caller, and our standard procedure is to have the
night's callers fill a spreadsheet with their anticipated dances (not
cast in stone) including all the moves, so everyone knows when they
are going on and we can look out for too many in a row too similar.
Last dance, we got a little tight on time and the spreadsheet had only
titles. We ended up with 2 dances exactly the same under different
titles. Some dancers noticed, some didn't.
