I agree entirely with Dave. When I'm dancing I want to feel the music and dance to that. I've yet to dance to a band and caller pair where they really felt like they were producing one music.
(When I'm calling I try to drop out as early as possible and not choose dances where I'll need to keep calling. When I'm playing I like it when callers do the same.) On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Dave Casserly <david.j.casse...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I have heard both Susan and Beth call. Musical calls are fine, but > they don't really allow the band to shine any more. Same thing with > singing squares-- the band is backup, and the caller is the featured > performer. Which is great, if that's what you like. It's not really what > I like, though, and I'd guess that many dancers share that sentiment. > Maybe, if there were callers who practiced so regularly with a particular > band that they could fit their calls to that band's energy without > detracting from it at all calling throughout the whole dance, that would be > different. But I've never heard that happen. Even with callers who are > members of the bands they call with, the bands sound best when those > callers stop calling and take out (or focus on) their instruments. >
