On Wed, Feb 12, 2014, Greg McKenzie wrote: > > Well-structured calling is not easy. It does however make a subtle but > significant difference in how confident the dancers feel--particularly at > open, public social events. That is why I structure my calls carefully and > write the calls out verbatim on my cards. That is also why I advocate for > callers at open public contra dances to use dance cards when calling. > Making up calls on the fly often puts the onus on the dancers to get the > timing right.
While I don't particularly disagree with you, particularly for me at this stage in my calling career, I do find it interesting that your advice to avoid making up calls on the fly is almost universally ignored by MWSD callers -- and with the majority of square dance callers (which is to say, almost all the good ones), it's not the dancers who face the onus of getting the timing right. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html
