Re: [Callers] Building to Contra Corners
Mine too!PaulaSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Bob Green via Callers Date: 2/21/19 2:39 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Jacob or Nancy Bloom Cc: callers , hannahch...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Callers] Building to Contra Corners Ted's Triplet #7 is my go-to dance for introducing contra corners.BobOn Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 5:10 PM Jacob or Nancy Bloom via Callers wrote:If you ever do triplets at your dance, you could teach the figure in a triplet first. Ted's Triplet #7 uses it, if I recall correctly.JacobOn Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 5:30 PM Richard Hart via Callers On Feb 20, 2019, at 4:37 PM, Hannah Chamb via Callers > wrote: > > Hi all, first time posting here! > > I'm new-ish to calling and I've yet to call contra corners. I think I'm up > for the challenge and could teach the figure itself, but I still think it's a > tricky one for dancers in all but the most experienced crowds. A few callers > I know have advised me to build up to a challenging figure like contra > corners over the course of an evening by calling dances that echo the skills > the dancers will need later. > > With that in mind, what dances would you call early in the evening in a > mixed-level group that would help "teach" dancers the skills they need to be > successful at contra corners? > > I've been thinking I should include an easy proper-ish dance, and maybe a > dance with allemandes outside the minor set... anything else come to mind? > > Thanks in advance, > Hannah Chamberlain > Westbrook, ME > ___ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
Re: [Callers] Dance logs and record-keeping
I have had the same experience as Mac. The same dance can be different depending on the tune, the band, your partner...and even your own mood and abilities from 1 dance to the next. Paula McFarlingColumbia, Mo Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: John W Gintell via Callers Date: 3/7/18 9:13 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Kalia Kliban Cc: callers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] Dance logs and record-keeping > On Mar 6, 2018, at 11:23 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers > wrote: > > On 3/6/2018 7:28 PM, Mac Mckeever via Callers wrote: >> This seems to me to be a lot of effort with very little benefit. There are >> thousands of dances and each caller has their own approach to programming. >> It is rare for a dance to be called two nights in a row. When I do see that >> happening I often ask other dancers around me if they remember it - and no >> one ever has. >> How would the next caller get access to this info? The logistics would seem >> difficult and unnecessary. > > The way our local English dances do this is that the series programmer sends > the current log to the next caller on deck, who can then consider the log or > not, as they choose. It's not a big deal. I run the Sebastopol dance, and I > either write down the programs myself if I'm at the dance or contact the > caller afterward to get their list. Simple Excel spreadsheet to keep track. > Easy. > > If I'm coming to call for a community I've never worked with before, seeing a > list of the dances they've done gives me a good idea of the general level of > the group. It's a useful tool. > > Kalia in Sebastopol For our English dance in Jamaica Plain, the caller writes the dance name on a whiteboard in front of the hall after each dance. At the end of the dance we transcribe it into book, I take a photo of the board and enter it in a database at home - and then post on our web page two lists, one sorted by night, and one sorted by dance name. (If I am not there someone else sends me the info).I sometimes have to adjust the spellings - or deal with the “the” in the name so the sorting by dance name is OK. This record goes back to January 2010. http://lcfd.org/bgfe/ ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ ___ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/
