I totally agree w/ Chrissy, John, & Hilton,
Please delete everything that has already been posted which is not
absolutely essential to your new post.
Thank you everyone,
Paul
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Chris
On 5/9/2012 5:49 PM, Chris Lahey wrote:
I would like to know what the WebContent list is. I'm unfamiliar with
that list.
Agree with Barb. Callers who are nationally known sometimes tend to come to
dances expecting that everyone's experienced but in reality there are a fair
amount of new dancers there. Glen Echo is a place that is popular and does
tend to attract a lot of experienced dancers, but also a place tha
Barb: I did not express myself adequately. When a caller has only
relatively straightforward dances to offer, experienced dancers could be
bored by the dances, not by the callers's teaching
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--- On Thu, 5/10/12, barb
disagree. one thing i learned from my university years (besides some things
about plants) was that it was CRITICAL to say things in various ways. i taught
science majors one semester, non-science majors the next. non-majors were the
most fun. you had to realize that every single person in t
Perry wrote: " I've danced to a few nationally-known callers who I don't think
are very good at all." Without mentioning names, what did or didn't these
nationally known callers do to make you feel they were not good???
Perry wrote: "... most callers, whether they stick to local areas or whether
Ron,
You pose a real excellent question. WHAT makes a "good" caller? Now if you
were to ask the dancers on the floor who their favorite callers are, they
generally list popular, well-known callers who travel a lot. But does this
mean that they are the "best"? Or that other lesser-known call
I might suggest that there's a natural break-out topic:
"What makes a good caller? (both perspectives of caller, dancer, band,
and dance organizers all)"
I've heard a *lot* of callers talk about the difference of being "a
caller" and "a really good caller", and while experience is a
necessary cond
here here!!!
Laurie
--- On Thu, 5/10/12, Hilton Baxter wrote:
> From: Hilton Baxter
> Date: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 1:49 PM
> I agree with the comments of John
> Sweeney (copied below - after deleting unneeded material).
>
> Hilton Baxter
> 607 651-8768
>
<>
> > By, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE
I agree with the comments of John Sweeney (copied below - after deleting
unneeded material).
Hilton Baxter
607 651-8768
> I would rather have a single list.
>
> I would also love to cut down on volume.
> But not by reducing the number of posts.
> By, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, reducing the SIZE
Jeff Kaufman wrote:
> Chrissy Fowler wrote:
> >
> > I am curious about the phenomenon that Jeff refers to in this
> > sentence. I've never danced at, or called, or even heard about a
> > dance where the caller could "just wait for people to get into
> > position."
>
> Sorry, you're right. I was
Laurie:
Your remarks don't contradict mine. You emphasized "FEEDBACK" and an
individual's disposition to accept such. I suggested that calling takes
"40-100 hours practice over 10- 50 dance events needed to experience the
various things that might go wrong or that one might do wrong, whil
AMEN to what John said below. Especially the last sentence.
If you are a person who habitually sends the entire history at the end of your
SW posts, and there's no compelling reason for you to include all those lines,
PLEASE consider taking a few seconds to only include the relevant parts - fo
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Lindsay Morris wrote:
> I'd vote for one list. Easy enough to search for the title if a dance there.
Only if you know the title. Wouldn't work if you just want to browse
for dances.
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Chris Weiler (home)
wrote:
> So I would like to know is if there are many people who would _not_
> subscribe to a choreography list?
One advantage of a separate list is it would be easier if one is
searching the archives for dances.
Too much volume! The discussions are mostly useful to me although I
don't participate a lot. But so much traffic lately is just
overwhelming.
Thanks!
On May 9, 2012, at 3:23 PM, Chris Weiler (home) wrote:
Hello SW callers,
I finally caught up on my e-mail and have read the discussion about
I would rather have a single list.
I would also love to cut down on volume.
But not by reducing the number of posts.
By, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, reducing the SIZE of them.
Too many people just do a "Reply", type what they want, and then press
"Send".
There is one other crucial step. Before pr
Michael,
Trust me, I (and I'm sure others) have seen callers go through mentorship,
classes, support, etc. And - they do not have the thing that callers make.
Callers that are serious want and need feedback, the community, the mentoring
and again FEEDBACK. Those that are- seek and respond to
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