Re: [Callers] looking for a 4x4

2013-01-15 Thread lynn ackerson
Thanks Karin --- On Tue, 1/15/13, kan...@triton.net wrote: > From: kan...@triton.net > Subject: Re: [Callers] looking for a 4x4 > To: "Caller's discussion list" > Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 2:02 PM > Lynn, You'll find it

Re: [Callers] looking for a 4x4

2013-01-15 Thread kanara
Lynn, You'll find it at . Please post dancers' responses; it's one I've been waiting to call to the right group. Karin Neils > I have a vague recollection that recently a group at a dance camp wrote a > 4x4 (double contra, mescalonza) called something like "Warm

Re: [Callers] Progression and "Going Out"

2013-01-15 Thread Dan Pearl
Jeff Kaufman : >As a musician and a caller, I have mixed feelings on callers jumping >back in for the last time through.  Changing the dance to end with a >partner swing ("this time, long lines, swing your partner") can be >nice, but mostly I don't think bringing the

Re: [Callers] Progression and "Going Out"

2013-01-15 Thread Colin Hume
On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:10:46 -0500, Jeff Kaufman wrote: > As a musician and a caller, I have mixed feelings on callers > jumping back in for the last time through. Changing the dance to > end with a partner swing ("this time, long lines, swing your > partner") can be nice, but mostly I don't

Re: [Callers] Progression and "Going Out"

2013-01-15 Thread Robert Golder
The caller is responsible not only to the band but to the dancers on the floor and to the dance organizers. Typically the caller "performs" best when least visibly performing. However, in order to facilitate the total experience of music and dance, the caller exercises judgment. Sometimes it's