Observations about caller characteristics and commonalities also
relate to my left-handedness thread from a few weeks ago.
Joyce Miller
Grass Valley, CA
On May 13, 2008, at 5:15 AM, Chrissy Fowler wrote:
nicely put, tina! i couldn't agree more.
for my part, on the "isn't that interesting" f
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Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 12:26:22 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Callers with higher degrees
Greg makes a very important point here. The 'elitism'
factor really never occurred to me when a
ke this as a
sincere apology. The question comes out of curiosity, not
snobbishness.
Tina
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Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 23:46:18 -0700
From: Greg McKenzie
Subject: Re: [Callers] Callers with higher degrees
To: Caller's discussion list
Messag
I think we are skating close to the point of some sort of caller elitism here.
I want to point out that anyone, regardless of his or her background,
can both benefit from the discipline and experience of calling and
also make a significant contribution to the tradition of contra dance
calling
Probably more than half have advanced degrees, I'd bet. Lots among contra
musicians too. A few who come to mind:
Among New Mexico callers, Merri Rudd is a probate judge, Donna Howell has a
PhD in biology, Will McDonald and Katherine Bueler have masters.
In California, Kirston Koths has a Ph
Tina --
I'm a college dropout myself, but I'm pretty sure Bruce Hamilton is a
PhD. Mike Richardson is an MD, if that counts.
-- Alan
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Alan Winston --- wins...@ssrl.slac.stanford.edu
Disclaimer: I speak only
Hi everyone -
In a conversation with Lynn Ackerson a couple of weeks ago,
it came out that both of us have Ph.Ds. Now I'm very
curious about how many of us have higher degrees, and what
fields they're in. (Maybe calling really IS rocket science!
)
If you have a terminal degree or know of a caller
