Re: [Callers] Question for traveling and/or busy callers

2013-09-16 Thread Kalia Kliban
On 9/15/2013 8:41 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Sep 11, 2013, Kalia Kliban wrote: The good thing about having this many regular local dances is that there are lots of opportunities for new callers, or callers branching out into different styles like I did. But the down side is that you have t

Re: [Callers] Question for traveling and/or busy callers

2013-09-15 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013, Kalia Kliban wrote: > > I live at the north end of the California Bay Area. Between the two > local CDS affiliates (BACDS and NBCDS) and a couple of independent > groups we have over 15 regularly scheduled dances each month within > a 2-hour drive of my place up in Sebastopol

Re: [Callers] Question for traveling and/or busy callers

2013-09-12 Thread Kalia Kliban
On 9/12/2013 12:16 AM, Colin Hume wrote: On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:32:21 -0700, Kalia Kliban wrote: I'm also careful about repetition, and keep track not only of what I've called recently but what I've called before at any given venue. That's where callers need my Dance Organiser - download a tri

Re: [Callers] Question for traveling and/or busy callers

2013-09-12 Thread Colin Hume
On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 17:32:21 -0700, Kalia Kliban wrote: > I'm also careful about repetition, and keep track not only of what > I've called recently but what I've called before at any given venue. That's where callers need my Dance Organiser - download a trial copy fromhttp://www.colinhume.com/

Re: [Callers] Question for traveling and/or busy callers

2013-09-11 Thread Kalia Kliban
On 9/11/2013 3:38 PM, Keith Tuxhorn wrote: Kalia, I don't live in a place where it's possible to book 11 date in 8 weeks unless I do some significant traveling. No offense, but I don't know who you are or where you live...How far away are the 11 dances you've booked? to get anything like that I'd

Re: [Callers] Question for traveling and/or busy callers

2013-09-11 Thread Keith Tuxhorn
Kalia, I don't live in a place where it's possible to book 11 date in 8 weeks unless I do some significant traveling. No offense, but I don't know who you are or where you live...How far away are the 11 dances you've booked? to get anything like that I'd have to drive 1000 miles, minimum. But I'd

Re: [Callers] Question for traveling and/or busy callers

2013-09-11 Thread Colin Hume
On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:50:39 -0700, Kalia Kliban wrote: > My question is for the other callers who call a lot, especially if > you travel to do it. What sorts of things to you do to take care > of yourself when your schedule is really intense? How do you keep > your calling fresh, and your attitu

Re: [Callers] Question for traveling and/or busy callers

2013-09-11 Thread Perry Shafran
ps. Perry From: Kalia Kliban To: Caller's discussion list Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 3:50 PM Subject: [Callers] Question for traveling and/or busy callers I've just finished a full summer camp season, with 4 week-long camps in just under 8 weeks and so

[Callers] Question for traveling and/or busy callers

2013-09-11 Thread Kalia Kliban
I've just finished a full summer camp season, with 4 week-long camps in just under 8 weeks and some home-town gigs in between. I feel pretty wrung out. I've also had seasons when I overbooked and had a big concentration of local gigs (11 gigs and a weekend, plus a pile of performance rehearsa