<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_283740">Erik (and all),</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_283738"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_283739">You certainly hit on one of the issues for me. I remember calling in one community with a pretty well-known popular band, and I gave the band their props, as I usually do, but I could not get the dancers to applaud the band. Maybe a bit more at the end of the night, but not much during the dance. OK, I might not be the most well-known popular callers but the band is and travelled a long way for not a lot of money and some appreciation would be nice.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_284193" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_284194" dir="ltr">OTOH, I was in another community, with a local band, and I and the band got TONS of applause that night. It really made me special and as a result put that community in a special place in my heart. I was grateful. The other community kind of gave me that "eh" feeling. Maybe I called better dances in the place I got applause, or maybe I explained things better, I don't know. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_284370" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_284369" dir="ltr">I know that when I'm dancing I always give applause to all bands and callers. Even if they had off nights. They are all part of our community, too, and communities support bands and callers.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Perry<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_283737"><span></span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_283736" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_283735" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_283734" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_283733" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Erik Hoffman via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net><br> <b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_284196"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_284195" style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com; callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April 22, 2015 10:08 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Callers] Applause or Not...<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1429713471375_283818" class="y_msg_container"><br>Hi All,<br clear="none"><br clear="none">There are several places where almost no applause occurs after a dance. <br clear="none">In some communities, when I've been subjected to that experience, I've <br clear="none">asked, "were we off tonight?" The reply usually is something like, "no, <br clear="none">the dance was fine (or even great), we just head for our next <br clear="none">partner..." I know sometimes it's just the night. Sometimes, though, <br clear="none">it's the community's habit. I spoke with a renowned musician the other <br clear="none">day, who will no longer play for a certain series. One of the reasons: <br clear="none">lack of applause -- lack of that palpable sense of appreciation.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I think dancers don't often know that applause really makes the band and <br clear="none">caller feel better. If they feel better they play better. And, as a <br clear="none">dancer, applause usually makes me feel better, too. Any ideas on how to <br clear="none">encourage applause? Or, if you're in one of those communities where <br clear="none">applause is minimal, does it bother you?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">~erik hoffman<br clear="none"> oakland, ca<div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt0634451225" id="yqtfd27987"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Callers mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>