Hi,
I am wondering if you have any dances for low numbers of dancers (perhaps 6
or less), when most or all of the dancers are beginners and adults. I am
also wondering if you have any dances (presumably different dances), that do
not require choosing a partner and are good openers for beginner adults.
Thanks as always to all,
Rickey Holt.
May have been talked about already so forgive me if it has. I have been
contracted to call a wedding in Oct. Currently covid numbers are rising in
my area and the bride, groom and I have talked about vaccines (yes),
alcohol (no) and what if.
Normally I do not require a deposit but I do expect payment upon arrival at
venue. The question is: what to request as cancellation payment.
What do others put in your contracts regarding this?
Thanks in advance.
Mary Collins
I am scheduled to provide an outdoor dance at a wedding in Ohio on Sept.
4. The musicians have bowed out, so it would be just me with recorded
music, on formica sheets (!) over a large brick patio. Here are
modifications I am considering:
- mask optional
- dance only with chosen partner, i.e. no mixers
- can swing chosen partner but otherwise hand contact only (e.g. circle,
star, dosidos, AL R&L, sashay)
- no long lines F&B
With these rules I can modify and call:
- big circle dances
- squares
- Sicilian circles
- simple ECD
- longways Ceilidgh or barn dances
- couple dances (e.g. waltz)
- Chicken dance (requested)
What do you think? or should I cancel the dance?
Susan [image: 🎶] [image: ☺]
330-347-8155
woosterdance.com
In trying to solve my issues related to the HTML and other code crap I've received in the digest forms (and thanks again to everyone who reached out to me to help), I realized that I didn't have an actual account for the Shared Weight Lists. Creating my account just now, and poking around the menus, I landed on the User posting activity page. I noticed that on the Subscriptions tab, the time since my first activity was 16 years and 10 months ago! WOW!
I actually believe I remember the discussions that led to Seth Seeger and Chris Weiler creating this list, it happened at American Week at Pinewoods all those years ago. It's just amazing to me that the result of their efforts is still going strong today.
HUGE thank you to Seth and Chris! And thanks to everyone for contributing :-)
Stay safe and be well. May we all meet again soon.
Bev
Hi all,
Not long ago, someone posted a really helpful note to this list about how to
remove all the HTML code crap that comes with posts that are combined into a
digest mode email. I didn't have a chance to act on it at the time it was
sent. But I cannot find it now and I cannot remember what I need to do. All
I know is, I'm finding that I've mostly stopped reading these emails because
I can't stand having to decipher the contents. I'd love to fix that once and
for all.
To the person who posted that info, would you please email me directly
(wturnip(a)sympatico.ca <mailto:wturnip@sympatico.ca> ) with the notes about
what I need to do. I virtually hug you in advance.
Thank you so much,
Bev
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I think you’re correct Sue, two different parts of the brain, and two totally different ways of experiencing the evening.
I can walk into a dance and tell if the caller is using a card or not. In my opinion calling a well memorized dance is far more natural.
I have to tell you a short story of how my memory saved the day when I called my 6th English dance. A women from the local senior center brought about 12 of her dancers (still beginners) to our dance which is usually all experienced. She did this without warning me ahead of time.
I came to the dance without any cards or a written program. It took me about two minutes to jot down a revised program, all from memory. The evening went well. Calling from memory is extremely beneficial to callers, there’s no question in my mind.
We discussed this topic maybe 10 or 15 years ago. I was impressed that one person said she would try it. I’m curious why some of you haven’t given it a go.
Lastly it happens that some of your messages are scrambled so I can’t read them. Any ideas why? Tony, can you send your message to me off list?
Tom Hinds
As I begin to travel again, I want to leave my dance cards home and access
all my material virtually. I have 2 questions:
1. Which virtual method (or app) do you prefer for accessing your dance
instructions and notes?
2. What is your back-up plan at a dance if you can't get on the internet?
Susan [image: 🎶] [image: ☺]
330-347-8155
woosterdance.com
