[Callers] Re: Contra Callers Digest, Vol 87, Issue 1

Hi Tom, Two responses to share. Last point first re gibberish Shared Weight emails. If you are referring to summary emails filled with repetitive, annoying unparseable HTML text, I was seeing the same. A couple of days ago I went to the Shared Weight FAQs and I refer you to FAQ #5 subsection #6 re setting to MIME. I think it solved it for me. Other response relates to memorization of dances though I'm not sure if I've understood your remarks correctly. I would love to have 100 dances, or more, tucked away in my noggan for immediate recall. The benefits appear obvious. Do remember, however, that while some callers are calling every week, possibly more than once a week, others of us -- if we're lucky -- call, perhaps, once a month (and maybe just a dance or two through the evening). One of those realities facilitates memorization; the other, not so much. For myself, I do try to augment my practicing; whenever I'm listening to my contra playlist MP3s I'll usually run one of my few memorized dances through my mind. Chuck the Budgie is pretty engrained as a result! 🙂 Ken Panton Ottawa, Ontario