22 Jun
2013
22 Jun
'13
12:38 a.m.
On Jun 21, 2013, at 5:03 PM, Kalia Kliban wrote:
On 6/21/2013 4:08 PM, James Saxe wrote:
I, too, am well aware that I don't always live up to the
ideal I suggest above. It's sure worth working toward,
though.
--Jim
As callers we can aim both to keep the amount of
confusion
low and to set a gracious tone towards whatever confusion
may still arise. (Doing the opposite of both these things
is unfortunately easy: Just pick inappropriate dances,
teach and call them poorly, and then bark at the dancers
when the inevitable confusion arises.)
--Jim
Well said. My challenge at the moment is to deal with my own
exasperation with certain dancers. It's not the problem of the
dancers. It's mine. But sometimes, hoo boy...
Kalia