Re: [Callers] A funny incident

I appreciate your sharing, Cynthia---this gave me a good laugh. With many dances attracting a large percentage of high school and college kids these days, I see more and more youthful antics while I'm calling....the young men holding onto their oversized baggy pants with one hand while they dance; the "Grateful Dead" dance moves or the breakdance or hiphop moves thrown in; and the leaping, hopping, cartwheeling, and rolling around on the floor at the break (or perhaps during the walkthroughs and the dances as well). One thing I noticed while calling in Charleston, SC, recently (where 90% of the crowd was under 21) was that most of the dancers were barefoot. This seems to be the trend for younger dancers. I think their timing would improve if they wore shoes, because they'd be able to hear the rhythm better. There was very little foot percussion at that dance. (personally, I think it's also aesthetically more pleasing to hear the feet, but I'm old school) It's also a safety issue when there are shoed and shoeless people dancing in the same room. But I was wondering what, if anything, I should say about it. I didn't want to come across as bossy, preachy, old-fashioned, or whatever. Any ideas on this? ~Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Phinney" <cynth(a)gwi.net> To: "Callers Shared Weight" <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:07 PM Subject: [Callers] A funny incident