Re: [Callers] Request about requests

I do believe that most if not all dance organizers, if they want a caller to do something, whether it be a mixer, a square, a style tip, whatever, then at least that should be communicated to the caller well ahead of time.  If I have a dance evening programmed, and the night I get there the organizer comes up to me and says I gotta do a square or a mixer that night, I think that's a poor idea.  Expectations need to be ironed out well ahead of the night of the dance, I think.  That said, accomodating a request, say, call some easier dances, or shorten/lengthen the time of the dance, whatever, those are things I can do.  I also want to be flexible as a caller too and not too rigid.  My goal is to make the dancers happy.  However,  I know that as a caller, you won't make everyone happy 100% of the time as dancers have different tastes.   Perry --- On Fri, 3/2/12, Brian Hamshar <bhamshar(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Brian Hamshar <bhamshar(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Callers] Request about requests To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Date: Friday, March 2, 2012, 7:03 PM I'm not sure yet. The board of our Charlottesville Friday night dance just introduced a new policy requiring callers to program a mixer during the first quarter of every dance evening. I'm not sure of my opinion on that yet. At least I did manage to hear about this prior to my next gig at that series. If I got a request on the spot, I imagine it would depend on what request and my comfort level with that material. Brian Hamshar Central Virginia -----Original Message----- Date: Friday, March 02, 2012 6:50:41 pm To: callers(a)sharedweight.net From: "Chris Page" <chriscpage(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Callers] Request about requests I'm curious -- how do you handle requests? That is, at an event when a dancer or an organizer comes up to the stage and asks you to do a particular dance or type of dance? -Chris Page San Diego _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers