Re: [Callers] Planned vs. "on-the-fly" call wording (was Re: Circle & pass through as the last move of a dance)

I know most our dancers are still listening because if I ever lose my place and miss-call the next figure, half will try to do what I said (usually the beginners) and the other half will loudly pronounce the correct move. When I do booboo, after the dance I always compliment the dancers on their masterful recovery, even if they didn't have one. I also try to drop out as early as practical. It's usually as switch from full calling to single words, and finally to maybe a word once every 32 bars at a place that may have tricky timing or to get everyone back in sync with each other. ........Circle left .......Neighbor swing ...Long lines forward and back ...Ladies allemande right 1-1/2 To ........Circle ........Neighbor ......Forward and back ........Ladies Harold -----Original Message----- From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Aahz Maruch Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 3:35 PM To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] Planned vs. "on-the-fly" call wording (was Re: Circle & pass through as the last move of a dance) On Thu, Feb 13, 2014, Jonathan Sivier wrote: Does anyone have evidence that dancers pay attention to the caller after the first few iterations? I certainly don't, and my limited experience as a caller indicates that few do (if any). -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers