30 May
2017
30 May
'17
9:49 p.m.
Ooh tricky - you definitely need to tell the band, maybe point out the odd
phrasing and that you'll need to see if you can find a really good specific
dance for it to work nicely. I'm intrigued as to what the tune is now -
maybe the list can suggest something useful if you let us know?
Bob
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:43 PM, Martha Wild <mawild(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Next dance was rock solid, and easier, and tune was
rock solid. So they
did redeem themselves. I have listened to a version on line and it has a
WEIRD B part - it is nominally 16 counts but the emphasis is kind of like
6, 6 and 4, and it is weird beyond belief. How do I ask them to never play
it for me again?
On May 30, 2017, at 2:38 PM, Bob Morgan <ceilidh.caller.bob(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
In the moment, move right along. Next dance needs to be rock-solid, next
tune needs to be rock solid. Drop the difficulty through the floor and get
your dancers dancing again as quickly as possible. Don't dwell and let the
dancers forget it ever happened.
Afterwards either ask the band to play it for you again if you have time
and see if you can work it out collectively or just say something on the
lines of "It's a shame I just couldn't seem to get the hang of tune X, is
there something unusual about it?" Ideally of course the band will have
been paying attention and be suitably annoyed at themselves that they
didn't get it right (the absolute optimal response of course would have
been for the band to have changed tune).
Bob
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:16 PM, Martha Wild via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
So, a while back I was working with a band and
they played a tune that
was sort of new for them, and the A part was fine, but the B part was
unusual anyway, and hard to know where the count was, in particular because
they were unfamiliar with it, and I tried to count and call so the dancers
could keep going, and it kept coming back together in the A, but falling
apart in the B, until things snowballed and the dance completely fell
apart. What is the best thing to do or say in a situation like that so that
the band doesn’t feel too much as if it is their fault, and the dancers
don’t feel it’s their fault? And yes, it’s always the caller’s fault, since
I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what the heck was going on with
that tune, but the dancers couldn’t find their way in it either. Anyway,
back to what to do to make everyone feel a little better after that.
Martha
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