27 Nov
2012
27 Nov
'12
9:18 p.m.
I started out setting this very high bar for myself: lose the cards. After a while, I
decided that either I had to give up my dream of calling or lower my bar, as I just
can't seem to memorize these spatial arrangements at all. So now I study each dance a
bunch to be sure I get it and write it out including working out a starter set of calls.
I keep my cards on a stand and try to force myself to look at them as little as possible,
keeping my eyes on the dancers as much as I can. I still have a long way to go on this,
but now that I've given myself permission to put my energy there, rather than on
memorizing, I'm feeling like more of a success and I'm energized to keep trying!
On Nov 27, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Donald Perley wrote:
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Maia McCormick
<maia.mcc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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Delia Clark
PO Box 45
Taftsville, VT 05073
802-457-2075
deliaclark8(a)gmail.com
Do you do it? Or use cards? Do you think it's
important to commit dances to
memory? Do you memorize your entire collection, or just a few? (And if just
a few, which sorts of dances are the most prudent to memorize?)
I've memorized some, in 2 classes. Some I can call completely from
memory and some I can write down from memory but don't think I could
call unless I did. I don't choose which to memorize, it happens based
on how distinctive they are, and from dancing and calling them.
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