14 Feb
2014
14 Feb
'14
5:46 p.m.
Someone wrote:
Greg M wrote in response to a post by Jim Saxe :
"The dancers in your video look like a competent group of regulars who are
able to adapt to poorly-structured calls quickly and graciously. I'm sure
they have a lot of practice at it. I find it very productive to be more
diligent in my own calling."
YOWIE! Is this paragraph really the bashing of these callers that it seems?
No it's not. No one is "bashing" anyone.
Someone else wrote:
Yes, Greg is like that at times..... ;-)
Hey folks. Let's please try to avoid personal attacks. It makes the
newcomers to the list nervous.
Without some kind of critical comments there is no way we can advance any
tradition. When I am critical I try to be as even-handed as possible. In
the above case I mentioned no one. I was being critical of the behavior of
all callers...including myself (as I mentioned earlier in this thread.).
Ok, "The King has no clothes!" "Callers are human beings!" and all
of us
make mistakes. I am amazed and grateful for the tolerance and graciousness
of the dancers when I call. If I look like a competent and capable caller
it is because of them.
If you have critical comments about this or any of my other ideas I welcome
the discussion.
- Greg McKenzie
West Coast, USA