13 Feb
2014
13 Feb
'14
10:36 a.m.
Aahz,
Watch some MWSD calling on youtube with the volume off. You will find that in most of the
videos, neither the dancers or the caller get the timing right. It is stop and go
dancing. Contra dance is most often a steady flow. The MWSD have come to expect this as
the norm.
On another point you made previously, MWSD callers are generally easier for me to
understand as well. This is by necessity. There is no walkthrough, and the list of
basics, coming at you randomly, can number into the hundreds. The Hilton sound systems
have also been engineered to emphasize the vocal range.
Rich
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From: Aahz Maruch <aahz(a)pobox.com>
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 1:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Circle & pass through as the last move of a dance
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014, Greg McKenzie wrote:
Well-structured calling is not easy. It does however make a subtle but
significant difference in how confident the dancers feel--particularly at
open, public social events. That is why I structure my calls carefully and
write the calls out verbatim on my cards. That is also why I advocate for
callers at open public contra dances to use dance cards when calling.
Making up calls on the fly often puts the onus on the dancers to get the
timing right.
While I don't particularly disagree with you, particularly for me at this
stage in my calling career, I do find it interesting that your advice to
avoid making up calls on the fly is almost universally ignored by MWSD
callers -- and with the majority of square dance callers (which is to
say, almost all the good ones), it's not the dancers who face the onus of
getting the timing right.
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