21 Jan
2025
21 Jan
'25
6:36 p.m.
I was greeted at the door once by Organizers telling me that the scheduled caller was a
no-show. This was 5 minutes before the start of the dance (I was attending with the
expectation of being a dancer). The money box had a few scraps of paper with dances
written on them, so we started with those. I asked a couple of dancers to sit out and use
their phones to look up dance figures while I got the dance going. The originally booked
caller had forgotten, so I became the caller for the full evening.
Now I carry a couple of printed programs with me.
Sue GolaPrinceton/Mt Airy
On Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 01:21:01 PM EST, Colin Hume via Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:11:33 -0800, Gary Shapiro via Contra Callers wrote:
I haven't been a contra caller for many years, but
last night I dreamt I was at a dance and the caller did not show
up. There were no other callers in attendance. So I got up there wondering what dances I
knew by heart. I think I
knew how A Nice Combination went. Then I woke up and thought about it some more. I
decided that every dance venue
should keep a dance program, with instructions, somewhere.
I've been in that situation at a Festival - the caller was delayed on the motorway -
and I realised I only knew two
contras by heart, neither of which was a good one to start with. I actually had my
lap-top with all my dances on it,
but it was at the other venue. I managed to remember Bob Dalsemer's
"Maggie's Hobby". I now have some cards
for a few contras and squares in my shoulder bag along with the other vital stuff like
Mars Bars and cough medicine!
And yet I can remember lots of quite complicated English dances!
Colin Hume
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