4 Jan
2012
4 Jan
'12
1:48 p.m.
Hi All:
I'm one of those callers who often changes a contra to finish with a partner swing,
although for really good bands who know to finish with a flourish I'll avoid that.
But I never call the whole last time through and it bothers me when others do it;
that's just a bad case of caller ego-tripping.
But there is one scenario where there is no need to change. Consider an improper dance
that ends with:
B2. Circle L 3/4, balance, California twirl
At the end, you can simply call "balance, and thank your partner one and all."
Bob
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:00:44 -0800
From: winston(a)slac.stanford.edu
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] Changing on the last round for a partner swing
Callers --
Looking for opinions.
As a caller, I will usually alter (if necessary), the last dance of a medley,
the last dance of the first half, or the last dance of evening to end with a
partner swing if it doesn't work that way in the choreography. (You know, that
"This time, circle half and swing your partner" or "This time, just keep
on
swinging!" thing.)
I'll usually leave the other dances alone. They end how they end; the band
gets to crescendo and I don't have to be heard, and the dancers get something
other than utter predictability.
(As a dancer I don't like utter predictability; I begin to get a teeny bit
bored if the callers changes every dance to end with a partner swing.)
But I mentioned this to my date, and she *loves* it when the caller changes the
dance to make it a partner swing so that it feels like you're finishing with
the partner who asked you, and feels disappointed if the caller doesn't make
those changes. I mentioned the issue of stepping on the band's hot ending; as
a dancer, that meant nothing to her.
So what do y'all think? What do you do? How you do think people like it?
(Nobody's ever complained to me that I didn't alter endings enough, and I
doubt that's the kind of thing anybody complains to anybody about, but it
probably has some impact on dancers enjoyment of the evening.)
Thanks!
-- Alan
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