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1. Re: Do you share - or don't you? (Greg McKenzie)
2. Re: Do you share - or don't you? (Ron Nelson)
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Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:17:20 -0800
From: Greg McKenzie <grekenzie(a)gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Do you share - or don't you?
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Hanny wrote:
Valid reasons indeed, Colin. But what about
dances that are NOT
your own
and that you call? Does anybody ever announce 'please don't call
this dance
without speaking to me first' or somesuch?
I can see why some coriographers may want to insulate a new dance
from the
folk process...for a time. Eventually, however, the folks will get
a hold
of it and you will lose control. I don't know of many dances that are
being hoarded by callers. It seems like a doomed effort in any
case. If
someone doesn't want their dance called I will remove it from my
database
and allow it to spiral into the oblivion of "protected works" where it
belongs. The musicians play public domain music and I feel that we
should
call dances that are also available for free use. There are plenty of
great dances available without restriction and more being written
all the
time. I always give credit to the alleged coriographer on my cards
and
when I pass a dance on. If you want to become immortalized by your
work it
is best not to keep it in a lockbox.
- Greg
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Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:24:21 +0000
From: Ron Nelson <callerman(a)hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Do you share - or don't you?
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When I first started calling square dances, some 50 years ago, I
would attend other callers' dances to research my own presentation.
i would carry a little notebook in my pocket to make notes. The
point is, once you have presented the figure in public, it is no
longer within your control. You can only control its being
reprinted without proper recognition and permission.
Ron Nelson
Chula Vista, CA
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:17:20 -0800
From: grekenzie(a)gmail.com
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] Do you share - or don't you?
Hanny wrote:
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End of Callers Digest, Vol 88, Issue 36
*************************************** Valid reasons indeed, Colin. But what about
dances that are NOT
your own
and that you call? Does anybody ever announce 'please don't call
this dance
without speaking to me first' or somesuch?
I can see why some coriographers may want to insulate a new dance
from the
folk process...for a time. Eventually, however, the folks will get
a hold
of it and you will lose control. I don't know of many dances that are
being hoarded by callers. It seems like a doomed effort in any
case. If
someone doesn't want their dance called I will remove it from my
database
and allow it to spiral into the oblivion of "protected works"
where it
belongs. The musicians play public domain music and I feel that we
should
call dances that are also available for free use. There are plenty of
great dances available without restriction and more being written
all the
time. I always give credit to the alleged coriographer on my cards
and
when I pass a dance on. If you want to become immortalized by your
work it
is best not to keep it in a lockbox.
- Greg
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