Re: [Callers] Programming on-the-fly

Congratulations, Danielle, on your first full evening. What I do: - I have a file of easy contra dances with me. - I know a bunch of one-night-stand (super easy, often whole-set rather than duple-minor) dances, including mixers, and will whip them out when necessary. - Even without a bunch of beginners, no battle plan survives initial contact with the energy. Always evaluate how your program is going, whether the next dance you had is what's best for the people on the floor, etc. (Sometimes they can handle more than you thought they could.) I echo Andrea's point that as you develop as a caller you'll be able to teach beginners more in less time. -- Alan ________________________________________ From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Danielle Boudreau [elle.boudreau(a)gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 10:16 AM To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] Programming on-the-fly Good morning, My name is Danielle, and I am a new caller in New Mexico. I just called my first full evening last night. We ended up having a rather large group of beginners, so much so that I could use neither my planned program nor even my backup program that I thought would be appropriate for a mixed crowd. I ended up programming on the fly, which didn't go as smoothly as I would have liked. I'd love to hear what other callers do in this situation, or how they are able to avoid it with prep work beforehand. Thanks! Danielle -- Danielle Boudreau <dbou(a)unm.edu> elle.boudreau(a)gmail.com cell: (505) 377-3071 _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers