[Callers] Preparing and Dancing

Hi all, I have just come back from a wonderful caller's workshop and have gotten addicted to having other caller's to talk to. So I have two questions for you. First, how do you prepare for an upcoming evening of calling? I am wondering how you prepare AFTER you have selected the dances and programmed the evening. Do you memorize the dances? Do you call to music and an empty room? How do you keep focused on what might happen when nothing is happening in front of you? How do you learn new dances that you want to call? I have recently tried scripting a dance. It took over an hour to do the one dance, but seemed very useful. Do you script your teaching in advance? If so how do you use that script during the evening? Second, I have heard dance described as controlled falling. In another form of dance I was taught to lean into the direction of travel in order to commit my weight to the dance. I have been watching experienced dancers recently and see no evidence of this. I have danced for perhaps 30 years, and I cannot remember what we used to do. AS A DANCER, how do you commit your weight to a move? Rickey Holt.