16 Sep
2013
16 Sep
'13
3:41 a.m.
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013, Kalia Kliban wrote:
I live at the north end of the California Bay Area. Between the two
local CDS affiliates (BACDS and NBCDS) and a couple of independent
groups we have over 15 regularly scheduled dances each month within
a 2-hour drive of my place up in Sebastopol (about an hour north of
SF). Most are within an hour's drive. Since I call both contra and
English, things can really stack up.
The good thing about having this many regular local dances is that
there are lots of opportunities for new callers, or callers
branching out into different styles like I did. But the down side
is that you have to be careful with schedule management. It's a
learning process :>)
Speaking as someone in the same geographic area, I do not find this setup
particularly congenial to new callers. I'm not really up for an extended
discussion of why I feel that way, but I didn't feel like letting this
sit unanswered, either.
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