15 Nov
2012
15 Nov
'12
9:57 a.m.
Chris Lahey wrote:
I specifically told them that usually I encourage
clapping and
talked about how nice it felt and actually got most of them to clap
for the first petronella and not for the second.
I think presenting yourself as being on the pro-clapping side is
probably key to why that worked for you. Many callers don't like
clapping on petronellas and dancers who like the clapping know that
callers think this. So when a caller says "don't clap", even if it
really is specific to this particular dance, a lot of people think
"don't tell me how to dance" and ignore them.
Jeff