6 Sep
2006
6 Sep
'06
6:59 p.m.
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Karen Fontana <karen_fontana(a)yahoo.com>
....I couldn't get down to the floor quick
enough (wasn't using my wireless mic
due to one dancer's sensitivity to wireless equipment)....
Curiosity has gotten the best of me.... what was the dancer's problem with or
objection to a wireless mike? .... Bob
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Robert Jon Golder
164 Maxfield St
New Bedford, MA 02740
(508) 999-2486
6 Sep
6 Sep
7:27 p.m.
New subject: A funny incident, TANGENT
-------------- Original message
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From: Karen Fontana <karen_fontana(a)yahoo.com>
> ....I couldn't get down to the floor quick enough (wasn't using my
wireless mic
> due to one dancer's sensitivity to wireless equipment)....
Curiosity has gotten the best of me.... what was the
dancer's problem with or objection to a wireless mike? .... Bob
If Karen was dealing with the person I'm thinking of, this dancer reports that
she can feel the transmissions from wireless mics and that they give her
headaches and make her dizzy. (She won't be coming to the BACDS Fall Dance
Weekend in October this year because we're using wireless mics.)
This person also distributes literature about cell phones producing brain
cancer and carries a little radiation detector with which she harrasses
people using cell phones.
I have witnessed an argument between this person and someone involved
professionally in radiation physics. It wasn't pretty.
-- Alan
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7 Sep
7 Sep
7:50 p.m.
New subject: A funny incident, TANGENT
Hi Bob,
In a county where I manage one dance and also call in neighboring communities (three
other dances), we have one dancer who has made it known (very loudly) that she gets
headaches if wireless technology is used. She gives out all sorts of handouts and
research findings on the topic.
Heres how Ive dealt with it
.. As a caller, if Im calling in any of the four dances in her community, I figure these
are her home area dances. I ask the sound guy to set up both my wireless mic AND one
corded mic and so were ready to go with either. If she shows up, I use the corded mic.
She usually comes up and asks the caller and sound person what were using. At first, I
kind of struggled with this, as my preference is to use my own wireless mic (not only for
the convenience of wireless but for the convenience of keeping my germs to myself on my
own mic). But after thinking it over, I mainly think about these local dances being
closest to her home. So, I adapt my teaching a bit and deal with it. At the dance I
manage, that one is the closest of the four to her home. So, we (the sound engineer) use
a corded mic.
I suppose this could lead to an entire discussion in itself
..
As for myself, I live in Mountain View, California, and our entire city now has free
wireless for notebook pcs, due to Googles donation to the city (Googles corporate
headquarters are in Mountain View).
If anyone is interested in any of these articles or research, Im sure shed be more
than happy to share some of it, and I can put you in contact with her directly, or I can
share it broadly.
Thanks,
Karen Fontana
robertgolder(a)comcast.net wrote: -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Karen Fontana
....I couldn't get down to the floor quick enough
(wasn't using my wireless mic
due to one dancer's sensitivity to wireless equipment)....
Curiosity has gotten the best of me.... what was the dancer's problem with or
objection to a wireless mike? .... Bob
--
Robert Jon Golder
164 Maxfield St
New Bedford, MA 02740
(508) 999-2486
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