David,
My Callers Companion program was primarily designed for contras and is in use by over 50
callers at this point. I've added some enhancements specifically for ECD and Linda
Leslie (and perhaps a couple of other people) have been testing those changes and giving
me additional feedback. You might want to talk with her and compare notes. Callers
Companion runs on the iPad using FileMaker Go and I'm hoping to shortly release a
version that will run on the new free version of FileMaker Go (based on FileMaker Pro 12)
rather than the original version (based on FileMaker Pro 11) that costs $40.
Sincerely,
Will
Will Loving
Downtown Amherst Contra Dance
http://amherstcontra.org
-----Original Message-----
From: David.Millstone(a)valley.net
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Date: 09/05/2012 03:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Computerized organization systems for dance notes
I've used my iPad for English gigs, and I'm about to get Ralph Canapa's
Dancing
Master program after seeing Gene Murrow with it at Pinewoods. Gene said something
to the effect that it's the greatest invention since "set and turn
single."
I'm not planning to go that route for contras and squares, simply because I have
so many already on 3x5 cards going back over three decades, whereas my ECD material
is more recent and is largely stored on my computer as PDFs or word processor
files.
In the past on my iPad, I've had to create new file for each gig and convert that
to a PDF, which is not at all efficient. Ralph's program looks to do exactly what
I want. (I like that it includes a database-- it'll be easy to reformat my own
and import that-- that among other things will let me generate a list of tunes
not in Barnes and will create a set of files that can be e-mailed to musicians.
David Millstone
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