Donna Hunt said:
I'm glad you said this was a "true
story" otherwise I would have
thought it was a "caller's nightmare". I'm wondering (as I'm sure
everyone is) what else you had to "adapt" to and how you handled it
all. If you have time I'd love more information.
Donna,
I know I recorded that dance. If I ever find it I'll send a copy to
you. It was easy to adapt because I was teaching dance and calling
full time. I was calling MWSD, calling to kids, mentally challenged
etc. So I was used to adapting all of the time. This situation was
just on the extreme side of adapting. The dancers were very gung-ho
and that made the experience very enjoyable. I can see that visiting
couple squares would have been a good choice but I really can't
remember what I did because it happened in 1988 or 1989.
When I called MWSD I soon learned that calling full throttle for
every tip wasn't real smart. For the dancers it got old. So I
developed these different voice personalities for variety. Sometimes
I'd be relaxed, or kid around or was challenging and yes full
throttle once in a while. I think this helped me more than anything
else when calling to the blues music.
Tom