Chris, First off I'd like to say thanks for sharing the so called bad with the so called good. So I am not the only caller that has learning experiences, thanks for helping me not feel alone with this. Pardon my soap box. If you could do it over again what would you do different this time? The reason I say that is in August was a learning experience for me. Doing a walkthrough from the stage and it doesn't look right but I went with it anyway. Like you I ran it short and got on with the next dance. For me I would not call at the same monthly dance two months in a row nor saying yes when I really didn't want to call. For me I can't fake calling with enthusiasm. In this same dance, I tried a dance that I had walked through the dance during the break at another dance. I knew the dance worked but there was a glitch in the progression during the walkthrough. After a demo and one walk through, I canned the dance immediately. There was no way for me to recover this after the problem dance in the first half. See ya from the floor, Dan Black ----- Original Message ---- From: Chris Weiler <chris.weiler(a)weirdtable.org> To: Shared Weight <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:51:14 AM Subject: [Callers] when to abort a dance Hello everyone, Tonight I had a pretty bad gig (just a hint: don't schedule a dentist appointment for the afternoon before your gig). So tonight I made some choreographic goofs when choosing my dances. One dance I realized that it didn't flow as well as I would have hoped after the walkthrough. Should I have aborted and called something else? Tom Hinds has a line "I don't like that dance, let's do something else". However, he usually follows it by teaching the very same dance again. I stuck with it and just ran the dance a little shorter. The same thing happened a little later when I called two dances in a row with the sequence: ladies chain, ladies "x" once around, partner swing. I realized it during the walk through, but went ahead and called it anyway. What do you think? Abort or deal with it? Chris Weiler Goffstown, NH http://www.chrisweiler.ws/ _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/