My understanding is that the basic rule is "who, what, how much [if needed]"; e.g. "gents allemande left once and a half," or "partner balance and swing" (as opposed to the commonly heard "balance and swing your partner"). The idea is to give the dancers the information in the order they need it -- first, they need to orient toward the correct person, then know what to do, then know how long to keep doing it (unless it's obvious). I was also taught that the "how much" is one of the first things you leave off when you're shortening calls in preparation for dropping out entirely. Lewis ________________________________ From: "callers-request(a)sharedweight.net" <callers-request(a)sharedweight.net> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Sent: Wed, December 23, 2009 10:00:30 AM Subject: Callers Digest, Vol 64, Issue 11 Send Callers mailing list submissions to callers(a)sharedweight.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to callers-request(a)sharedweight.net You can reach the person managing the list at callers-owner(a)sharedweight.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Using effective word order in prompts.... (The Witful Turnip) 2. Re: Using effective word order in prompts.... (Laur) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:27:05 -0500 From: "The Witful Turnip" <wturnip(a)sympatico.ca> To: <callers(a)sharedweight.net> Subject: [Callers] Using effective word order in prompts.... Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP90F074561DAA97997EE72C2810(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I think I've seen you mention this a couple of times Greg. Can you please provide some examples of what you feel are ineffectively ordered calling prompts and how you would change them to make them more effective? I'm just curious about what your take on this is. Unfortunately, I tend to read Shared Weight sporadically (plain old lack of time) so if you've actually covered this in a prior post, and can forward that to me, that would be great. Thanks much, Bev ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:34:43 -0800 (PST) From: Laur <lcpgr(a)yahoo.com> To: wturnip(a)sympatico.ca, callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] Using effective word order in prompts.... Message-ID: <926708.37505.qm(a)web52908.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Greg, I thing others are interested in this as a discussion, if you would be so good to share. Laur On Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 2:27 PM EST The Witful Turnip wrote: ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers End of Callers Digest, Vol 64, Issue 11 ***************************************