New subject: Callers Digest, Vol 88, Issue 36

1 Jan 2012

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Choreography, choreographer.
Martha Wild

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    1. Re: Do you share - or don't you? (Greg McKenzie)
    2. Re: Do you share - or don't you? (Ron Nelson)

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 Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:17:20 -0800
 From: Greg McKenzie &lt;grekenzie(a)gmail.com&gt;
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 Subject: Re: [Callers] Do you share - or don't you?
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 Hanny wrote:

  Valid reasons indeed, Colin. But what about
dances that are NOT  
 your own
 and that you call? Does anybody ever announce 'please don't call  
 this dance
 without speaking to me first' or somesuch?

 I can see why some coriographers may want to insulate a new dance  
 from the
 folk process...for a time.  Eventually, however, the folks will get  
 a hold
 of it and you will lose control.  I don't know of many dances that are
 being hoarded by callers.  It seems like a doomed effort in any  
 case.  If
 someone doesn't want their dance called I will remove it from my  
 database
 and allow it to spiral into the oblivion of "protected works" where it
 belongs.  The musicians play public domain music and I feel that we  
 should
 call dances that are also available for free use.  There are plenty of
 great dances available without restriction and more being written  
 all the
 time.  I always give credit to the alleged coriographer on my cards  
 and
 when I pass a dance on.  If you want to become immortalized by your  
 work it
 is best not to keep it in a lockbox.

 - Greg

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 Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:24:21 +0000
 From: Ron Nelson &lt;callerman(a)hotmail.com&gt;
 To: &lt;callers(a)sharedweight.net&gt;
 Subject: Re: [Callers] Do you share - or don't you?
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 When I first started calling square dances, some 50 years ago, I  
 would attend other callers' dances to research my own presentation.  
 i would carry a little notebook in my pocket to make notes. The  
 point is, once you have presented the figure in public, it is no  
 longer within your control. You can only control its being  
 reprinted without proper recognition and permission.

 Ron Nelson
 Chula Vista, CA

  Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:17:20 -0800
 From: grekenzie(a)gmail.com
 To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
 Subject: Re: [Callers] Do you share - or don't you?

 Hanny wrote:

  Valid reasons indeed, Colin. But what about
dances that are NOT  
 your own
 and that you call? Does anybody ever announce 'please don't call  
 this dance
 without speaking to me first' or somesuch?

 I can see why some coriographers may want to insulate a new dance  
 from the
 folk process...for a time. Eventually, however, the folks will get  
 a hold
 of it and you will lose control. I don't know of many dances that are
 being hoarded by callers. It seems like a doomed effort in any  
 case. If
 someone doesn't want their dance called I will remove it from my  
 database
 and allow it to spiral into the oblivion of "protected works"  
 where it
 belongs. The musicians play public domain music and I feel that we  
 should
 call dances that are also available for free use. There are plenty of
 great dances available without restriction and more being written  
 all the
 time. I always give credit to the alleged coriographer on my cards  
 and
 when I pass a dance on. If you want to become immortalized by your  
 work it
 is best not to keep it in a lockbox.

 - Greg
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