Interesting problem. I've never worked with a band that didn't give four beats. Seems like if they weren't doing the four beats they would need to wait for your first call and come in related to that - perhaps they don't dance? It is hard to remember everything one needs to coordinate with the band when one is also learning to call! I sometimes forget to find out how much notice they want before ending (some don't care, some want two times - some want three so they can do really fancy endings!) -cynthia -----Original Message----- From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net]On Behalf Of Gale T. Wood Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:04 AM To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] Dance Timing Just a note to new callers... When working with a new band it helps to very specific if you wish the band to give you 4 beats as a setup Before starting the actual dance. I worked with a fine band this past weekend but unless I asked for four beats Before each dance than they went right into the tunes and my timing was off. In hindsight I should have coordinated this with the band before the evening of dancing began. Even with my slight gaffs the evening was a big success. Thanks Gale wood _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers