13 Mar
2018
13 Mar
'18
10:15 p.m.
I usually start thinking about the program as soon as I book. Then as far
out as two weeks I pull and practice dances, determine suitable music,
refine a day or two before and then once at the dance change the whole
program. Lol. Not really but once I get there I end up changing order or
some dances. I've been pulling my similar yet substituting dances itn
advance lately too.
On Mar 13, 2018 6:04 PM, "Bob Peterson via Callers" <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
As a new caller I spend way too many hours preparing.
I used to start
weeks in advance, just so I could read all the choreography books I have.
Now I’m down to 1 or 2 weeks. LOL. Where I’m spending most of my time
nowadays is developing a sense of “story” and “biorhythm” to the program,
and not just a logical progression of complexity. I look forward to getting
it down to an hour!
By now I have been through my library enough and called enough that I have
a couple special folders of fallback easy/fun/low-turnout dances to rely on
when I need them. Having fallbacks makes programming simpler (thus faster)
so I don’t need an absurd flowchart. (Yes, I tried that once.)
On Mar 13, 2018, at 17:28, Jean Gibson-Gorrindo via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
My calling took a big leap forward when I started paying more attention to
what I would say during the walk-thru, and practicing saying it out loud as
concisely as possible (Lisa Greenleaf influence!).
I do this as well. Saying the teaching aloud, alone, helps me test and
pare the words down. Walking a couple positions as well helps me aware of
the dancer perspectives as well.
\Bob Peterson
http://contracorner.com/caller/
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