Beth Molaro has a great series of videos about calling, one of which addresses this question about half way through. Thank you Beth! Beth Molaro -- Efficient Contra Dance Walk Throughs | | | | | | | | | | | Beth Molaro -- Efficient Contra Dance Walk Throughs Beth Molaro describes her approach to walk throughs, being as efficient as she can with the instruction and gett... | | | | From: John W Gintell via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> To: callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] Positive values on the mic Often it is hard to hear the caller during the Walkthrough because of chatter from some of the dancers and the people sitting out. Any thoughts as to what the caller should say to politely get people to be quiet?     John _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net