31 Jan
2016
31 Jan
'16
2:20 p.m.
On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 12:20:22 +0000, Hugh Stewart
hugh.stewart.cambridge(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers] wrote:
Yes. Often enough that I can give two cases that tend
to induce
it.
One is where the caller lets the music start without saying
anything (typically because he is going to wait four bars and then
call honour partners, honour corners)
The other is where the caller has walked a figure, but not a break,
and then starts with a break as the dancers confidently launch into
the figure.
I agree with Hugh - and with Mo who said it's ultimately the caller's
fault. I don't usually walk through breaks, but having walked through
the figure (usually for heads and then sides) and got them back to
their original partners I say "And it starts with a break - which
bears no resemblance to any of that". I still occasionally get people
leaping into the figure as soon as the music starts, in which case I
say "Wait a minute - I haven't said anything yet".
And I occasionally get people going ahead of the call for the figure -
usually because it's unphrased and I've slowed down to help the square
at the bottom of the hall while the square at the top is forging
ahead. In that case I threaten to change the figure!
Colin Hume
Email colin(a)colinhume.com Web site http://colinhume.com