31 Jan
2016
31 Jan
'16
4:54 p.m.
Skipping the four potatoes and using B2 as an intro works well, especially
with singing squares.
Rich
Stafford, CT USA
On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Geoff Cubitt geofrey.cubitt(a)ntlworld.com
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
As Collin, Mo and Hugh have said if something like this happens its
ultimately the callers fault. Theres been a communication breakdown
somewhere.
Like Colin, I rarely walk through a break, preferring the spontaneity and
freedom this gives us as callers.
I try to remember before the music starts, to tell the dancers to wait for
the call. Mostly I don't call for the first 8 bars or so to give the
dancers time to adjust to the tempo of the music.
If I see dancers predicting a call by jumping ahead of the music, I will
change the call. Often achieving a smile from the offenders.
Geoff Cubitt
On 31/01/16 14:20, Colin Hume colin(a)colinhume.com [trad-dance-callers]
wrote:
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