[Callers] What to do?

Bob Morgan via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Tue May 30 14:49:16 PDT 2017


Ooh tricky - you definitely need to tell the band, maybe point out the odd
phrasing and that you'll need to see if you can find a really good specific
dance for it to work nicely.  I'm intrigued as to what the tune is now -
maybe the list can suggest something useful if you let us know?

Bob

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:43 PM, Martha Wild <mawild at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Next dance was rock solid, and easier, and tune was rock solid. So they
> did redeem themselves. I have listened to a version on line and it has a
> WEIRD B part - it is nominally 16 counts but the emphasis is kind of like
> 6, 6 and 4, and it is weird beyond belief. How do I ask them to never play
> it for me again?
>
> On May 30, 2017, at 2:38 PM, Bob Morgan <ceilidh.caller.bob at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> In the moment, move right along.  Next dance needs to be rock-solid, next
> tune needs to be rock solid.  Drop the difficulty through the floor and get
> your dancers dancing again as quickly as possible. Don't dwell and let the
> dancers forget it ever happened.
>
> Afterwards either ask the band to play it for you again if you have time
> and see if you can work it out collectively or just say something on the
> lines of "It's a shame I just couldn't seem to get the hang of tune X, is
> there something unusual about it?" Ideally of course the band will have
> been paying attention and be suitably annoyed at themselves that they
> didn't get it right (the absolute optimal response of course would have
> been for the band to have changed tune).
>
> Bob
>
> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:16 PM, Martha Wild via Callers <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> So, a while back I was working with a band and they played a tune that
>> was sort of new for them, and the A part was fine, but the B part was
>> unusual anyway, and hard to know where the count was, in particular because
>> they were unfamiliar with it, and I tried to count and call so the dancers
>> could keep going, and it kept coming back together in the A, but falling
>> apart in the B, until things snowballed and the dance completely fell
>> apart. What is the best thing to do or say in a situation like that so that
>> the band doesn’t feel too much as if it is their fault, and the dancers
>> don’t feel it’s their fault? And yes, it’s always the caller’s fault, since
>> I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what the heck was going on with
>> that tune, but the dancers couldn’t find their way in it either. Anyway,
>> back to what to do to make everyone feel a little better after that.
>> Martha
>>
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