[Callers] Moving past self-flagellation

[Martha Wild]

Yeah - there’s the dancer response I just commented on in my previous comment - some people think it’s fun when it gets chaotic!
 
Martha

> On Nov 6, 2017, at 9:28 AM, John W Gintell via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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> This is what is important - it is why we go to dances.
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> "the dancers adjusted and all had a good time, and I still had the hall’s trust and goodwill at the end of the evening”
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> And I think it is fun as a dancer to occasionally have to cope with messed-up dancing due to dancers, callers, or bands mistakes or  miscues.
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>> On Nov 6, 2017, at 11:10 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers at lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
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>> So after a gig, I find myself haunted by one or two missteps from an evening — the rolling start that was a little muddy, the thing I didn’t teach clearly enough so the dancers never quite got it — even though the dancers adjusted and all had a good time, and I still had the hall’s trust and goodwill at the end of the evening.
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>> Is this a familiar experience for anyone? Assuming you’ve already learned the lesson to be learned there, how do you move past it and stop self-flagellating?Would love to hear some people’s thoughts!
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>> Cheers,
>> Maia
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