[Squaredancing] APD Square Dancing??

[Buddy Weaver]

I am posting this on the "squaredancing" board as Doren's message is great 
and should be heard by more good folks.

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From: "Doren McBroom" <mcbroom at carr.org>
To: <sd-callers at all8.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 9:46 AM
Subject: [sd-callers] DBD not APD


> In the last month, I have read in two different SD publications, the
> definitions for APD and DBD.
> Here is my take, and please someone correct me if I'm wrong.
> APD (All Position Dancing) was the first attempt by Callerlab to identify
> choreography of a more complex nature. i.e. more than standard 
> applications.  I
> believe this was even before we had the Standard Applications books 
> completed.
> At some point we realized that the APD term was not the best way to phrase 
> the
> intent.  The major argument was that no one could be expected to know ALL
> about a given call, so the term was changed to DBD (Dance by Definition). 
> The
> term APD is obsolete and not in use by Callerlab
>
> The term DBD has been left undefined except that it is anything that is 
> not
> Standard Applications.  The thinking here is that as soon as we begin to 
> define
> it, we'll start to limit it.
>
>
>
> Let me go one step further and correct some misconceptions about DBD 
> dancing.
> It is not stop and go dancing.  Stop and go is a product of the caller 
> (and/or
> perhaps the dancers) abilities.  DBD dancing can and should be as smooth 
> and
> flowing as any other dancing.
>
>
>
> Some dancer at a DBD dance will twirl and swing, just like at any other
> program.
>
>
>
> It is not just the girl dancing the boys part.  There are only about 5 
> calls
> that are truly gender dependant and DBD does not change that.  DBD dancing 
> may
> require you to dance in the non-standard arrangement (boy girl placement) 
> of a
> given call, but there is more to it that just that.
>
>
>
> DBD is an integral part of the dance programs above Plus.  This is the 
> source
> of some debate, but most established Advanced callers would prefer that 
> dancers
> understand the nature of DBD dancing before moving to Advanced or at least
> learn it as part of the Advanced Program.
>
>
>
> Doren McBroom


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Doren (and all readers),

Well said and a timely point to make, especially ..."Let me go one step 
further and correct some misconceptions about DBD dancing.  It is not stop 
and go dancing.  Stop and go is a product of the caller (and/or perhaps the 
dancers) abilities.  DBD dancing can and should be as smooth and flowing as 
any other dancing."...

Callerlab a few years back embraced the terms: standard and extended to 
describe useage of calls; example is Relay the Ducey is "standard useage" 
from 0 waves with any of the five other arrangements being termed "extended 
useage".  It was widely understood that every dancer should know "standard" 
applications.

The "stop and go" calling is becoming the norm at an alarming rate.  In a 
presentation at CL's convention, the "stop and go" calling is caused by the 
caller extemporaneously sight calling either puzzle solving for his own 
entertainment, or trying to create a puzzle for the dancer's entertainment 
(are they entertained?) or out of sloppy, lazy calling technique and work 
ethic.  This "stop and go" is creating a generation of dancers that cannot 
transition smoothly from one call to the next.  As the presentation says: 
"it's not the dancer's fault".  The presentation is offered as a free 
download from Blue Star Square Dance Music Productions - go to: 
http://www.buddyweaver.com/blue_star_workshop.htm

BW
Buddy Weaver
Blue Star Records


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