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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3><FONT size=2>(Background: Called in the
'70s-'80s, club caller for teen club for four years, square dancer since June
1974.</FONT> </FONT><FONT size=2>Started round dancing in the '80s. Now square
and round dance, cuer/instructor for round dancing for over 10
years.)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>I am opening this topic because no matter what dance I
go to (local or out of town) I feel that there are entirely too many
singing calls with Weave The Ring figures in singing call choreography. Can't
composers of singing calls put more creative figures in their work other than
Weave The Ring? </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>At your club your great caller/teacher does a
wonderful job on his/her dance, right? You like your caller(s), fine people, fun
to be with, and most callers mix up the figures and deliver the calls in a
smooth flowing manner so that you can dance all night and never get tired.
Lots of fun...as far as the patter.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Then comes the singing calls. Weave The Ring,
Weave The Ring, Weave The Ring. Time after time, just about every
tip. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Dancers like variety. They don't want to do Weave The
Rings all night long on the singing calls. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Perhaps it would help a lot if the singing
calls could be chosen before the dance or at the beginning when the equipment is
set up. If that is not a likeable idea then at least change the
opening-middle-closer routine on every other singing call to eliminate the
"seemingly" constant Weave The Rings in them.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>We love to square and round dance. My wife
and I are up for the majority of tips every dance we go to. We like the callers
who call and the cuers who cue.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>The only reason for writing this is because a lot of
our friends have expressed similar comments as those above and I thought I would
post those feelings here to see how you felt about it.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Thank you.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Richard Matthews</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3><EM>PS: Next time you go to a dance, count the
number of singing calls with Weave The Ring in them. You will always have more
than those without per dance.</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>