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<DIV><FONT size=3>Do you think a caller could/should/would remind people now and
then of this? I know I have been to dances where the callers call too quickly,
double speed or two or three calls in a row causing 'dancers' to race through
-everyman/woman for him/herself to get to the final position before the next set
of calls are blurted.(even though the music is the same!) If you ask me, even if
three calls are given at once the music should still dictate how many beats each
call takes, wouldn't it?. The above mentioned just causes 'dancers' to become
charging buffalos to the amusement(?) of the caller(?) I certainly don't find it
amusing when it happens too often and without humour.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>We had a guest caller, Nasser Shukayr, come recently
and call an unusual dance with odd calls causing a mild
chaotic scramble. This is NOT what I'm taking about. This was welcome
silliness and a lot of fun, as it was intended,<EM> to be fun.</EM> The
caller was laughing the dancers were laughing and it didn't continue throughout
the day.(but will be fondly remembered)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Richard, as a caller you are in charge, if you see dancing you
don't like could you not prompt, encourage, force them (as often as it
takes) away from these bad habits and teach them about dancing and
<EM>manners</EM>? I like twirling but I don't like my shoulder and elbow in a
sling for the rest of the week or my feet (even ankles!) stomped on either!
(funny, that) I'm sure most dancers really want to dance well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Dancing is one thing, stampeding for the blue light special is
something competely else.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Cynde, dancer dependant on caller</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=squaredancing@rbnsn.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 05, 2006 9:16
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Squaredancing] Whatever
happened to being a polite dancer?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Lines: Pass Thru, Wheel & Deal</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Lines: Pass Thru, Bend The Line</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Wave: Swing Thru, Centers Run, Bend The Line</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>(or any call where the dancers temporarily break contact
then remake contact before turning to another position)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>What happens on that last call of the three examples
above? Somebody turns in a small space to make the turn and
somebody takes longer steps to make the arc of the turn to finish in the
ending position.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>When dancers are taught, they are generally (hopefully) told
that whenever they come to a position adjacent to someone else that they make
hand contact. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>If this is true, then why is it that some dancers who
are in the position to do the small turn usually forgets that they are dancing
with at least one or two more people who they will come into contact with
them? What do they do? They forget to take the hand of the
person next to them who has just finished doing that Pass Thru or Run
figure and they...by themselves...turn to the ending position and the
other person has to play "catch up" to end in position next to
them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Don't you think this is kind of rude on the part of the
person who left the other person "in the dust"? These people are
so worried that they will not be position to do the next call that they forget
that they are dancing WITH seven other people. I've seen these same types
of people get big frowns on their faces when they are promenading,
getting real close to the couple in front of them as if to push them out of
the way so they can get home to do their "end of promenade" swing, hip bump,
hands clap, etc. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>I was always taught that a lady is not twirled if she
doesn't want to be twirled. She initiates the twirl, not the man. Do
they still teach that in class so a lady's arm is not wrenched or hurt so
badly that she has to go home? Is it that some aggressive
male wants to twirl and thinks, "Darn it, you are going to twirl or
I'll break your arm!" </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>As to the above scenario, don't you think that</FONT><FONT
size=3> the person who is going to make the small "inside" turn do the
following: He/she should wait for the person that did the Pass
Thru with them or the Run around them remake contact with
them before they initiate their turn? Are they dancing by and
for themselves or are they "working with the team"?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>I doubt if I am the only member of this group who
has some pet peeves about what happens in a square. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Whatever happened to being the polite dancer? Thank
goodness that the number of the type of people described above are
in the small minority.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Thanks for letting me get one item off my
chest.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Richard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV></FONT>
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