strathspey@strathspey.org:27744

Miriam L. Mueller

Re: Cribs (was Re: Square dancing.)

Oct. 4, 2001, 5:29 p.m. (Message 27744, in reply to message 27704)

Adam Hughes wrote:
. . . I mentioned Pilling as an example of the worst case since if people

could understand that, surely they'd have no trouble at all with mere 
words...

Ah, no, Adam. Pillings are symbols, and my mind wraps around such symbols
differently from words. Many dancers are comfortable with one but not the
other. And then there's the eyeglass factor: I can distinguish pillings
without my glasses, but cannot read the printed words.

Attended a beginners' class once where the teacher displayed a large
chart of the pillings for the dances she was teaching. As she taught a
figure, or walked through a dance, she would point to the pillings
representation. Classic teaching technique: visual as well as auditory
and kinetic presentation. Great class.

Miriam Mueller, San Francisco