Adam Hughes
Defining Calling (Re: Cribs)
Oct. 9, 2001, 5:14 p.m. (Message 27824)
T L Harris wrote:
> ...The idea is that the dances are called, but not walked through...
What do you mean by calling? What do other people understand by the
term calling.
By calling, I mean the MC uses a microphone to be heard over the music,
and announces the movements to be performed a little ahead of the time
they will happen. This is how it is done in many American styles of dance.
I have heard Scots use the term "called" to mean "announced" ie the MC
calls out the dance's name, and then everyone dances it, and I've heard
other people (most recently, a South African, which I why I ask) use
"called" to mean what most people on this list have been terming
"briefed", ie the MC gives a brief description or summary of the dance
before the music starts.
Adam
Cambridge, UK.