DC Mainstream class #8
Nov. 6th, 2006 10:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisTonight's class went reasonably well. It was the one I'd been dreading for a while but we survived.
The topic was thars. I hate thars. I'm not fond of dancing them and I hate calling them. Thars are awkward --ah, the joy of walking backwards--, they are unforgiving in square timing & synchronization and there's limited variations available at the mainstream level. We teach them because they're on the list and thus must be taught but they are called rarely. I've survived many a fly-in without a single thar call and would be quite content to see them fall off the mainstream list entirely.
All that said, they're on the list and so we must teach them. It goes without saying that professionalism requires they be taught with the same level of cheer and enthusiasm as any other call and we did our best. But I'm equally glad its over.
We'll do a few figures with thars every class to keep the calls fresh in everyone's minds but there are so many other calls which are more worthy of limited class time. The downside of teaching is that you don't get to pick & chose the material, just do the best you can with what you've got. Next week will be better.
The topic was thars. I hate thars. I'm not fond of dancing them and I hate calling them. Thars are awkward --ah, the joy of walking backwards--, they are unforgiving in square timing & synchronization and there's limited variations available at the mainstream level. We teach them because they're on the list and thus must be taught but they are called rarely. I've survived many a fly-in without a single thar call and would be quite content to see them fall off the mainstream list entirely.
All that said, they're on the list and so we must teach them. It goes without saying that professionalism requires they be taught with the same level of cheer and enthusiasm as any other call and we did our best. But I'm equally glad its over.
We'll do a few figures with thars every class to keep the calls fresh in everyone's minds but there are so many other calls which are more worthy of limited class time. The downside of teaching is that you don't get to pick & chose the material, just do the best you can with what you've got. Next week will be better.
