Tuesday Night Baltimore Square Dancing
Dec. 7th, 2005 09:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisAs I write this, I'm technically participating in but actually ignoring a conference call to review the performance stats of an application which has nothing to do with me or my team in the slightest, but some senior weasel in our food chain insisted on representation. Since I'm the only one who gets to the office during reasonable hours of the morning, I get the joy*.
Kent & I weren't originally scheduled to call in Baltimore last night but we got a call from Dayle in the morning asking to switch club nights as he was suffering from a cold. No problem.
We had barely two squares attending, typically only one on the floor per tip. I called a couple of mainstream tips using some new singers I've picked up in the past couple of weeks. Gradually, I'm inching towards my personal goal of having an immediate inventory of at least 25 singers which can be performed effortlessly: I think my current count is 19. All of my patters were new acquisitions from iTunes and seemed to be well-liked too. I also had a chance to call an A2 tip which I'm delighted to report earned rave reviews: it appears my flow and overall pacing of delivery is improving. Yay!
Kent did pretty well with his patters and his singers were quite good. We closed with a joint MS tip which went very well too.
In short, this was probably our best overall evening of calling yet, and I was giggly happy for the entire drive home.
*I don't actually like mornings per se, but I despise morning rush hour traffic even more so I get my ass out of bed despite my preference for staying buried under warm quilts. When I become supreme dictator of the universe, the work day will start at the crack of noon and I will have my private highway to wherever I wish to go.
Kent & I weren't originally scheduled to call in Baltimore last night but we got a call from Dayle in the morning asking to switch club nights as he was suffering from a cold. No problem.
We had barely two squares attending, typically only one on the floor per tip. I called a couple of mainstream tips using some new singers I've picked up in the past couple of weeks. Gradually, I'm inching towards my personal goal of having an immediate inventory of at least 25 singers which can be performed effortlessly: I think my current count is 19. All of my patters were new acquisitions from iTunes and seemed to be well-liked too. I also had a chance to call an A2 tip which I'm delighted to report earned rave reviews: it appears my flow and overall pacing of delivery is improving. Yay!
Kent did pretty well with his patters and his singers were quite good. We closed with a joint MS tip which went very well too.
In short, this was probably our best overall evening of calling yet, and I was giggly happy for the entire drive home.
*I don't actually like mornings per se, but I despise morning rush hour traffic even more so I get my ass out of bed despite my preference for staying buried under warm quilts. When I become supreme dictator of the universe, the work day will start at the crack of noon and I will have my private highway to wherever I wish to go.
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Date: 2005-12-07 06:27 pm (UTC)Curtis is starting to suspect some brain damage because I talk occasionally (ok, frequently) about when I become Emperor and all must bow to my will. It's nice to meet a kindred spirit.
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