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We are not responsible for non-delivery. Post Office does not forward periodicals unless subscriber pays postage: contact local Post Office for details Price subject to change. fookab..,. American Square Dance, June 2007 3 Creative Choreography 30 The Koreo Korner 32 Editorial 5 56th National Square 6 CALLERLAB Viewpoints Dance Convention 33 8 On The Record — Squares Your Rovin' Corners 34 14 Dancing Full Circle On The Record — Rounds 36 American Callers' Cue Tips 39 Assoc. Viewpoints 17 All Things Considered 41 From The Mail Room 20 The Country Line 43 USDA Publications & Educational Materials 21 Moore On Contra 46 Dancing Alone 22 Point Of Order 49 Peek Into a Caller's Record Case .... 24 What's Ahead 51 Stress Management 25 Advertiser Index 54 Easy Level 26 Classifieds 56 c. Volume 62 AMERICAN Number 6 SQUAREDANCE June 2007 "The International Magazine of Square Dancing" Publishers/Editors Cartoonist William and Randy Boyd Corben Geis 4 American Square Dance, June 2007 EDI ORIAL From to) ill Boyd A man was talking to God, he said, "God, can I ask you a question?" God looked at him and replied, "Yes, of course you can ask." The man queried, "God, how long is a million years to you?" God replied, "Just a second my son, a million years is just a second." The man then ask, "How about a million dollars, how much is that to you?" God answered," It is nothing, just a trifling some to Me." The man then asks, "God, will you give me a million dollars?" To which God replied, "In a second." I wonder if humor can teach us patience. In many parts of the country classes are graduating, new dancers will be joining clubs and attending festivals for the first time in their lives. Most new dancers are nervous and maybe a little appre- hensive about attending that first event. When will they get over these feelings? As God said, "In a second", or maybe sooner. Experienced dancers should always make an extra effort to make new dancers feel welcome. Every dancer I know danced for the first time somewhere. Every dancer I know attended a first festival some where. Every dancer I know was made welcome by another dancer, caller or cuer, because if they were not made welcome, they probably left the activity. have often said that the difference between a new dancer and an experienced dancer is that when an experienced dancer makes a mistake they laugh about it, a new dancer feels self conscious. Make sure that you teach new dancers to laugh. This month there will be a dance in Charlotte, North Carolina. In case you haven't heard, Charlotte is hosting the National Square Dance Convention. I still think we should change the name to International as there will be dancers, callers and cuers from all over the world. I always try to caution new dancers to pace themselves. There is so much to see and do it is easy to become exhausted. There will be venders galore, there will be dancing to live music, there will be after parties so you can dance til you drop. You have the opportunity do dance from early morning to late night. You have the opportunity to go sight seeing. You have the opportunity to meet and greet people from all over the world. Most of all you get to have a lot of fun. Remember: if you want sample books AMERICAN r for your graduating class give us a call SQUAREDANCE 1-888-588-2362! American Square Dance, June 2007 5 CALLERLAB VIEWPOINTS y Tim Marriner Chairman of dte Board This is my Chairman's speech delivered at the most recent CALLERLAB Convention in Colorado Springs: CALLERLAB has offered me so much throughout the years. I have learned a great deal about our activity by getting involved. As a member of committees I have been able to debate issues that have made a positive impact on our activity. As a Caller Coach I have learned to critique in a way to invoke positive results. First tell them what they want to hear; all the things they are doing right, and then focus on the things that need improvement. Lastly follow up on something good to properly motivate them to keep working. On occasion the only thing positive might be as fundamental as "I really liked the way you were able to place the needle on the record!" A critique is positive reinforce- ment, belittling is purely demeaning. So I would like to take a moment to critique our organization. In my opinion, the organization of CALLERLAB has done a tremendous amount of good for our activity. It took years of hard work to standardize the programs, develop teaching orders, and define calls. The same work is on going today by a group equally dedicated. The overall contributions are many. Just go down the list of all our committees to see first hand the marvelous achievements made over the last 33 years. Special interest groups are organized and are working on things that might not directly affect you and I, but it is important enough for them to figure out ways to improve their portion of the activity. CALLERLAB also provides the most current educational materials available to anyone that wishes to learn the art of calling Square Dances. This is the end product all of our committees are working towards. CALLERLAB excels as an organization whenever we make it easier for callers to do their job. What we don't do well is trying to mandate rules and regulations or dictate change on an activity that does not want it. Oh, we can suggest teaching hours and what is to be the entry program, but without any way to truly enforce the issues it's a wasted effort. In spite of all our work there are still fewer dancers and callers today than 20 years ago. Our market research told us we need to have multiple entry points for potential new dancers.

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