Ed Gilmore - Caller's Institute
This is a transcription of a presentation made by Ed Gilmore to a group of callers. He starts by outlining his own credentials to be leading such a session, and mentions in passing "that for the last four years I've been a full-time professional. Which means that I am devoting 14-15 hours a day, 7 days a week, to square dance calling and square dance promotion. In that time and thru all that experience I have probably had a great deal more experience in actual hours of time put in the activity than some callers who have called for 25 years because they only call once a month and then they only call one tip."
Gilmore then goes on to describe the elements he sees as necessary for callers:
• Sincerity of purpose
• Talent
• Knowledge
- Comfortable dancing
– Clarity
• You must be heard.
• You must be understood.
• Pitch
• Separation of command from patter
– Rhythm
After discussing these (and more) many aspects of calling, Gilmore leads a series of dances for those in attendance and provides thoughtful commentary about the choices he is making. All in all, this is a very enlightening presentation by a square dance leader who gave a lot of thought to the subject.
(The Les Gotcher Institute shown in related items offers a very different approach to the subject.)
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1950s
Item Relations
| This Item | is related to | Item: Ed Gilmore - Square Dance Callers Instruction Course - 1949 |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Les Gotcher - callers' class |
| Item: Ed Gilmore Teaching Dance Style | is related to | This Item |
| Item: Smoke On The Water, introduced by Ed Gilmore | is related to | This Item |
| Item: Class Notes - Jim Mayo, 1963 | is related to | This Item |
Additional Files
Citation
Dublin Core
Title
Subject
Description
Gilmore then goes on to describe the elements he sees as necessary for callers:
• Sincerity of purpose
• Talent
• Knowledge
- Comfortable dancing
– Clarity
• You must be heard.
• You must be understood.
• Pitch
• Separation of command from patter
– Rhythm
After discussing these (and more) many aspects of calling, Gilmore leads a series of dances for those in attendance and provides thoughtful commentary about the choices he is making. All in all, this is a very enlightening presentation by a square dance leader who gave a lot of thought to the subject.
(The Les Gotcher Institute shown in related items offers a very different approach to the subject.)