[ABC] What is a Poem?

[JERRYSTORY at aol.com]

Hello everyone and welcome to the new ABC discussion  group.
 
I had a question come direct to me and thought it would be  good to share 
it here.
 
The term "Poem" is often used in ABC Square Dance  language.  The question 
was: 
 
"What is meant, exactly, by this term and why was it chosen to  be used?"  
Very good question.  I'll give my interpretation and maybe  someone else 
will have something to share as well.  We wanted the published  ABC Singing 
Call figures to be more or less a "Memorized Poem".  Something  simple that 
never changed.  Something easy for new callers to memorize  and the dancers 
could enjoy.  The conventional wisdom was "Change the Music  and Rhthym,,, Not 
the Poem".  With a dozen good ABC Poems and a nice big  bucket of good music 
a whole lot of entertaining can be done with a very limited  vocabulary.  
The greatest thing is,,,
new dancers can join in the fun and fellowship each and every  week.
 
Next week I'd like to have a discussion on the CALLERLAB/ACA  12 week 
Experimental Teaching Order/List.  I find it very interesting and  very similar 
to the Club 50 program presented on the ABCSqaureDancing.com  website by the 
Rio Grande Valley Callers Association.  ABC Square Dancing  is a perfect fit 
for a 50 call program.  It's nice to see this style  of cooperation.  Our 
appreciation goes to Elmer Sheffield, Bill Harrison,  Paul Marcum, Gary 
Shoemake, and Tim Marinner.  
Great Start!  This is exciting!  See ya next  week.
 
Sincerely,
 
Jerry Story 

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