What
is DanceMaster?
DanceMaster Player is
a computer program used by round dance cuers to select and play
music at round dances. At it's most basic level it does about what
mini-disks do for cuers - makes a broad selection of music very
readily available at dances without having to carry boxes and boxes
of records. Except that with DanceMaster,
cuers don't have to carry boxes of disks, index cards, or notebooks
of cue cards, nor do they have to look up which disk a dance is
on and swap it into the player.
When we cue at a square dance these days, all we bring is the laptop
and a microphone. (Of course, when we are doing a round dance or
class, we have to bring an amplifier, speaker, stand, refreshments,
etc. too.)
But replacing mini-disks is just the starting point. DanceMaster
does MUCH more than that.
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Do you ever have trouble figuring out what dance to cue next?
Ever wrack your brain for a phase IV waltz that you haven't
cued for this group lately? Ever wish you could remember just
what you cued here last week? Or last month?
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When you are teaching a dance, wouldn't it be nice to be able
to mark a trouble spot in the music so you can go back and replay
just that part?
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How about starting the music at any point in the dance by just
clicking on that figure on the cue card.
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Imagine not having to remember to go back to part B, measure
4-12 (modified) after the second time through the interlude!
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For that matter, imagine being able to watch the dancers, knowing
that you can glance back at the cue card at any time and it
will tell you exactly where you are in
the dance.
DanceMaster Player
can help with all those things and more.
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