Note that registrations are due SOON. This sounds like a great
workshop and I'm planning to be there.
Lisa
Calling All Callers
The Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) will be offering a one-day
intensive workshop especially designed for up to 25 intermediate-
level contra dance callers -- anyone who has called a half or full
evening of contras up through decades of calling.
This event, CONTRA DANCE CALLING: Beyond the Basics, will be held on
Saturday, June 24, 2006 in Amherst, MA. Master callers Lisa Greenleaf
and Brad Foster will lead sessions on a variety of topics that are
pertinent to callers attending the event. Topics might include the
language of teaching figures, how to get to the next level as a
caller, communicating with the band, teaching and calling challenging
contras, etc. You may request other topics when you register.
There will also be time to meet other callers and discover ways you
can support each other in strengthening your calling abilities. One
session will offer tools for giving and receiving feedback. All
participants will have the opportunity to call a dance and receive
feedback, either during the day or at a public contra dance that
evening. Live music will be provided by fiddlers Amy Larkin and
Shirley White with Linda Henry on piano.
This will be a small, pilot program, with room for a maximum of 25
callers. CDSS expects that this workshop will be very popular and
that it will be oversubscribed. They will have a lottery of all
registrations received by February 20. So register ASAP!
To register, visit www.cdss.org/workshop.html or contact Linda Henry
at 413-268-7426 x 105 or li...@cdss.org.
Cost: $100 for CDSS members, $115 for non-members. Scholarships are
available.
