Hi! Judging by the materials at http://www.quiteapair.us/calling (couldn't find resources.html, though), seems like you've got plenty to choose from. I doubt whether your workshop participants will be disappointed by whatever you decide on. I see you have material from Cary Ravitz. Have you also already considered material from his "Notes on Choreography for Duple Minor Improper Contra Dances"? Even though it's intended for dance composers as well as callers, it's loaded with little tidbits and not-so-little profundities that could help a new caller with choosing dances, deciding what's worth pointing out during the walkthrough, and generally developing the "big picture" about how dances work.
I found it at http://www.concentric.net/~ravitz/dance/chor.shtml > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:32:42 -0700 > From: "William Watson" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] New callers material? > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Greetings! > > I've been asked to lead a short workshop session for folks possibly > interested in starting calling. While I have a number of handouts from > callers' sessions at different camps I've attended, I don't really feel > that > I should hand out copies of those notes. I've started pulling together > some > material of my own, but thought I'd ask the list members if they know of > any > materials already on-line. I did check the "contra dance links" page, > did > a quick scan, and picked a few items from the list to include on mine. > > If you want to see what I have so far, you can look here: > http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/<http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/resources.html> > > > Please let me know of any materials you found helpful when starting, or > that > you recommend I suggest to new callers. > > Thanks! > > William > -- > [email protected] > William J. Watson >
