have all 3 ENJOY them ALL - thank you for the wonderful opportunity to see its history. Each time I watch - I see something new! --- David Millstone <[email protected]> wrote:
> [Apologies for duplicate posting] > > I'd like to make folks on this list aware that my > new video about caller Ralph > Sweet is now available for purchase on DVD. Entitled > "Sweet Talk," it's 73 > minutes long, mostly an edited interview with Ralph. > > Additional material interspersed with the interview > includes segments on the > early years of modern Western square dancing, some > older audio recordings and > photographs of callers and dancers as well as > diagrams from numerous square > dance books. There are also several short sequences > recorded in recent years of > Ralph calling, including at the Greenfield dance the > night when Ralph and his > all-star band recorded the wonderful "Shindig in the > Barn" CD. > > Among the topics that Ralph discusses are his own > history in traditional dance > (from Connecticut to Georgia to Texas and back again > to New England), the rise > of MWSD and some subsequent difficulties that > movement faced, his attempts to > introduce contra dance to modern Western dancers, > his fife and flute business, > and some advice for callers. > > Others on this list have seen parts of the video > that were screened at the > recent Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend; some have > copies of the entire video > that they purchased at that time. I'll let them > speak to the merits of the > video, if they feel so moved. > > I also have copies available of the Dudley Laufman > video and my earlier one that > focuses on Bob McQuillen. Discount prices available > for folks who purchase > packages containing more than one title. > > Please contact me off-list for more information. > > David Millstone > <[email protected]> > > P.S. And let me conclude by encouraging others to > get out there with a video > camera to record interviews with callers, musicians, > dancers, organizers, as > well as shooting footage from dances. Once you've > done so, look into making that > ootage available to others by getting it-- > originals or a good copy-- into an > appropriate archive! > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > Mavis L McGaugh 510-814-8118 (answering machine-leave message) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
