I'm in - I'm from MI but if its not winter a little travel wouldn't be out of the question.
Laurie P --- On Wed, 12/16/09, Rickey <hol...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: Rickey <hol...@comcast.net> > Subject: [Callers] Regional Callers' Gathering? Was Callers' workshop > To: "'Caller's discussion list'" <call...@sharedweight.net> > Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 8:04 AM > > > Hey North East Callers, > Apropos of Katy Heine's post let's organize an annual > gathering along > similar lines. As her post explains they have these > gatherings annually. > Presumably they have enough folks to dance. What a > great notion, and it > does not SOUND very hard to organize. Let's try one, > convenient to those > who are interested in attending. > Rickey Holt, > Fremont, NH > > -----Original Message----- > From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net > [mailto:callers-boun...@sharedweight.net] > On Behalf Of Katy Heine > Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:25 PM > To: millst...@valley.net; > 'Caller's discussion list' > Subject: Re: [Callers] Callers' workshop > > Hi, David-- > > Ever since the "Ted's Triplets" marathon eight years ago, > we in Central New > York have had an annual callers' gathering on different > themes. These have > been more an opportunity to share repertoire than for > older, more > experienced callers to mentor younger, less experienced > callers--so really > not a parallel to what you're talking about, but maybe of > interest anyway. > > The topics over the years have included dances in unusual > formations; > "living room dances" (i.e., dances for small numbers of > people); the Gene > Hubert legacy; English for contra dance callers; and > calling for community > dances, weddings, and one-night-stands. The next one (March > 6) will be > "Zesty Contras," which will be dances from Larry Jennings' > first book. (Many > of us have the book on our shelves but have not actually > mined it for the > gems that assuredly lie within.) > > These annual workshops are a great opportunity for the > community of regional > callers to come together to schmooze, share, and enjoy each > other's company. > I strongly encourage callers everywhere to give it a try! > > --Katy Heine > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
