Hi Chris and everyone,
I've really enjoyed your postings, Chris.
For the beginner's lesson, I have often gone back and referred to the handout
on Seth Tepfer's web site. David's comments are great too.
It's a balance between some technique (pick and choose wisely a few figs) but I
agree it'
> At 03:28 PM 10/7/2005, Seth Tepfer wrote:
>> I love it. You are brilliant. I think I will steal all your ideas!
>
> PS In response to David Millstone's notes.
I know what you mean, Seth. Those of us lucky to have David closer to home
often have reason to appreciate his generosity. I'm calling a
At 03:28 PM 10/7/2005, Seth Tepfer wrote:
I love it. You are brilliant. I think I will steal all your ideas!
PS In response to David Millstone's notes.
Jex Raven Eidson Tepfer - Born 6/5/05 00:52! Say hi at:
http://www.jexRaven.com/
I love it. You are brilliant. I think I will steal all your ideas!
seth
I have a somewhat different approach that I take when I do a short beginners'
session at my home dance. I think the most important things folks need to know
are the rules of this alien subculture into which they've stepped--
welcome, nice to see you here, thanks for coming early; we know the dance
I taught a beginners workshop in Burlington, VT. I believe it was 15
minutes, and it went quicker than I expected. Here is a rough
approximation of what I covered:
-Who is: Partners, neighbors
-Who is: ones/twos (and orientation in the hall)
-Progression (via walking them through a circle, st
15 minute session.
I would guess 5-10 people.
I might have a fiddler available. I don't know if he'll be set up in
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Chris
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At 01:13 PM 10/7/2005, Chris Weiler wrote:
I just realized that I have to teach a beginners workshop tomorrow
Take a look here:
http://www.dancerhapsody.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=CallersWorkshops
I have a handout on the beginners workshop. Whether you agree with the
concepts and syllabus in
Gaaa!
I just realized that I have to teach a beginners workshop tomorrow
night. Having not done this before (except informally as a dancer) I'm
a little nervous. I've seen plenty of them done (both well and poorly)
so I have an idea of what I want to cover and roughly how I want
