Hi Greg and others,
From the perspective of distance from contra dancing heartland, SW lets me
get a feel of what contra dancing is about. From what I've learned from
this list, Conta dancing, the attitude of callers, and "frame" of list members
is one of encouragement, constructive feedb
Hi All,
Contra dancing started here in Christchurch in 2008 and now we have a
regular
monthly contra dance with between 30-60 coming. A large number of musicians
are now keen on playing - we almost always have live music now. A few people
have
tried their hand at calling.
SW has
Hello Bill - from Australia! I have just been on one of my regular pilgrimages
to New England, and heard that there was contra in NZ, and thought I must get
in touch. So this email was very timely.
We dance every fortnight here in Canberra, with live music. The musos practice
on the in betwee
[with apologies for duplicate posting for those also on the trad-dance-callers
list]
Callers interested in square dances may enjoy a new series of videos that I've
been uploading from the Dare To Be Square weekend held last month at the John
C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. They ar
Hi Jeanette,
I'd run across your web page before, nice to meet our neighbours! Yes it
would
be good to stay in touch.
If you like I can put you on my email list (mainly reminders of local dance).
You're welcome to visit any time, our regular dance is 1st Sat of month, but
I can always arr
I'm a little late responding to this thread, but after reading some of Greg's
comments below, I had to reply, specifically to Greg's contention that it is
misleading and incorrect to try and categorize dancers into beginners,
intermediate and advanced.
Well, I think I understand the desire not