to be clear, I don't know if it WAS Carol. it's a good dance.
And Yoyo - WOW - what a great analysis!!!
Laur
>
> From: Yoyo Zhou
>To: Laur ; Caller's discussion list
>
>Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 9:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [Callers] rocks and dirt by Eri
On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Laur wrote:
> Can anyone share their opinion on why the caller would have chosen to make
> the change in the dance? orientation or flow?
>
It's hard to know for sure without asking Carol (or whoever it was that
changed it). Here are some reasons (and examples) I
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Greg McKenzie wrote:
>
>> The final step is to be booked at festivals, usually a weekend or a whole
>> week.
>>
>
> This is how most people see it in the USA contra dance scene as well. I'm
> not sure why. I have seen many of our "top bill" callers struggling at
Colin wrote:
> The final step is to be booked at festivals, usually a weekend or a whole
> week.
>
This is how most people see it in the USA contra dance scene as well. I'm
not sure why. I have seen many of our "top bill" callers struggling at one
of our local dances--where a healthy percentage
Thanks for posting this video, Rich. It looks like a great dance for
the right venue and crowd. Is the title of the video ("Bill's BDay")
the title of the dance?
What is its source, the Steve Holland dance, like?
Mike
At 12:28 AM 9/27/2013, you wrote:
Here is a very simple mixer. On a wood f
Aahz wrote:
You may in fact be one of the rarer contra callers with excellent
enunciation and a killer sound engineer (because it's a lot harder to get
good speech over live music), but I think it's really inappropriate for
you to encourage no-walkthrough as a general practice.
Thank you Aahz. Y
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 12:18 PM, John Sweeney wrote:
>
> How about starting up some more mid-week, weekly dances?
In the US there are weekly mid-week dances, but they're often big and
fill a role more similar to I think what a Saturday dance would be in
England. For example, in Boston or Ashevi
Grant said, "The weekly club dances are much less common in the US contra
dance scene."
Shame! We really miss our weekly dancing when we take vacations in the USA.
It is hard work scheduling so that you are in the right place at the right
weekend to get a dance.
How about starting up some more mi
A caller in England would normally start on the local public ONS dances for
churches, wedding, birthday etc or at the weekly folk dance club night where
perhaps several callers share the evening.
John Meechan
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My first experience as a caller was in January of 1981. I was teaching
music at a psychiatric hospital and decided to add a bit of dancing to my
teaching. I spent one night a week teaching on a ward for the hearing impaired.
We
placed the speakers facing the floor to help the sound be felt. Eac
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:36:58 -0400, Jeff Kaufman wrote:
> Ideally I can wait and book more like three months out, which means
> there's much less lag between when someone becomes ready and when
> they can do the gig.
OK, I take your point. I agree that there are many differences
between calling i
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Colin Hume wrote:
> I imagine a lot of callers are happier to start the way I've
> described, gradually building up confidence. Would you expect to do a
> Saturday evening dance in your first year of calling?
>
In many places in the USA, the options for a calle
On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Colin Hume wrote:
>
> I imagine a lot of callers are happier to start the way I've
> described, gradually building up confidence. Would you
> expect to do a Saturday evening dance in your first year
> of calling?
>
As an organizer I think the problem is less tha
On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:42:41 -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> My question was poorly phrased. What I meant was, given the long
> lead time for scheduling callers, how do you keep from discouraging
> new callers? I sure would be discouraged if I knew that I could
> only start getting gigs more than a y
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013, Colin Hume wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:39:24 -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013, Colin Hume wrote:
>>>
>>> Groups in England book bands and callers much further ahead. I
>>> have 12 bookings for 2014 (it would often be more by this time
>>> of the year) an
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013, rich sbardella wrote:
>
> On an internet square dance group for MWSD callers, SD-Callers,
> there is currently a discussion going on about hearing enhancement
> systems. In many cases the callers voice is amplified thru the
> enhancement equipment, but the music is not.
Ayup
I have one with some similarities:
Moving Along (by Ray Dawson)
Circle Mixer
Start in big circle
A1: Into the middle and back, twice
A2: Partner Allemande Right and pass on
Next person Allemande Left and pass on
B1: Next person Two Hand Turn and pass on
Next person Dosido and p
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