I'm one of the lucky people who attended Andy's workshop in Durham in 2011.
Although I hit a wall 9or two) earlier than most people in the group I had
a great time. Andy is an excellent teacher and made it all lots of fun, if
overwhelming at times. If my August wasn't already filled up, I'd
seriou
Thanks Rich and Tom for your good words of advice.
I should perhaps explain what I'm trying to do. The idea is not to create
dancers ready to graduate (obviously), nor even to get them part way down
the road. The aim is to give contra dancers a feel for what square dancing
is like at its best.
I attempted to call modern western at Pinewoods and then latter Buff.
Gap (in the early 90s). Unfortunately there was always one person
that wasn't up for it. One person in each class had a very hard time
learning the new moves while the rest of the class had no difficulty
at all.
So I
Jeremy,
I would not even attempt that. I might look at 10 popular calls that are
unique to MWSD and attempt to cover those. Serving a good appetizers is
better than serving a terrible buffet.
Rich
On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 4:36 AM, Jeremy Child via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Fascinating. I'm doing something similar at Eastbourne International Folk
Festival (http://eiff.org.uk/new-for-2017/149-jeremytea.html).
I,however, only have 2 1/2 hours in which to take them through the gamut of
the Basic 1, 2 and Mainstream programmes.
Wish me luck!
Jeremy
www.barndancecaller
I realize this post qualifies as both shameless self-promotion, as well as
possible improper use of this list for (somewhat) commercial purposes, but
I do think this topic may be of particular interest to contra and trad
callers and choreographers. Scold me if you must.
I'll be teaching a special
