would need to see the signer and that would take their attention away from
>>> the dance floor.
>>>
>>> The caller surely would find it difficult as well. I used to sign well
>>> but lost some over the years; once had a group of deaf tourists ride in my
>>
;>> The caller surely would find it difficult as well. I used to sign well
>>> but lost some over the years; once had a group of deaf tourists ride in my
>>> tour carriage, even signing, holding reins and being aware of traffic,
>>> tour sites and passengers was hugely difficult.
&
I recently had a conversation with a dear friend in NH, a long-time contra
dancer, who has an adult daughter who is deaf (who lives in SF, CA if that
helps). Daughter doesn't dance, because she can't hear the calls and gets
confused on the dance floor. She wishes that, during walk-throughs, the
I run a dance at a "smaller venue" in central Maine, and always do at least
one ceilidh and/or ECD, and at least one square dance. It does indeed rest
the brains of both new and more experienced dancers, and expands the
repertoire of potential figures as well.
The Other Allison
On Sun, Sep 17,
I just wanted to let this group know that I called a wedding on Saturday
and followed all of the advice here. Did the Broom/Fan dance for the first
time (I used a large feather duster, bedecked with flowing ribbons). It was
a huge hit! Kept all the dances simple, ended with a "running set/spiral
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> On Thursday, July 27, 2023, 2:06 PM, Allison and Hunt Smith via Contra
> Callers wrote:
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> This is a very interesting article. I would be very grateful if someone
> here would sh
This is a very interesting article. I would be very grateful if someone
here would share their version of it as done today, especially for a
wedding. I have a wedding coming up in (eek, less than a month) between two
regulars at our contra dance series. There will be a lot of our dancers at
the
And a happy Feast of All Fools to you, too, Michael!
On Sat, Apr 1, 2023 at 11:26 AM Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> In 1810, and for some years before and after, Sudbury MA (incorporated in
> 1639) was the site of a monthly barn dance. One of
My local group stays consistently "advanced beginner", so this question is
relevant to me.
The most important rule I've learned is- the more figures, the more
confusing to newbies. Dances like "Woods Hole Jig" by Tony Parkes, or "The
Baby Rose", by David Kaynor, have the simplest of moves, and
I don't have any contra dances as such, but our rural Maine dance
(Dover-Foxcroft) is more like the Old Days where we do a variety of styles
in addition to contra. We never get beyond easy contras, and no one
complains.
Next week we will be doing Dudley Laufman's *Ribbon Dance*, which is a
simple
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