Hi everyone!I have been working on my program for the May 27th North Whitefield, ME dance, making tweaks here and there. I would love to get some feedback from the group about the program. I was able to get up there and attend the dance last month to get a feel for the crowd. Generally, they are high energy dancers without much polish or smoothness. They can do the more difficult dances (as Ted Crane proved while I was there), but they have more fun with the simpler dances. The dance goes from 8-11:30, so I added a couple of dances to make it a 14 dance program. I'm still going to have the break around 9:30ish. Below are the titles and authors of the dances, but I have also attached a PDF document of my cards put in the evening's order.
The Nice Combination Gene Hubert Love and Kisses Ted Sannella Midwest Folklore Orace Johnson Hay in the Barn Chart Guthrie Forgotten Treasure Beth Parkes Chorus Jig Marian's Delight Carol Kopp Waltz - Break - Hambo The Carousel Tom Hinds Square Affair Becky Hill Ted's Triplet #38 Ted Sannella Frederick Contra Tom Hinds Weave the Line Kathy Anderson Spring Fever Tony Parkes The Baby Rose David KaynorI'm not so sure about the inclusion of the triplet, but I think that it's a fun one to dance and including a couple of Ted's dances seems very appropriate here (this is the dance series that Ted founded when he retired to Maine). I have a few dances in reserve that are both more and less difficult (though not many of the less difficult) that I can substitute if needed. I could see putting Mary Cay's Reel or 333-33 in the program fairly easily.
Thank you very much to Chrissy Fowler for the opportunity to fill in for her. And many thanks to Lisa Sieverts for her notes from calling at this dance (they were very helpful and also solidified my impressions from attending the dance).
Thank you in advance for any feedback you can provide. All the best, Chris
2005-05-27_whitefield-me_dance_cards.pdf
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