Hi all and especially Professor Millstone,
I just have to share my elation about calling a whole evening Saturday
with the brand new nine-piece Floating Bridge Band in our first ever
gig together. It was a community dance in Hartland VT, a benefit for
the 8th grade class trip, so filled with lots of 8th graders and their
families, plus some stalwart Northern Spy regulars whose good cheer and
skills were a huge addition and a few random local residents who just
knew my name and came out of curiosity. The band sounded great (and
will sound even better as we implement the things we learned about
balancing our mic-ing next time) -- all the dances worked, the crowd
was big enough but not too big, it was a blast.
The thing that I most want to share, though, is that even though I
stuck mostly with my established repertoire (learned through my
apprenticeship with David Millstone) of beginners longways, circle,
square and sicillian circle dances, I did successfully fit in two
actual contras and they both worked!! This has been my big fear after
having one line of a contra completely break down at the Promise of
Place conference this fall after I over-estimated the dancing skills of
the crowd. First I did the Family Contra, that somebody shared on
this list a while ago. What a great dance! We had little 3-4 year
olds holding their own. Progressing via that double do-si-do is just a
fantastic idea understandable by all. At the end, when most of the
kids had left, I did another contra, Jefferson's Reel, on Rachel's
advice. There was a high percentage of experienced dancers by that
point, only one line left, and it was a piece of cake--I probably could
have done several.
So anyway, I am flying high! What fun this is. I wish I could be part
of the June course, but will be taking Bob Dalsamar's course in North
Carolina which conflicts, but if there's another, I'd love to do it.
Best,
Delia Clark
On Mar 6, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Chrissy Fowler wrote:
I'll be there in June as well, and sometime I'll actually make a
posting to
this list. Sure do appreciate the digest version, and especially
appreciate
all of the thoughtful and thought-provoking contributions that folks
are
making. It's informing my calling practice in more ways than one.
Looking forward to seeing and dancing with many of you at the DownEast
Country Dance Fest in Topsham, Maine in a couple of weeks.
Cheers! Chrissy Fowler
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:50:53 -0500
From: Seth Seeger <[email protected]>
Subject: [Callers] Callers workshop in June
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Just to let you all know... there are still six spaces available for
the Callers Workshop in June with Lisa Greenleaf and Brad Foster. At
this point, registrations will be accepted on a first come, first
serve
basis. More info here:
http://www.cdss.org/workshop.html
-Seth
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:58:31 -0500
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Me too!
-Seth
On Feb 22, 2006, at 3:53 PM, Lisa Sieverts wrote:
So who's going from this group? I'll be there!
Lisa Sieverts
On Feb 22, 2006, at 3:50 PM, Seth Seeger wrote:
Just to let you all know... there are still six spaces available for
the Callers Workshop in June with Lisa Greenleaf and Brad Foster.
At
this point, registrations will be accepted on a first come, first
serve
basis. More info here:
http://www.cdss.org/workshop.html
-Seth
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:21:03 -0500
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Callers workshop in June
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Wouldn't miss it!
Chris
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