Hi Everyone who was at NEFFA,
It was very fun getting to meet many of you in person. I think it worked well
to have a couple of options and different times for gatherings.
Aside from the great dancing and getting to call, my favorite part about
NEFFA is getting to meet and talk with other callers. It's one of the few
times I get to even DANCE with caller friends -- Jeremy Korr and I had our
first dance, had to go to Boston to do it, even though we are both in
California!
It was also an amazing experience to cheer on the other callers before and
after everyone called their gigs/ spots. It was great comraderie and not often
that we can all be there to support friends; as we're usually off at seperate
locations, calling dances.
Even the sound engineer in the Main Hall said to me on the stage while I was
calling "wow, you have your own cheering section"! when my caller friends
clapped, cheered and smiled from the bleachers when I "saved" my second
dance...
I also enjoyed how easy it was to find people. Most were either in the Main
Hall, the Lower Hall, or hanging out in the cafeteria, which we did a lot of.
So wonderful to just have some time to sit with each other, talk and exchange
ideas, share learnings.
I took a few pictures which I'll hope to post, with other's permission. But I
probably won't get to that until 1 - 2 weeks.
Thanks again, and hope to see at Pinewoods, for those that are going.
Karen Fontana
California
PS: let me know if you come out this way!
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Karen Fontana
www.karenscontracorner.com
[email protected]
(H) 650-691-9663
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