As one of the lucky folks who attended Ralph Page weekend and watched The Other Way Back -- it is a joy to watch and listen to. We learned that Dudley was directly responsible for our finding Contra dancing - DC folk found out about Contra because of Dudley - and they started a Contra dance at Glen Echo Park and we stumbled into that Contra dance one Sunday. Was a wonderful two hour journey thru time. --- David Millstone <[email protected]> wrote:
> [Not on the internet and apologies for a > semi-commercial plug] > > I'll put in a word (thanks, Karen) for my 20-minute > video, "What's Not To Like? > A Community Contra Dance." It's a portrait of my > home dance, includes some dance > footage, plus interviews with musicians and dancers > about why they love this > particular kind of activity. Lots of toe-tapping > music, and a nice picture of > different ages and abilities dancing together. > > "Together in Time" and my own "Paid To Eat Ice > Cream" both are somewhat more > specialized, in my opinion, offering more historical > background than the casual > non-dancer might want. TiT attempts to explain the > history of the last 350 years > of country dancing in its 30 minutes, plus giving a > picture of the current dance > scene. "Ice Cream" is 70 minutes long and looks at > the last 60 years of contra > dancing, with a focus on Bob McQuillen. > > My newest video-- The Other Way Back / Dancing with > Dudley-- is also more > historical in nature, again something aimed more at > folks currently involved in > the dance community. I'll write up a short blurb > about it and will post that > soon, though some on this list already saw it at the > premiere at the Ralph Page > weekend and they may wish to chime in. > > David Millstone > > P.S. For folks wanting to order Contra Connections, > which contains "What's Not > To Like? and "Ice Cream," in addition to Great > Meadow Music, Contracopia, and > CDSS, you could order it directly from the author, > in which case I make a little > more money to finance future projects. Cost is $25 > plus $3 S&H. Send a check to > > David Millstone > 176 Farnum Hill > Lebanon, NH 03766 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > Mavis L McGaugh 510-814-8118 (answering machine-leave message) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front
