Martha - this looks like a great resource. Of the different styles, which are conducive for contra dancing?
Thanks, Stacy Rose >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:callers- >[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martha Wild >Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:28 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 46, Issue 12 > >I recommend TicTacToes - check out all the dancing shoes they have >available at TicTacToes.com - I've bought quite a few pair from them, >and they are comfortable and have great suede/leather soles and all >sorts of styles and colors and widths. They have shoes for men and >women - they have them for all kinds of dancing, from ballroom to tap >to country Western. I can't dance in tennis shoes because since they >don't slip well I end up tweaking my right knee when doing buzz step >swings. And the prices are about usual for shoes. >Martha > >On Jun 25, 2008, at 9:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Send Callers mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Shoes (Rickey) >> 2. Re: Shoes (Mortland, Jo) >> 3. Re: Shoes (Laur) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:01:58 -0400 >> From: "Rickey" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Callers] Shoes >> To: <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <000901c8d635$28ac7260$020fa8c0@maxx> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> Hi, >> >> I am considering buying my first pair of shoes bought expressly for >> contra >> dancing. What do you recommend? What do you think of suede >> soles? I need >> good arch support. Whatever I buy would also need to be acceptable >> to dance >> organizers in need of protecting their venue's floors. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rickey Holt. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:10:20 -0500 >> From: "Mortland, Jo" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Callers] Shoes >> To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >> >> >> >> I need to wear orthotics in my every day shoes for arch support. >> >> So when I buy new shoes, I take the old pair, one that accommodates >> the >> orthotics, to a shoe clinic. I ask for "dance leather" (suede) to be >> affixed to the bottoms of the shoes, but only from the toe to the arch >> (not the heel). This way I have support and a great surface for >> swinging. Costs me about $30.00. and I keep updating my dance >> shoes as >> I purchase new regular wear ones. (I wear SAS shoes. I used to >> have a >> pair of Rockports with which I did the same thing.) >> >> Jo Mortland >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:05:24 -0700 (PDT) >> From: Laur <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Callers] Shoes >> To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> >> I sent an earlier message off list - >> >> Same goes for me. >> >> In my case I buy a good supportive tennis shoe, but I have swede >> put on the bottom of the whole shoe. It just works for me. And it >> also costs about 30-40 depending on who you go to. >> >> I have in the past put leather on a vinyl bottomed shoe. >> >> Of course, if you have a pair of shoes that work for you - old >> sneakers, just put duct tape on them. I did that for nine years. >> It worked just fine. >> >> Laurie >> GR >> >> --- On Tue, 6/24/08, Mortland, Jo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: Mortland, Jo <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [Callers] Shoes >>> To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 4:10 PM >>> I need to wear orthotics in my every day shoes for arch >>> support. >>> >>> So when I buy new shoes, I take the old pair, one that >>> accommodates the >>> orthotics, to a shoe clinic. I ask for "dance >>> leather" (suede) to be >>> affixed to the bottoms of the shoes, but only from the toe >>> to the arch >>> (not the heel). This way I have support and a great >>> surface for >>> swinging. Costs me about $30.00. and I keep updating my >>> dance shoes as >>> I purchase new regular wear ones. (I wear SAS shoes. I >>> used to have a >>> pair of Rockports with which I did the same thing.) >>> >>> Jo Mortland >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Callers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> >> >> End of Callers Digest, Vol 46, Issue 12 >> *************************************** > >_______________________________________________ >Callers mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
