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Today's Topics:
1. Chicago Contra Dance Leadership Weekend with Lisa Greenleaf!
(Rachel Shapiro)
2. The Frolic in the Fall - 9/26/09 in Harrisburg, PA
(Dave Colestock)
3. Dance for Tune? Shenandoah Falls (Cynthia Phinney)
4. Re: Dance for Tune? Shenandoah Falls (Richard Allen Fischer)
5. Re: Dance for Tune? Shenandoah Falls (Jeff Kaufman)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:37:43 -0500
From: Rachel Shapiro <[email protected]>
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Cc: Edward Wallace <[email protected]>
Subject: [Callers] Chicago Contra Dance Leadership Weekend with Lisa
Greenleaf!
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The University of Chicago, with support from the CDSS Outreach
Fund, is
sponsoring a contra dance leadership weekend with an intensive callers
workshop led by Boston caller Lisa Greenleaf the weekend of October
16th.
*"Lisa *leads an intensive workshop
designed for advanced-beginner through
intermediate contra dance callers. It will focus
on stage presence and teaching skills. The
workshop runs Friday Night through Sunday
Morning, and includes calling opportunities at
the Saturday dance"
callers must submit an application for this weekend in Chicago.
There are
only 10 slots available. the applications are due August 31 and
can be
found, along with the flyer, at: http://fac.uchicago.edu/
leadership.html
There will also be master musician classes with Pete Sutherland, Mark
Roberts, and Jeremiah McLane (Three of the five members of Clayfoot
Strutters!).
There will be two dances this weekend, so even if you cant make the
whole
workshop, join us for a dance led by the callers on Saturday, and an
Advanced Dance led by Lisa on Sunday.
This is not to be missed. Please email with any questions (off list,
please).
See you there!
Rachel
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:23:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dave Colestock <[email protected]>
To: Shared Weight <[email protected]>
Subject: [Callers] The Frolic in the Fall - 9/26/09 in Harrisburg, PA
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The Third Annual Frolic in the Fall.? To be held Saturday,
September 26, 2009 from 11am-11pm .? Location is the YWCA Camp
Reily, just outside of Harrisburg , PA , a 5-acre camp where we
dance in a rustic lodge with a wood floor, surrounded by Nature in
the Appalachian Mountains of PA. ??Music from?CONTRANELLA from New
York and Maryland, and THE AVANT GARDENERS from Virginia, calling
by SUSAN PETRICK, from California, and DAVE COLESTOCK, from
Pennsylvania.?
?
The Frolic starts with an hour of Waltzing from 11-12, then Contra
Dancing from Noon-11.? There will be an HOUR LONG Dance Medley, at
about 4:30 , followed by a Pot Luck Dinner (last name A-M, dessert
or side dish; N-Z main dish, please).? Cost is $25/person, limited
to 100 dancers, advance registration highly encouraged, but walk-
ins are welcome if space is available.
?
Dance at the Locust Lane Contra Dance on Friday 9/25/09 with GREG
FROCK calling to THE AVANT GARDENERS, then stay over at a local
motel, b&b,?or camp with us on-site.? Tent camping for Fri and Sat
nights is available for additional $15 /person.? Contact us at
Fallfrolic@yahoo. com or visit the website at
www.frolicinthefall .freeservers. com?? Download the registration
form and send?snail mail by 9/13/09 , please.? Print out the flyer
and take copies?to your local dance.? Feel free to forward this
email, and?tell all of your friends - spread the word about the
Frolic!
?
Thank you, and hope to see YOU at the Frolic.?
?
Can you DANCE for an HOUR???? Come to the FROLIC and find out!!!
?
Thanks for your interest,
Dave Colestock
?
?
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:40:36 -0400
From: "Cynthia Phinney" <[email protected]>
To: "'Shared Weight'" <[email protected]>
Subject: [Callers] Dance for Tune? Shenandoah Falls
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Hello all,
I've noticed on more than one occasion when Sheandoah Falls has
turned up in
a medley that the B-part of the dance falls apart (as in things not
happening in the right rhythm) and I have to call constantly until
the tune
changes. I've seen this with more than one dance. The phrasing in
the B-part
of that tune is a bit different from standard. Does anyone have a
suggestion
of a dance that might fit well with that tune? (and/or can you
think of
other tunes with similar phrasing in the B-part? Could be it's just
not a
good standard medley tune for dancing..)
What do you think?
-cynthia
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:46:45 -0400
From: Richard Allen Fischer <[email protected]>
To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Dance for Tune? Shenandoah Falls
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I've never noticed that--as a dancer, musician or caller. Shenandoah
Falls seems to work well with dances that have Petronella balances
and spins in the B part. (E.g., Tica Tica Timing or Balance to My
Lou.)
RAF
On Aug 21, 2009, at 9:40 AM, Cynthia Phinney wrote:
Hello all,
I've noticed on more than one occasion when Sheandoah Falls has
turned up in
a medley that the B-part of the dance falls apart (as in things not
happening in the right rhythm) and I have to call constantly until
the tune
changes. I've seen this with more than one dance. The phrasing in
the B-part
of that tune is a bit different from standard. Does anyone have a
suggestion
of a dance that might fit well with that tune? (and/or can you
think of
other tunes with similar phrasing in the B-part? Could be it's just
not a
good standard medley tune for dancing..)
What do you think?
-cynthia
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:02:29 -0400
From: Jeff Kaufman <[email protected]>
To: 'Shared Weight' <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Dance for Tune? Shenandoah Falls
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Cynthia Phinney wrote:
I've noticed on more than one occasion when Sheandoah Falls has
turned up in a medley that the B-part of the dance falls apart (as
in things not happening in the right rhythm) and I have to call
constantly until the tune changes. I've seen this with more than one
dance. The phrasing in the B-part of that tune is a bit different
from standard.
Shenandoah Falls is unusual in that some of the B-part is quite
synchopated. The phrasing is still very regular, with well defined
four beat chunks, but within the chunks the beat might be difficult to
detect for some.
So if you have a band that really wants to play shenandoah falls but
you think that the group might not be able to take it in stride, you
could call something that matches the phrasing well and lets the
dancers reenforce each other's sense of the beat. Richard's
suggestion of petronellas is good, as would any "balance for four,
move for four" sort of repetition. Balance and swing would also work
ok, as the synchopated hard to think about part comes in the middle of
the swing.
The bigger problem is that the caller generally doesn't know what
tunes the band intends to play until the band switches tunes. So you
generally never have an oppertunity to go "oh? You'd like to play
shenandoah falls? Let me choose a dance that fits." Instead the best
you can do is probably tell the band after observing the hall that you
think it would be best if they avoided synchopated tunes like
shenandoah falls tonight.
Jeff
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