Thanks so much for sharing this! Do you happen to know the names of the
two Ted Sanella squares that Bob called on the videos?
Jack
On 6/4/2010 1:46 PM, tony mates wrote:
Greetings,
Bob Dalsemer recommended I contact you about a dance archive from last
year's Dare to Be Square, held here in Seattle. He thought your
members might be interested in this material; I hope so! What follows
is the note I sent out to DTBS attendees last April. Let me know if
you have any questions.
Cheers,
Tony Mates
Hi Everybody,
The Dare to be Square 2009 Archive is on the air! Go to
http://vimeo.com/ and find the search box, click on "channels" and
enter "dtbs". Have a look around.
To keep this material from going viral, we ask that you exercise
respect and discretion about what you do with it. Since it was the
staff and attendees of DTBS 09 who made these videos happen, we'd like
to keep it in the family, so to speak. If you know a caller who might
benefit from seeing this, fine, but please ask that she or he also
respect DTBS and the folks who made it possible.
For a guided tour read on.
My goal was to capture the essence of what Bob Dalsemer brought to his
workshops at Dare to Be Square this year, and then make it available
to all who participated. A dedicated crew of volunteers and I filled 5
one hour tapes with video. We attempted to get Bob's teaching of each
particular dance, both from the stage and any demonstrations on the
floor. We also tried to get a representative sample of the dance
being done to the music.
As it happens I wish we had covered more material, but then, given the
work involved in editing 5 hrs of video and 7 of audio, maybe it was
for the best. My apologies for the parts that were left out. In
particular I'm sorry there was not more of the actual dancing.
What we do have is selected video and complete audio from the
following daytime workshops:
Square Dancing For All
West Virginia Squares
New England and Singing Squares
Cool Versions of Classic Squares
Souped Up Squares
Also there is some video and about an hour of audio from Timing
,Timing, Timing and about half an hour of the Monday night dance. I
have also received some video from Cory Podielski and Doug Plummer,
which will be added soon to supplement the archive.
Navigation: You'll need a high speed internet connection. Go to:
http://vimeo.com/ and look in the upper right hand corner for the
white space that says "Search Videos". When you slide the cursor into
that area a drop down menu opens; click on "Search Channels". Enter
dtbs into the search area. This should bring up "DTBS09 29 videos".
Click on DTBS09 to bring up all the videos. Hit the "play" triangle at
the lower left corner of the screen to begin viewing. Click on
"description", below the screen, for notes on personnel, tune names
etc. [Please note: these descriptions are a work in progress. More
notes will be added in the next few weeks.]
Each of the 29 videos has a title: DTBS 09 [Workshop Name] a number
(1-6) and then the name of a dance figure. The number is to show the
order of the episodes within each workshop. So for example "DTBS09
Square Dancing for All 1 Big Circle" shows material from the first
dance of the workshop; "DTBS09 Square Dancing for All 2 Texas Star" is
the next dance in that workshop, etc. This should help illustrate how
each workshop unfolded.
Downloads. You must join Vimeo to download these videos.
After listening to my audio recordings of the workshops I realized
that the video may have captured the main points of each dance, but
failed sometimes to give a sense of the whole; particularly as Bob
often adds twists- or even new figures- later on in the dance. The
audio links below cover the entire workshops, with the exception of
Timing! Timing! Timing! which I only got about an hour of.
Square Dancing for All:
http://tinyurl.com/yb86a5k
West Virginia Squares:
http://tinyurl.com/ydn9g9m
New England and Singing Squares:
http://tinyurl.com/y9njnhy
Cool Versions of Classic Squares:
http://tinyurl.com/ydzzywa
Timing, Timing, Timing:
http://tinyurl.com/yeqmwge
Souped Up Squares:
http://tinyurl.com/yjzju42
As I say, we did our best. Any faults in the execution or production
of this material are solely mine. If you have questions I will try my
best to help: write to Tony Mates at: [email protected].
Or give me a call! I'd rather chat. 206-723-3897.
Credits:
Billie Burlock, Tony Mates, Brittany Newell and Paul Silveria shot
video on a camera
kindly lent to us by Charlie Beck. Cheers to a very helpful crew!
Audio and video editing by Tony Mates. A Noderinksere production.
Expert help and counsel from Charmaine Slaven, Charlie Beck, Catherine
Alexander, Gabe Strand, Doug Plummer and Johnny Calcagno.
And of course many thanks to all of the performers, crew and dancers
who made Dare to Be Square 09 happen. Having spent many hours now in
front of a laptop watching many of you dance, or call, or play music,
it is a pleasure to present this material for your enjoyment and
enlightenment.
Once more:
To keep this material from going viral, we ask that you exercise
respect and discretion about what you do with it. Since it was the
staff and attendees of DTBS 09 who made these videos happen, we'd like
to keep it in the family, so to speak. If you know a caller who might
benefit from seeing this, fine, but please ask that he or she also
respect DTBS and the folks who made it possible.
Tony Mates, March, 2010
Heads Up! Feet Smack!
Dare to Be Square is coming back!
Nov 4-7, 2010
tony mates
206-723-3897
[email protected]
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