Dear Andrea,
I am HAPPY to hear from you; questions such as yours are always welcome.
I am going to take some of this discussion off line, since a lot of it
may be interesting to you, in particular, but not so much for the
entire Shared Weight list. But my most important question is this: Is
your interest in *collecting* dances, or are you in the process of
collecting hard copy books? If the former, then there are literally
*hundreds* of web sites on which callers/choreographers share their
dances. For example, most of the RPLW syllabi are now on line at the
UNH LIbrary website (http://www.library.unh.edu/special/index.php/ralph-page-dance-legacy-weekend
). If, however, you wish to collect hard copies, then this is the
list on which you want to advertise that fact! If you were to put out
a general request, and have participants reply to only you, I am sure
that you will be able to attain some great resources.
Also, the idea of the auction is for folks at RPLW to have a friendly
"contest" and therefore encourage higher bids, which all go to a very
worthy cause. After the auction, I would be happy to chat with you
about any books that did not find a new home.
As for a quick list to get you started: These are just *some* of my
favorites-:
Zesty Contras by Larry Jennings
Give & Take by Larry Jennings
Any books by Ted Sannella
Any books by Tom Hinds
Good luck with your calling career! And we hope to see you up north
at RPLW, or NEFFA one of these years!
very warmly, Linda
On Jan 10, 2011, at 4:53 AM, Andrea Nettleton wrote:
Hi Linda,
I am a caller from ATL and just danced your Old Time Elixir
Number 2 at a dance weekend in Chattanooga. Collected the dance, of
course. I don't know what RPLW is and likely can't attend, but such
books are what I am collecting just now. Could I just buy those
that are of interest and you give the proceeds to the RPLW fund? If
that seems a bad idea, I would be interested in hearing which books
and dance collections would be worth trying to find, especially
used. At this point I gig far enough away from home that it is a
break even proposition at best. I just love sharing my love of
dance. I have written a few, but not enough for a book. I have
been gifted a few books, but know there are many more out there to
be had. Hope you don't mind my asking.
Best,
Andrea Nettleton
On 1/9/2011 1:49 PM, Linda Leslie wrote:
Dear Callers who may be attending RPLW,
Chrissy Fowler and I have decided to pass along some of the calling
books that we no longer use, or of which we happen to have
duplicates. I thought that offering them for "silent auction" and
fully donating all proceeds to the RPLW funds, would be a great way
to support this weekend that we all love so much. So with the full
support of the RPLW Board, we will be displaying these books during
the weekend, in the lunch area. You will have an opportunity to
look them over, and make your bids throughout Saturday and Sunday
morning. We will close the auction just after lunch on Sunday. Cash
or checks (made out to RPLW) happily accepted. The books include
some older editions, some RPLW syllabi, dance collections, as well
as advice about calling. There are about 20 books total.
Please join us in what we hope will be the First Annual Book Auction!
See you soon,
Linda Leslie
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