Welcome Emily! The first full evening is quite a wonderful learning experience - good luck with your gig. If you are not already doing so, consider recording the event to gain further valuable feedback (and check to be sure you have enough capacity prior to doing so - I speak from experience here :)).
You'll do great! Don On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Emily Addison <[email protected]> wrote: > Big hello shared weight colleagues. :) > > I've been lurking for months while I read all the back records of shared > weight. Time to break out and join the conversation though… such fruitful > ones they seem to be! > > I was the scholarship caller for the RPDLW two weeks ago - what a most > incredible experience!!! I've been to a number of dance events in the NE > but as folks have said before, RPDLW is such a special event. I felt so > welcome, was clearly surrounded by contra history (and legends - wow!!!), > and came away with such a good feel about our dance community. > > As a new caller, I would totally recommend the scholarship opportunity to > any other new caller. It was one of the best learning opportunities I > could imagine for someone who is starting out. A few highlights for me > included: > a) Calling one dance. That's all I needed because it was the rich > feedback from David Millstone and Chrissy Fowler that opened my eyes to > many aspects of my calling I hadn't realized before. > b) Participating in Amy Cann's callers' workshop. It was > AMAZINGGGGGGG!!!! Boy... what fascinating ways of looking at calling. She > brings in whole new perspectives I haven't heard other callers talk about. > Wow - thanks Amy. :) > c) Getting to quiz David Millstone and David Kaynor over lunch. (Prepping > what aspects of calling I wanted to learn about was important for my > getting lots out of the weekend. I learned lots of other things to be sure > but the weekend was a great chance to engage big contra brains in the > little details of calling.) > d) And… I had to add one dancing moment … … Mary D andNor'easter leading > Moneymusk. AWESOME!!! > There were so many other great highlights but I stop there. > > I've spent the last week going through the past syllabi from the RPDLW ( > http://www.library.unh.edu/special/index.php/ralph-page-dance-legacy-weekend). > I've ignored the dances themselves and have been focusing on the > conversations, discussions, etc. There are some fantastic insights... I > hope to post a few in the next little while. > > In the meantime, I called my first half dance last Saturday in Ottawa > (Ontario) and have my first full dance in Maberly in just over a week. I > am scared sXXXless so will probably be posting a few questions for help! > > I look forward to engaging with you in the future. This group seems like > such a great resource and I'm super excited to be entering this community. > :) > > Much thanks, > Emily from Ottawa > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
