Funny you should mention that Lynn....Ive had this idea kicking around about a video project...I'll forward you some stuff off list first.
bob Green On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:08 PM, lynn ackerson <cally...@pacbell.net> wrote: > Why am I asking? As a CDSS board member particularly interested in contras, > I'm brainstorming about what a long-distance mentoring program could look > like. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "Winston, Alan P." <wins...@slac.stanford.edu> > To: Caller's discussion list <call...@sharedweight.net> > Sent: Mon, May 7, 2012 2:49:20 PM > Subject: Re: [Callers] mentorship > > Over in English country dance land, I've gotten a lot of help from Bruce > Hamilton over the years > (auditing his weekly caller classes in 1985, taking caller classes at > English > Week), and also taken > a bunch of English and contra caller sessions from other leaders like Scott > Higgs. I did a year as > apprentice to Jody McGeen in English. > > I haven't really had an ongoing mentorship relationship other than that, > and I > definitely haven't > > had one in contra. (I basically jumped over from the English ladder to the > contra ladder without > climbing the lower rungs of the contra ladder - my first contra gig was a > mixed > English/contra evening > at the Scout House. I got a lot of help from Lynn Ackerson and Susan > Petrick on > putting that evening > > together, and with Karen Axelrod and Dave Langford playing and a room > full of > excellent dancers who > > loved both forms it was, I think, quite successful. That was a much > easier gig > than the ones I've been doing > lately, as I belatedly call small dances in outlying areas, work with > inexperienced bands, etc.) > > > Other callers have been very generous with me - I've gotten helpful > feedback > from Erik Hoffman, Jim Saxe, > and others. > > Part of me would still like to get formally mentored; part of me thinks > that > might be kind of emotionally > > Difficult when I've been calling for 27 years and am (in some ways) pretty > good, > and in a fair amount of > demand (when you add up the ONS, Regency, Civil War, English, and contra, I > gigged about 50 times last year > and seem to be on track to do that again this year). I know I don't know > everything, by a long shot. > > I've been very grateful for this mailing list, where we can discuss > problems, > approaches, philosophy, etc > (and get multiple contradictory answers). There's also been a number of > learning and discussion opportunities > > for me on the ECD mailing list. > > Lynn, I'm wondering why you ask? > > -- Alan > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
