Thank you David for these incredible resources - I just have to be careful and allot myself certain amounts of time or I get so caught up in them that I get nothing else done.
BTW, Someone just gave me 4 old cds of a bunch of square dances - they look to be privately made cds with no real labels on them and just a list of the dances on each (no authors/callers/etc). Bob Livingston is checking them out. I found one that's to the song "The Battle of New Orleans" which I looked/searched and found out it was recorded by Bill Castner. Patricia Campbell > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: [email protected] (David Millstone) > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Cc: > Date: 30 May 2012 19:46:20 -0400 > Subject: [Callers] Square Dance resources > Dear dance colleagues, > > Here is information for those who are interested in square dances. > > 1) NEW SQUARE DANCE VIDEOS > You probably already know about the Dare To Be Square weekend held last > November at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. An earlier > e-mail provided links to 100 videos from that event. I'm happy to announce > that an additional 25 video clips are now available of edited interviews > with the six callers who were on staff: Phil Jamison, Larry Edelman, Bob > Dalsemer, Jim Mayo, Larry Edelman, and Bill Litchman. > > http://squaredancehistory.org/**omeka/exhibits/show/brasstown-**interviews<http://squaredancehistory.org/omeka/exhibits/show/brasstown-interviews> > > This link will take you to one part of the prototype of our new Square > Dance History Project. The home page for the exhibit provides links to > each caller, and that subsequent page will offer two tabs, one for the > caller's bio and one that takes you to a page listing those interviews, > with a summary of the contents. Click on the photograph or underlined link > to the right of each summary to bring up the video clip itself. In all, > there are about two hours of interview footage available for your viewing. > > Our web designer and others continue to fine-tune the user interface and > the underlying database, so we're not ready for the official launch of the > full site yet... but there seemed no reason not to share this particular > digital exhibit now. > > 2) THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS! > Funding for the videotaping was provided by a grant from Country Dance and > Song Society. We also want to thank the other organizations that are > providing financial support for the Square Dance History Project: the Lloyd > Shaw Foundation, CALLERLAB, and The ARTS. > > 3) LINKS TO DANCE VIDEOS > In case you've misplaced the information, you can view the original 100 > dance videos at two locations: > > YouTube channel > http://www.youtube.com/user/**SquareDanceHistory/videos<http://www.youtube.com/user/SquareDanceHistory/videos> > > VidCaster > http://squaredancehistory.**vidcaster.com/<http://squaredancehistory.vidcaster.com/> > > To date, the dance clips on these two channels have been viewed nearly > 25,000 times in the five months since they were uploaded. Feel free to pass > along any of these links to others who might be interested. > > 4) NEW SQUARE DANCE CHANNEL > In addition to the YouTube channel listed above, we've started a new > channel that will include some of the additional material that is being > uploaded: > > http://www.youtube.com/user/**SquareDanceHistory2<http://www.youtube.com/user/SquareDanceHistory2> > > Among the clips are a dozen examples of French-Canadian squares, footage > of CT caller Bob Livingston, some Super 8 footage taken 30+ years ago by > Bob Dalsemer in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania, several > demonstration numbers by groups showcasing the Lloyd Shaw style of dancing > and choreography, squares from the Missouri Ozarks with lots of jigging, > dances called by Dick Leger, Earl Johnston, Red Warrick and many more, > examples and instruction in Kentucky set running, some precise modern > square dancing from a Tech Squares weekend, and a talk by Herb Egender, who > was a member of Pappy Shaw's Cheyenne Mountain Dancers on their first trip > to Washington, DC in 1939. In all, there are nearly 60 square dance videos > on that channel with more being added each week. > > 5) RINER, VA, DARE TO BE SQUARE > Another DTBS event was held in early May in Riner, Virginia, with Phil > Jamison, Michael Ismerio, and Bill Ohse as callers. Bill Ohse (b.1938) is a > highly-regarded West Virginia caller of traditional squares; we now have > video footage of his sessions and several interviews with him. Edited > footage of these Appalachian squares will be uploaded shortly. > > 6) UPDATE ON THE DTBS SYLLABUS > Finally, I've been told that the final draft of the Brasstown syllabus and > the master CD with more than 150 mp3 audio files (including instruction as > well as dance calls) are ready for final layout and production. CDSS is > aiming to have the combination booklet/CD available by this summer's dance > camp season. Stay tuned... we'll certainly let you know when this treasure > trove is ready. > > In the meantime, enjoy the comments by our six well-informed callers, and > thanks for your continued interest in our rich square dance heritage. > > David Millstone > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > >
