Thanks, Jacob. Some of my leads are starting to come together today. I hope to have the full story by the end of the week and will certainly update you.
Best, Joyce On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Rich Castner (Jacob & Nancy Bloom) > 2. Re: Looking for Rich Castner -- can you help? (John C. McIntire) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:57:41 -0400 > From: Jacob & Nancy Bloom <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Callers] Rich Castner > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > Hi Joyce, > > Here's what I could find as contact info for Richer. He was > advertising himself five years ago as being available for calling, > and as far as I can tell without calling it, the 832-0888 number > seems to still be valid. > > Phone numbers: 207-832-0888 > 207-832-0889 > Email: [email protected] > > Jacob Bloom > > At 12:00 PM 6/10/2012, you wrote: > > > >Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:46:27 -0400 > >From: Joyce Isen <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Cc: Joyce Isen <[email protected]> > >Subject: [Callers] Looking for Rich Castner -- can you help? > >Message-ID: > > < > calr5bzkgg0nlhxmtzvnn2j8zf_zv0ghfx777jqdecvn3ohf...@mail.gmail.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > > >Dear friends in the traditional dance community, > > > >I am looking for information that can help me locate Richard Castner, > >former head of the dance department at the State University of New York at > >Brockport, and accomplished square and contra dance caller. Rich authored > >some contra dances that are classics today, including ?The Road to > Boston,? > >and ?All the Way to Galway.? > > > >I am a musician (hammered dulcimer and percussion) who was often hired by > >Rich for dances in Rochester, NY, and it was through his mentoring that I > >attended my first Ralph Page dance camp at East Hill Farm and my first > >local contra dance in Nelson, NH. I moved to the Boston area in 1976 > >because this kind of music and dance was a living tradition in the > >northeast and I wanted to be part of it. > > > >I?ve been living in Concord lately and playing snare drum with a local > fife > >and drum company. I?m struck, as Rich must have been a long time ago, by > >the common ground in repertoire between the fiddle and fife in the > >18thcentury, and I finally bonded with ?The Downfall of Paris,? a tune > >Rich had > >asked me to play for him and that I never liked. The very first drum part > >I memorized was ?The Road to Boston,? so of course Rich was on my mind. > It > >would be wonderful to sit down with him and talk about old times, and to > >tell him about the ways in which my musical and personal life evolved as a > >result of his influence. > > > >I heard that he?d moved to Maine and was last seen at a festival in 2005. > The > >last information I got is that he was living in Waldoboro and had restored > >the old family homestead to its 18th century appearance. Unfortunately, > >the contact information is out of date and all my leads so far have been > >dead ends. > > > >I would be most grateful for any information anyone could provide about > >Rich recently or in the form of a story from the past. There are other > >friends here in Boston who would like to be in touch with him, too. We > >agree that even sad news would at least bring closure. > > > >With thanks, > > > >Joyce Desmarais Isen, Concord, MA > > > >978-369-2671 > > > >[email protected] > > > > > >------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Callers mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > > >End of Callers Digest, Vol 94, Issue 2 > >************************************** > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:30:11 -0400 > From: "John C. McIntire" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: Joyce Isen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Looking for Rich Castner -- can you help? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Joyce & all, > > A quick phone call to the Waldoboro Town office revealed that his tax > bills are > being sent to his wife in Rochester NY at the following address: > > Janis Rickerman > 25 Lida Lane > Rochester NY 14616 > > The town office did not think he had passed on but the last time I spoke > with > him, several years ago, his health was not good. The phone # provided by > Jacob is out of service. > > best of luck, > > John, Unity ME > Date sent: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:46:27 -0400 > From: Joyce Isen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Copies to: Joyce Isen <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] Looking for Rich Castner -- can you > help? > Send reply to: Caller's discussion list <[email protected] > > > <mailto:callers- > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > <mailto:callers- > [email protected]?subject=subscribe> > > [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] > > Dear friends in the traditional dance community, > > I am looking for information that can help me locate Richard Castner, > former head of the dance department at the State University of New York at > Brockport, and accomplished square and contra dance caller. Rich authored > some contra dances that are classics today, including "The Road to Boston," > and "All the Way to Galway." > > I am a musician (hammered dulcimer and percussion) who was often hired by > Rich for dances in Rochester, NY, and it was through his mentoring that I > attended my first Ralph Page dance camp at East Hill Farm and my first > local contra dance in Nelson, NH. I moved to the Boston area in 1976 > because this kind of music and dance was a living tradition in the > northeast and I wanted to be part of it. > > I?ve been living in Concord lately and playing snare drum with a local fife > and drum company. I?m struck, as Rich must have been a long time ago, by > the common ground in repertoire between the fiddle and fife in the > 18thcentury, and I finally bonded with "The Downfall of Paris," a tune > Rich had > asked me to play for him and that I never liked. The very first drum part > I memorized was "The Road to Boston," so of course Rich was on my mind. It > would be wonderful to sit down with him and talk about old times, and to > tell him about the ways in which my musical and personal life evolved as a > result of his influence. > > I heard that he?d moved to Maine and was last seen at a festival in 2005. > The > last information I got is that he was living in Waldoboro and had restored > the old family homestead to its 18th century appearance. Unfortunately, > the contact information is out of date and all my leads so far have been > dead ends. > > I would be most grateful for any information anyone could provide about > Rich recently or in the form of a story from the past. There are other > friends here in Boston who would like to be in touch with him, too. We > agree that even sad news would at least bring closure. > > With thanks, > > Joyce Desmarais Isen, Concord, MA > > 978-369-2671 > > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 94, Issue 3 > ************************************** >
