The Triangle Country Dancers Callers Collective will be sponsoring a
callers' workshop with Carol Ormand, an amazing contra and square dance
caller from Madison, WI. Carol has been calling traditional contra and
square dances since the spring of 1990, and regularly calls at dances,
weekends, and festivals all over the United States (and occasionally
abroad). Since she moved to Madison, WI in 2005, she's also been
playing fiddle for dances.
The workshop will be held near Chapel Hill, NC the weekend of April 12-14.
Carol will call for the 2nd Friday TCD dance in Carrboro (before which,
I hope that many of the workshop participants can gather to have dinner
and an informal conversation with Carol.) Saturday will be an all day
workshop, followed by an evening contra dance, both of which will be
hosted at Stephen Stiebel's house. Finally, on Sunday, we will have a
wrap up and brunch to discuss what we've learned, how the dance went,
and other topics that may come up.
I will have a more complete description when I send out the official
announcement in the next week or so. Right now, I just ask that if
you're interested, you go ahead and get this on your calendar. I hope
to see many of you there!
Jack Mitchell
