Thanks for this -and thanks to Dance Ranger Stan. Dorcas Sent from my iPad
On Aug 10, 2013, at 3:57 AM, "tavi merrill" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > It was a real treat to utilize the lesson plan Stan Fowler and Laura Brown > developed for Glen Echo's Friday night dance. As a caller who's often more > comfortable with experienced crowds than one night stands, it was magic to > watch the simple concept behind this come to life and open a new way of > looking at teaching. In response to interest some caller friends showed on > a facebook post about the lesson plan, it is with permission of Laura and > Stan and thanks to Kevin Mabon that i share what they developed. It has > been published before, but i thought in response to friends' requests for > the document that sharing it in this forum would make it available and > archived for a new generation and wider audience of callers. > > Stan (aka "Dance Ranger") writes: "As I recall we wrote this paper to solve > a particular issues we were having at the time. If I recall at the time, > the caller was sometimes to teach the work shop, and their methods were all > over the board. Our dance was often the largest dance the caller had > worked. We wished to provide the caller a guideline for our dances. They > did not have to use the paper, but we wished the newcomers to come out of > the workshop with confidence to join the dance and have a good time and > want to return." > > Whether or not you use it in a big crowd, the basic idea - keep them moving > to music *the whole time -* is, as Stan added, the key element. Applying > the "Create Chaos" technique was mad fun. Steps 2 and 3 may require for > some an ad lib about the flexibility of gender and role in your philosophy > dance community. But the document speaks for itself. > > With gratitude for all our community shares, > tavi > <GE FND Beginner's Workshop Documents.pdf> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
