My apologies to Dudley and Jacqueline. Their Traditional Barn Dances book, with DVD and CD are also on my shelf. Together they were an early inspiration, as I added community dance to my calling skills. I remember driving to Scout House to observe Dudley's unique calling/teaching style one Sunday afternoon, after purchasing his book, and before I tried to call any such dance programs myself. His simple dances were so effective with the families on hand.
Additionally, I stress attending the types of dances that you want to call, as often as you can. Dancing a particular dance, is a great way to learn it, and to place it appropriately in your repertoire. I have many dance cards in my collection that I have not called, but I frequently call the ones that brought me joy as a dancer. Rich Stafford, CT On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:33 PM, James Saxe via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Claire, > > I've done only a tiny amount of calling for the family dance > crowd, but from what I've seen of the New England Dance Masters > material and Marion Rose's material, and from seeing the authors > in action either live or on video, I'd second both of Rich's > recommendations. > > Another resource worth looking at is Dudley Laufman's _Traditional > Barn Dances and Calling_, which comes packaged with two CD's of > music (called and uncalled) and a DVD showing some of the dances. > See > > > http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/traditional-barn-dances-with-calls--fiddling?isbn=9780736076128 > > SF Bay area caller Erik Hoffman has a book called "Old-Time Dance > Calling for Weddings, Parties, and One-Night Stands" > > http://www.erikhoffman.com/otdancebk.html > > If you get in touch with him and tell more about the group you're > expecting to call for (What age-range of home-schoolers? Will a > bunch of their younger siblings be there?), he might advise you > as to how much of the material in it would be suitable for you. > > Cheers, > --Jim > > > On Feb 2, 2016, at 11:44 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello Claire, > > > > Here are two excellent resources. > > > > New England Dancing Masters offer many books, Cds, and DVDs for > Family/Community Dance. I cannot say enough good about this material. > > > > www.dancingmasters.com > > > > Marion Rose also has a series of books Called Step Lively. They have > dances and CDs with family friendly dances. > > www.communitydance.ca. Many, but not all, of the dances in this > series, are tune specific. > > > > Youtube is also an excellent series, and I would recommend Cal > Campbell's dancing for busy people blog and the BDPLS (Beginner Dance Party > Leaders Seminar) channel on youtube. > > > > Have fun, > > Rich > > Stafford, CT > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Claire Takemori via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I’m a new contra dance caller (took Nils’ workshop at American Week last > July). And my goal is to offer calling for Family dances to help spread > folk music/dance in our community. (maybe College contras, but that’s a > different thread) > > I’m calling my first Family dance on March 6th for a home-school > community. I was hoping to offer a page of INTERESTING , Kid-friendly, > FUN info, activities, links in case someone wants to delve further into the > history, dance or music. > > > > Any great resources out there? I don’t have a ton of time to put this > together from scrap. And I don’t know enough yet to figure out the > history. I’m learning as I go! > > > > thanks ! > > Claire Takemori > > Bay Area California > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >
