In case you don't know about them, I'd like to bring a series of videos to your attention.
These are produced by the Historical Tea and Dance Society based in Pasadena, California, http://historicalteaanddance.org/ and each week they interview a caller, musician or organiser and ask them to talk about 5 things they are passionate about. Many of these relate to "English" (i.e. Playford-style) dancing but certainly not all, and this week the interviewee was the wonderful Lisa Greenleaf. She has a lot of good advice for callers of any genre, and I believe dancers would also be interested in her attitude to calling and dancing. Did you know that when she lived in Boston she was a regular dancer with the English group led by Helene Cornelius with music by Bare Necessities? Well I didn't. You can view the recording at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YLH2eDnk4NauPuzu618JxkM2B6ALjWJ8/view?t=551 and you can see an index of all the available sessions (over 30 of them) at https://colinhume.com/htds/ Colin Hume _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
