I took Diane Silver's 5-day Callers Class at JC Campbell Folk School last June. It was excellent, without exception. Personally, I'd recommend contacting her for advice. https://www.diane-silver.com/
Rob - - - - - - - - - - - - Robert Matson On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 2:44 PM Katherine Kitching via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm leading some caller training right now and something that went really > well, after our first couple of sessions, was they each went away and wrote > their own dance (I told them they could either write a dance or find a > dance online, but they both elected to write their own) > > then the next time we met, we workshopped their dances- > > we wrote each dance out on a big sheet of paper and discussed the choices > and how they flow together, and what hiccups they might encounter, what > tweaks might need to be made > > once the dance was "finalized", we got the person who chose the dance to > do a walkthrough. > then we paused and talked about any teaching aspects that were > interesting, or that we might do differently, etc. > > And then the person called it while we danced it about 6 times through... > > And then we then got together again to discuss what we liked about it, and > what we might change, or any other suggestions/issues, points of interest > etc. > > It lead to great discussions and lots of learning, even for me the > workshop leader! > Katherine K in Halifax > > Emily Addison via Contra Callers <[email protected]> > Monday, July 31, 2023 11:07 AM > Hi Folks, > > I'm going to be leading a series of caller discussions/workshops in the > next while. (This is a new thing for me. I'm very excited as there's always > so much to learn from each other. :)) > > I'm wondering.... > -->Are there any activities that stood out as being really awesome from > caller workshops you've attended/led? > -->Any discussion topics/ways to frame discussions that excited you? > > I've been sketching things out and as of right now, I'm really excited to > have a series of questions that prompt discussion among the group. (Maybe > stickies/stickers on poster boards as part of this.) The questions range > from the why of it all, presentation/performance considerations, teaching, > prompting, repertoire, etc.... ... I'm trying to figure out some key > questions to prompt the discussion. Here are just a few of the many prompts > I'm thinking about.... > What do you see as the value of trad dances/dancing? What do you get out > of dancing? What do you think others get out of it? > What is your motivation for calling? What do you think you get/might get > out of calling? Characteristics of a great caller? Callers you like (AND > why)? > What do the dancers need in the prompting? (Anything specific for beginner > dancers in particular?) > What need to/should know to know about a dance to call it really well? > What is key in band communication…. At the start of the evening? > Before/during/at end of each dance? At the end of the evening? Before the > day of the gig? > > I'll also be creating a framework for safe feedback while we practice > teaching and prompting dances. > > Thanks! > :) Emily in Ottawa > > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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