English Festivals tend to embrace various dance forms. As well as the usual 'Playford' and 'American' threads Whitby has had workshops for Cajun, Irish Set Dance, and back in the 80s we learnt 'French' (can't remember calling it Bal) with a band calling themselves Rosbif. Now there is an unofficial 'fringe' session every day of Whitby week, playing and dancing. People play what they want, those who know the tune join in, those who recognise the dance might get onto the floor. Bit different from our callers and walkthroughs.
As for the John Cage ECD, there are bands who give us a 30 second sample already
On 01/04/2025 23:03, Colin Hume via Contra Callers wrote:
You'll also find Bal at May Heydays in England: https://mayheydays.org.uk/programme.html along with an amazing variety of other dance forms, and more. Colin Hume _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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