Any hints for quick and efficient ways to include the new dancers who join at
the bottom of sets at festivals? If they have a good experience they are future
regular dancers.
Nice dance Amy. I really like the sequence of moves.
I'm trying to imagine this in my head and assume that the allemande
right is once around which takes less than 8 beats to do.
Hope you don't mind suggesting a change. I would change the
allemande right to once and a half. That would
It would be good if, as you reply, you say where you’re from. Quite clearly the
cost of a wedding in NYC or the SF Bay Area might be more than in Missoula, MT.
Still:
Musicians tend to undercharge. I’m no exception. I love what I do, and can be a
pushover on price. With that said: we tend to
I charge $150 for a wedding and $50 more if alcohol is served.
JoLaine
On Mar 26, 2016 5:29 PM, "Dave Casserly via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> I've only called weddings for good friends, and I do that for free. But
> I've played a lot of weddings, and I generally would
I've only called weddings for good friends, and I do that for free. But
I've played a lot of weddings, and I generally would not take a wedding gig
unless it paid at least 2-3x what a normal dance would pay.
For a single caller, assuming you're NOT bringing sound or being in charge
of the band,
Hi All:
My mistake - Alexandra is correct. The 1s come up the center past one couple
and
then ½ figure 8 above the 2s. After
this the 1s have progressed to below the 2s and are improper. I should also
have pointed out the contra corners are with same-sex corners.
Bob
>
> You'd turn contra
First off, you're not charging for the number of minutes of dancing.
You're charging for your experience, expertise, and skill, showing up on
time and being ready to do it, waiting around as necessary, traveling if
needed, being mellow if (when) things go over and your time is cut, etc.
What
While preparing to teach the beginners' session for tonight's dance in
Olympia, WA, I jotted down several figures I could teach that would be
simple enough, flow reasonably well and get them dancing. I looked at
my list and said, "Huh! This looks like an actual dance." I was
missing one figure to
Jeff Below says:
Weddings are a lot of hassle. I find most weddings a joy.
I used to do mobile DJ. Doing that it was easy to see I was primarily part of
the service industry, and often it was just a gig. Since I now do only calling,
and only with live music (even if it’s just me and my fiddle),
I would ask for about 3x more for a wedding then for an evening of dancing:
* weddings are a lot of hassle
* you're only playing/calling for a short time, but you need to be there
very early and schedules are not reliable at weddings -- this may be worse
for bands than callers
* people spend so
Central Illinois where I live? $35-50, although our local callers would
probably do such for free.NYC? $2000, but $3000 if on a weekend Michael
Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217 239 5844
On Saturday, March 26, 2016 1:13 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers
Hey folks,
I've just been asked to call a wedding, and I don't have a good idea for
what the going rate for these things is. What do you all charge for a
wedding (say, 30 mins-an hour of dancing)? (And how might you adjust this
rate for NYC?)
Thanks,
Maia
On Wed, Mar 16, 2016, Claire Takemori via Callers wrote:
>
> I'm wondering if you have a favorite Triplet that would work for a
> very small but experienced contra dance with just 6 dancers left after
> the break? Ideally more dancing together and less casting down/back,
> etc.
This isn't a
You'd turn contra corners with the same dance role person I think. But then
come back to proper after the partner balance and swing. Though it doesn't
really matter what side anyone is on as there's no neighbor interaction.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 26, 2016, at 11:56 AM, Colin Hume via
On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 11:22:05 -0400, Bob Isaacs via Callers wrote:
> A1. 1s cast to bottom, 1s up the center and 1/2 figure 8 below (2s move up)
> A2. 1s turn contra corners
Bob -
I don't see what you mean. 1/2 figure 8 would leave the ones improper for
contra corners.
One possibility is:
A1
Hi Claire:
If you want a triplet with contra corners and a hey for 6 (and very much for
experienced dancers) then try:
Cinnamon CrullerTriplet, properBI / 10-23-05
A1. 1s cast to bottom, 1s up the center and 1/2 figure 8 below (2s move up)A2.
1s turn contra cornersB1. All partner allemande
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