Re: [Callers] Amy Cann

[Rich Dempsey via Callers]

Claire:

Become an instant old-timer by binge reading the Callers list archives at
http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/

Enjoy!
Rich Dempsey

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 4:42 PM Claire Takemori via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hi Amy and all,
>
> I’m a new family dance (and contra) caller.  I’d love to see your new
> inspired program, as I don’t have an archive of Shared Weight emails YET.
>
> I’d love to hear about other folks favorite family/community dances?  (I
> know the Spiral, basic CL, CR, in/out,  Sasha, longways from a few books)
>
> I get to call for our son’s nature class, which has preschool up to
> adults.  And it’s outside, WITHOUT amplification….
> I also get to call at our local contra during the break, as we are a
> Sunday afternoon dance and families show up with kids!
>
> Thanks for sharing!
>
> Claire Takemori (Campbell CA)
>
>
>
> On Sep 11, 2016, at 1:02 PM, via Callers 
> wrote:
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:14:48 -0400
> From: Amy Cann via Callers 
> To: "Caller's discussion list" 
> Subject: [Callers] Just had to share this:
> Message-ID:
> 
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>
> It's 5:00. At 7:30 tonight I'll be calling a dance for about 150 Putney
> School teens freshly-returned from their Long Fall wilderness trips.
> They'll be smelly and exuberant.
>
> An hour ago at 4:00 I was planning my program and had a sudden wave of
> "Gosh, I'm sick of my own material."
>
> You know how it's easy to stick to the tried-and-true favorites you *know*
> will work?
>
> But once in a while your repertoire starts to feel like the pillowcase when
> you've been stuck sick in bed for too long? You turn it over and over but
> you can't find a fresh cool spot anymore?
>
> So I went to my gmail  archive, typed in "circle mixer",
> browsed a bunch of old threads, and am now going out the door freshly
> invigorated.
>
> What a vital, valuable,  inspiring community this is.
>
> Thanks, all of you.
>
> Amy
>
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Re: [Callers] Amy Cann

[Alan Winston via Callers]

Claire:


(1) Buy this book: 
https://smile.amazon.com/Step-Lively-Book-Marian-Rose/dp/0968756905?sa-no-redirect=1


(2) Consider buying this book:

https://smile.amazon.com/Alabama-Gal-No-Fail-Singing-Children/dp/1579998429/ref=sr_1_1?s=books=UTF8=1473626812=1-1=new+england+dancing+masters

(3) Check out this web page and consider the items marked as difficulty "1".
http://barndances.org.uk/

(4) View archives of the callers list at
http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/

-- Alan

On 9/11/16 1:43 PM, Claire Takemori via Callers wrote:

Hi Amy and all,

I’m a new family dance (and contra) caller.  I’d love to see your new 
inspired program, as I don’t have an archive of Shared Weight emails YET.


I’d love to hear about other folks favorite family/community dances? 
 (I know the Spiral, basic CL, CR, in/out,  Sasha, longways from a few 
books)


I get to call for our son’s nature class, which has preschool up to 
adults.  And it’s outside, WITHOUT amplification….
I also get to call at our local contra during the break, as we are a 
Sunday afternoon dance and families show up with kids!


Thanks for sharing!

Claire Takemori (Campbell CA)



On Sep 11, 2016, at 1:02 PM, via Callers 
> wrote:


Message: 1
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:14:48 -0400
From: Amy Cann via Callers >
To: "Caller's discussion list" >

Subject: [Callers] Just had to share this:
Message-ID:
>

Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

It's 5:00. At 7:30 tonight I'll be calling a dance for about 150 Putney
School teens freshly-returned from their Long Fall wilderness trips.
They'll be smelly and exuberant.

An hour ago at 4:00 I was planning my program and had a sudden wave of
"Gosh, I'm sick of my own material."

You know how it's easy to stick to the tried-and-true favorites you *know*
will work?

But once in a while your repertoire starts to feel like the pillowcase 
when

you've been stuck sick in bed for too long? You turn it over and over but
you can't find a fresh cool spot anymore?

So I went to my gmail  archive, typed in "circle mixer",
browsed a bunch of old threads, and am now going out the door freshly
invigorated.

What a vital, valuable,  inspiring community this is.

Thanks, all of you.

Amy



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[Claire Takemori via Callers]

Hi Amy and all,

I’m a new family dance (and contra) caller.  I’d love to see your new inspired 
program, as I don’t have an archive of Shared Weight emails YET.  

I’d love to hear about other folks favorite family/community dances?  (I know 
the Spiral, basic CL, CR, in/out,  Sasha, longways from a few books) 

I get to call for our son’s nature class, which has preschool up to adults.  
And it’s outside, WITHOUT amplification….  
I also get to call at our local contra during the break, as we are a Sunday 
afternoon dance and families show up with kids!  

Thanks for sharing!  

Claire Takemori (Campbell CA) 



On Sep 11, 2016, at 1:02 PM, via Callers  wrote:

Message: 1
List-Post: callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:14:48 -0400
From: Amy Cann via Callers >
To: "Caller's discussion list" >
Subject: [Callers] Just had to share this:
Message-ID:
>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

It's 5:00. At 7:30 tonight I'll be calling a dance for about 150 Putney
School teens freshly-returned from their Long Fall wilderness trips.
They'll be smelly and exuberant.

An hour ago at 4:00 I was planning my program and had a sudden wave of
"Gosh, I'm sick of my own material."

You know how it's easy to stick to the tried-and-true favorites you *know*
will work?

But once in a while your repertoire starts to feel like the pillowcase when
you've been stuck sick in bed for too long? You turn it over and over but
you can't find a fresh cool spot anymore?

So I went to my gmail  archive, typed in "circle mixer",
browsed a bunch of old threads, and am now going out the door freshly
invigorated.

What a vital, valuable,  inspiring community this is.

Thanks, all of you.

Amy