Re: [Callers] Calling at Free Folk Festival

2017-06-01 Thread Winston, Alan P. via Callers
On 5/31/2017 6:41 PM, Claire Takemori via Callers wrote: Hi everyone. I’m looking for advice. I’m calling a FFF next Sat and live in SF Bay Area, where the average person has never heard of contra dance. I got advice from Alan Winston, who called the contra dance a couple years ago when it

Re: [Callers] Calling at Free Folk Festival

2017-06-01 Thread jim saxe via Callers
Clare, I've called at the SF Free Folk Festival before. As Nick says, you can expect to see a fair number of experienced contra dancers there. This was true even last year, when S was also a one-day event with the evening contra opposite the Palo Alto contra, and I think the San Rafael contr

Re: [Callers] Calling at Free Folk Festival

2017-06-01 Thread Nick Cuccia via Callers
On 05/31/2017 06:41 PM, Claire Takemori via Callers wrote: > Hi everyone. > I’m looking for advice. I’m calling a FFF next Sat and live in SF Bay Area, > where the average person has never heard of contra dance. I got advice from > Alan Winston, who called the contra dance a couple years ago w

Re: [Callers] Calling at Free Folk Festival

2017-06-01 Thread Tepfer, Seth via Callers
.emory.edu/WebApps/OCIT/forms/AskIT/index.cfm> <https://app.oxford.emory.edu/WebApps/Directories/index.cfm?fuseaction=v.searchresults&searchname=tepfer> From: Callers on behalf of Claire Takemori via Callers Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 9:41 PM To

Re: [Callers] Calling at Free Folk Festival

2017-05-31 Thread Woody Lane via Callers
Hi Claire, That's a good idea -- will help make all the dances easier and more rewarding for them. Can you do an initial impromptu lesson that lasts about 15-20 minutes which then flows gracefully into your first contra dance? Woody On 5/31/2017 6:41 PM, Claire Takemori via Callers wrote:

[Callers] Calling at Free Folk Festival

2017-05-31 Thread Claire Takemori via Callers
Hi everyone. I’m looking for advice. I’m calling a FFF next Sat and live in SF Bay Area, where the average person has never heard of contra dance. I got advice from Alan Winston, who called the contra dance a couple years ago when it was a 2 day event and the contra was Sunday evening. Now i