I'll be leading a discussion session at the 2018 New England Folk Festival
addressing low or no-cost tech tools you can use to leverage the efforts of
your limited volunteers towards greater effect. Have any great ideas to
share? Let me know ahead of time and I'll try to ensure they
Hi fellow shared weight dance organizers :)
It's been a long while since I've seen posts in our group and I've been
curious how folks are doing.
I also wanted to share notice of an online event happening this Sunday. ...
it's a free (by donation) trad music/dance film festiva
Hello Organizers,
For those looking to educate their communities, wondering what will be
necessary for dances to resume, or considering in-person, socially-distanced
events, the DanceFlurry Organization and Flurry Festival are hosting a Zoom
conversation this Wednesday, Aug 12. Claire Takemori
junior
and senior year, my girlfriend and I went to the Hudson River Clearwater
Folk Festival and wandered into the contra dance held as part of the event.
We had no clue, of course, but it was fun enough and now I knew what my
friend had been trying to drag me to for two years. So when I got back to
other non-dance local community
orgs.)
Some time ago we traded a flyer table for a hanging display inspired by
something done at a festival (NEFFA maybe?) where flyers were inserted into
clear pockets on wall. Our imperfect system uses a shoe organizer with clear
pockets. (Imperfect b/c the p
et to bring in new dancers, or to offer the dance during a
pre-established event/festival. This way, you can maximize your investment
and open your audience.
- Plan for children to attend. Plan for lots of diverse audience members
with differing levels of ability, including different levels of
comprehe
> that can co-market to bring in new dancers, or to offer the dance during a
> pre-established event/festival. This way, you can maximize your investment
> and open your audience.
> - Plan for children to attend. Plan for lots of diverse audience members
> with differing levels of
er behalf.
>>
>>
>>
>> How very cool, Chrissy! :) Go Belfast Flying Shoes!
>>
>> Another few notes:
>> - It's great to partner with an organization that has a broad audience
>> that can co-market to bring in new dancers, or to offer the dance during
beginners' lesson. The caller just
started everyone off with a simple contra and built up from there. No
muss. No fuss. Worked quite well. I believe the caller's calmness and
just doing it worked ... never any question that it wouldn't.
**
Another data point is Lake Eden Arts Festi
list, presumably because
we were organizing a dance, so less than fully representative of dancers as
a whole.)
I started dancing at NEFFA when I was quite little: my parents had met
dancing, and while they mostly didn't dance anymore, they still went to the
festival every year. I was initially very
nder 25?) and, I'd guess, 40%
> beginners. Caller came late so no beginners' lesson. The caller just
> started everyone off with a simple contra and built up from there. No muss.
> No fuss. Worked quite well. I believe the caller's calmness and just doing
> it worked
boyfriend). He
joined me in dodging around to local dances that fall. We went to Richmond,
Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Blacksburg, Roanoke, Floyd and even went all
the way up to NY for Flurry Festival 2020.
Only months later, the pandemic hit, I relocated to Richmond, VA; there
were no contra dances
ing their response during COVID 19, an overview of their
Artist Development Programme and their Promoter Training Programme,
including Rochdale Folk Festival.
· Georgia Woodhead, clog dance teacher with Oakenhoof Folk Arts – an
overview of their work, including a practical session.
· Kath
ing their response during COVID 19, an overview of their
Artist Development Programme and their Promoter Training Programme,
including Rochdale Folk Festival.
· Georgia Woodhead, clog dance teacher with Oakenhoof Folk Arts – an
overview of their work, including a practical session.
· Kath
can say that the workshop offsets the advanced portion, if people ask.
Then, do some moderately more-complex stuff in that time. Don’t expect
festival-level dancing. For my dance, I might try a hey. If it works with
mildly more complex dances, you can notch it up a bit more the next dance,
and
s Lodge pre-covid dance packed with so many lines of
>> dancers that it was easy to get confused with what's up and down and
>> sideways. Dancers were mostly students (under 25?) and, I'd guess, 40%
>> beginners. Caller came late so no beginners' lesson. The caller just
caller was a student and not a solid caller. The new
>>> dancers took incredibly quickly to the dance. *60% beginners? No
>>> problem!*
>>>
>>> I was at a River Falls Lodge pre-covid dance packed with so many lines
>>> of dancers that it was easy to ge
ent and not a solid caller. The new
>>> dancers took incredibly quickly to the dance. *60% beginners? No
>>> problem!*
>>>
>>> I was at a River Falls Lodge pre-covid dance packed with so many lines
>>> of dancers that it was easy to get confused with what'
orce dance at Clemson University several years ago. The %
>>>> of new dancers was around your 60%, but the new dancers were entirely
>>>> college students. The caller was a student and not a solid caller. The new
>>>> dancers took incredibly quickly to the dance. *60%
ore and personally invite
> them.
>
> Make the last 2-4 dances each evening a little more advanced. Make it clear
> in the ads, at the start of the workshop, and early in the evening that the
> last hour or so is more advanced and may not be accessible to first-timers.
> You
rs who came over to dance masked, but
not as many as I would have expected, given all the intense discussions
over policy before the festival. There were plenty of masks elsewhere in
the room, but also plenty not masked. Given the concerns people said they
had, I'm surprised that more didn'
;ve gone on way too long, but I do hope we have more of
a dialogue about this
Paul Rosenberg
Albany, NY
Founder of the Flurry Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY
www.homespun.biz
*Joy Through Traditional Dance & Live Fiddle Music*
518-482-9255
On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 9:26 AM Sandy Seiler via Orga
> wide world there is more and more talk about how damaging it is to insulate
> oppressed groups from feeling any pain. And I am one of those people who
> went through terrible oppression growing up and was lucky to have enough of
> a support system to allow me to get past the pain.
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