Totally agree. Life happens good/bad and sometimes organizers (and performers
also!) need/want to swap things. Being transparent often leads to good results.
DonnaEmail: dhuntdan...@aol.com
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On Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 08:40:56 AM EDT, Kimbi Hagen via Organizers
Great thread!
In Philadelphia the Mt Airy Contra dance has no shortage of 20-30ish year old
dancers. The attendance varies between 40-60 dancers every other week
(pre-pandemic we were weekly) and our age demographic has dropped 20-25 years!
Many of our older long term dancers have not yet
On Thursday June 10 at 8 pm (EST), Susan Kevra will join the Mt Airy
(Philadelphia) Virtual Contra Speaker Series to present “A Crash Course on the
History of American Social Dance”.
Many of you know Susan as a dance caller but she is also a professor at
Vanderbilt University, where she
Hi All: (sorry if some of you receive this multiple times)
On March 25, Tony Parkes presented "Diversity in Square Dancing" for Mt Airy
Contra (Philadelphia).
If you missed the presentation, no worries, we recorded it so you can watch
it.. There are two opportunities in the website below, the
Please see below for another great presentation from the Mt Airy
(Philadelphia) Contra dance speaker series.
Donna
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Hi
On January 14 David Millstone made a remarkable presentation at the Mt Airy
(Philadelphia) Virtual Speaker Series titled:
“Country Dance in Modern Times: Squares, ECD and Contras in Post-WWII America”
Nearly 150 of you were there! If you missed the live presentation (or want to
review
Greetings!I believe this is a must see presentation organized by the Mt Airy
(Philadelphia) Contra group. I hope you're able to join us either on z**m or
FB. Please read below.
David Millstone presents: Country Dance in Modern Times: Squares, ECD and
Contras in Post-WWII America
Thursday,
I wanted to follow up and let you know that Phil's talk was great, informative
and timely.
If anyone missed the live presentation last week, you can catch the recording
here. It starts a few minutes late, in the middle of the introduction.
https://www.facebook.com/mtairycontra/live_videos/
Hi All:Sorry for the late notice. Mt Airy Contra in Philadelphia has been
hosting virtual dances for all and socials for our local folks since April.
Tonight we have Phil Jamison who at 8 pm (eastern) will present his book
“Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern
I don't know if Peter Blue is on any of these lists, but years ago he did a
workshop on Crooked Dances to Crooked Tunes and worked closely with a band to
create that repertoire. I'm fairly certain he used Quebecois tunes.
Donna Hunt
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