Re: [Organizers] Ideas for connecting family dances with contra

2017-10-12 Thread David Kirchner via Organizers
Greetings from Minneapolis/St. Paul! We are in our fourth year of a once-a-month family dance immediately preceding the regular Saturday evening contra. We run 6:30pm - 8:00 pm with a break for a snack in the middle. The contra dance runs 8:00pm - 11:00pm. We charge $10/family of any size (and any

Re: [Organizers] Ideas for connecting family dances with contra

2017-10-12 Thread Chrissy Fowler via Organizers
Weighing in from Belfast Flying Shoes (www.belfastflyingshoes.org) in Maine. 1. What is the timing of the different parts of the dance(s) first Fridays 6:30-7:30 Community dance, with open All-Comers Band (For Community Dance only it's $2 adults, $1 kids) 7:30

Re: [Organizers] Ideas for connecting family dances with contra

2017-10-12 Thread Jeff Raymond via Organizers
Howdy folks, Our dance formerly at Freeport then at North Yarmouth Maine and now in Topsham is the longest contiguous family into contradance in Maine. It grew from a pre-dance jam session and potluck supper when the dance was in Freeport and when we were in NO Yarmouth we added a 1 1/2 family danc

Re: [Organizers] Ideas for connecting family dances with contra

2017-10-12 Thread Perry Shafran via Organizers
ds can contra dance and do it well, but most prefer to run around and dance without structure. Perry From: Paul Rosenberg via Organizers To: Emily Addison Cc: organizers shared weight Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [Organizers] Ideas for connecting family dan

Re: [Organizers] Ideas for connecting family dances with contra

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Rosenberg via Organizers
I remember thinking about this situation many years ago. I believe we linked the family dance with the contra a few times. A small handful of children tried a few contras. But back in those days, the contras were more community oriented. An evening would start with some easy dances, and incl