[Callers] Catapult 2017 looking for callers

[Luke Donforth via Callers]

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>> How many of you out there have participated in this?  What did you think
> of it?  I'm curious, but not sure whether I'm what they're looking for, or
> vice versa.  And it's a long way to travel for a short gig.
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> Kalia
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I'll weigh in as someone who called there in 2013.

   - I had a great time
   - It helped me get some other festival gigs
   - It nucleated relationships with bands
   - I've directly mentioned this to some callers who aren't on this list,
   encouraging them to apply
   - If selected, they cover the direct cost for you to come out
   - It's a short gig, but it's also a dance festival you get to attend
   ~70% of as a dancer with expenses paid
   - I think the process of going through the application is worthwhile in
   helping define your own goals
   - I'm enough in favor of it that I've volunteered to help as I can for
   future years
   - It puts you in Georgia during peach season (I think I ate half a crate
   while I was there, fresh at the farmers market. SO good)


It got some initial buzz as a sort of America's Got Talent - Contra
Edition. That wasn't the vibe fore me at all. The 6 callers got together
and had wonderful chats about calling; both the stage craft and the
back-of-house stuff. I'm closer with all of them as a result. It's probably
one of the few opportunities for that many callers to get together and work
a festival together (I found it a much more collaborative and bonding
experience than calling at NEFFA, which doesn't cover travel costs)

I'm happy to talk about it one-on-one if you have more specific questions.
I'm also happy to publicly endorse applying if you're interested.

And like Rob, I'll also admit to being biased.

-- 
Luke Donforth
Luke.Donforth at gmail.com <Luke.Donev at gmail.com>
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