[Callers] Publishing dances on the web

[Mary Collins]

Ok my tablet just rewrote some of my post lol....ons became one and it did
something weird to my authorship statement...resist.

On Nov 5, 2017 3:46 PM, "Mary Collins" <nativedae at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Luke and others - I'm guessing that Luke's query my stem from my recent
> question regarding the authorship not gone of his dances. So, this is how I
> have been collecting dances. I dance them, mostly, then ask for the calls.
> Or, I observe or dance one, get the name and Google it. Failing that I ask
> caller friends for the calls and author.  Sometimes I may look for a theme
> (i.e. tax day). Being relatively new at calling I guess I lean toward what
> I like more than anything. Being older, I can resist succumbing to calling
> beyond my current comfort level, or writing impossible dances.
>
> Now having said that ...I resist technology and color code everything,
> easy, one, advanced, waves, hens etc. Old school but it is what works for
> me.
>
> Btw Luke, Valimont's dance worked well and all loved it, thanks.
> Mary
>
> On Nov 4, 2017 11:26 PM, "Luke Donforth via Callers" <
> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I currently have a terrible system for publishing dances I've written on
>> the web (blog-esque thing in wordpress; really hard to search through).
>> There's been talk on and off of a big database of dances, but that doesn't
>> seem to be happening so I thought I should do something for mine.
>>
>> I'm contemplating better ways of making dances my compositions more
>> accessible; and since that would be for other people, I'm curious what's
>> useful for other people.
>>
>> I'm envisioning four categories of dances; and then just lists of dances
>> (title & sequence) on those pages. The categories I had in mind:
>> Family dances
>> Glossary contras
>> Unique contras
>> Odd formations
>>
>> Are there separate things you'd want to see in a list of dances when
>> you're going through? Beckets, Closing dances, bouncy/smooth, etc.
>>
>> I've gotten really attached to Callers Companion (
>> http://callerscompanion.com/), and really like how it lets searches
>> happen on dances. Anyone have a good way to incorporate that, or the type
>> of element checklist/flag it provides, into a web-based interface for
>> dances?
>>
>> It might also be that most folks don't collect dances from websites; and
>> this is wasted time. But it does seem like I've obfuscated finding my
>> compositions, and I regret not making them more available.
>>
>> Thoughts, opinions, experience, and advice appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Luke Donforth
>> Luke.Donforth at gmail.com <Luke.Donev at gmail.com>
>>
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