<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">If she has any budget at all, I really recommend the New England Dancing Masters books: <a href="http://www.amidonmusic.com/books-cds-store/new-england-dancing-masters" class="">http://www.amidonmusic.com/books-cds-store/new-england-dancing-masters</a> which I learned about from David Millstone.<div class="">I especially like Chimes of Dunkirk and Sashay the Donut. They’re FULL of the kinds of dances she’s looking for!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 14, 2015, at 6:34 PM, Cary Ravitz via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><font size="1" class="">I received this note a couple of days ago. I am not qualified to answer it, but I know there are many people here who could help. I gave her a limited response and offered to help her out with SharedWeight - she asked me to post here for her. You can email her directly or I will forward any posted responses. Thanks, Cary Ravitz<br class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="1" class="">"<br class="">My name is Sr. Mary Joseph and I am Catholic Sister who is very new at
calling dances. I'm not sure if the dances I do know are even contras
technically. I am pretty much working with the families who come here
to Mass and am looking to add to the ten or so dances that they already
know. Here are a few of our dances.<br class=""></font>
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-The Virginia Reel<br class="">
- The Bridge of Athlone<br class="">
- Heel & Toe Polka<br class="">
- Oh Suzanna<br class=""></font>
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I have had success learning dances off a few YouTube videos especially
the set from Mark Geslison and Geoff Groberg. I have a very hard time
deciphering dances that are simply written out on some web sites. If I
knew the jargon a little better, I'm sure that would be a huge
resourse. Right now, I think I need to see it.<br class=""></font>
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Because you have a much better idea about the world of contra dancing/
folk dancing than I do, I was hoping you could point me in the right
direction. Do you know of any websites that have lots of videos of the
dances? I could probably invest in a set of DVD's if I new it was going
to be helpful. Is there someone I could call with my questions?<br class=""></font>
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I unfortunately do not have much time to dedicate to developing this
skill, but I figure a little improvement would be better than none.
Thank you for your time. May God bless you.<br class="">"<br class=""><br clear="all" class=""></font></div><font size="1" class=""><span style="font-weight:normal" class=""><span name="Sister Mary Joseph" class="">Sister Mary Joseph</span> <span class=""><span class=""><</span><a href="mailto:smjmicm2004@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">smjmicm2004@gmail.com</a><span class="">><br class=""><br class=""></span></span></span></font> <div class="">-- <br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Cary Ravitz<br class=""><a href="mailto:ravitz@ravitz.us" target="_blank" class="">ravitz@ravitz.us</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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