[Organizers] mini-beginner contra courses - ideas?

[Simon Chambers]

I think this sounds like a great idea, Emily!  The only thing I'd think
about is the community talent night being focused on beginners.  I find
that experienced contra callers and bands are often better for beginners
because callers who've been doing this for a while are usually good at
seeing when the call needs to be supporting new dancers, etc.  Similarly,
experienced bands I often find it easier to find the count of the music-
sometimes when I'm hearing musicians who are not used to playing for
contra, it can be difficult to find the 1 in their phrasing...

In Toronto, for a year we did a monthly "free" dance for new callers to
practice.  The dancers were virtually all experienced, so they could give
feedback to the new callers as they practiced... I do wonder if we should
have had a few more fairly new dancers at those dances, since experienced
dancers can deal with wobbles in the call...  :)

Best,
Simon
Toronto Contra Dance

On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 1:27 PM, Jane Ewing via Organizers <
organizers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Emily - I suggest you discover all the home schoolers in your area and
> issue an invitation to them.  There are usually associations listed on the
> net if you do not know anyone who is active in a group.
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