Hi,
I am wondering if you have any dances for low numbers of dancers (perhaps 6
or less), when most or all of the dancers are beginners and adults. I am
also wondering if you have any dances (presumably different dances), that do
not require choosing a partner and are good openers for beginner adults.
Thanks as always to all,
Rickey Holt.
I can only speak with reference to calling at NEFFA, as I have never applied to DownEast. As some of you may know that Linda Leslie is NEFFA's program chair, I will note that the program chair does not select performers for contra sessions.
Regarding NEFFA 2007, the following notice is now posted at http://neffa.org/perf_app.html - The Program Committee is not prepared to take your application at this time, since it is too late to apply for this year's NEFFA Festival. Please note that the application to perform is always available during the month of September, with a deadline in October. If you'd like to get an e-mail notice of application availability, send a blank e-mail to NEFFA_Performers-subscribe(a)yahoogroups.com
So you can note on your calendar that September is a good time to check the NEFFA web site, and also arrange for a notice to pop up in your e-mail.
The NEFFA application invites you to come up with a briefly-described theme for your session, with a title of 20 characters or less. IMO, use your own judgment as to how important the theme is. If you are offering a concept that's really meaningful to you, don't be afraid to describe it. If what you really want to do is just call some hot contras, then IMO I wouldn't go overboard on the theme.
Unlike Northwest Folklife, callers and bands apply SEPARATELY to the New England Folk Festival. And I believe that this is a very good thing for beginning callers who hope to have a chance at getting onstage. This mix-and-match policy gives a fresh perspective for experienced performers, and can be an eye-opening experience for newcomers who may get to work with seasoned veterans. I will never forget calling at NEFFA with Northern Spy, a band that has worked with caller David Millstone for 25 years. And where was David during this session? Out on the floor, happily dancing to the music of his own band. NEFFA's selection process made that wonderful hour possible for me.
For what it's worth, the first year I successfully applied I asked for a "Festival Orchestra" slot, which means that instead of calling a themed, hour-long session I called two dances in the Main Hall with the assembled orchestra and then got off the stage as the next Festival Orchestra caller had a turn. IMO, the key here (as well as in submitting a session proposal) is to choose dances that you know by heart, can teach well, fully believe in, and love to share with a crowd. You don't want to have second thoughts as you approach the microphone.
If you're wondering why performer applications are required so far in advance of a festival, note that NEFFA may have 1700 performers, many of whom perform in multiple sessions (perhaps performing alone, and with a participatory dance group, and also with a concert performance group!). You can't doublebook a performer (or larger groups to which she may belong), you have to give her time to move from one venue to another, plus a bunch of other scheduling etceteras that would drive me loony to contemplate further. How scheduling was done in the days before computers is beyond me.
--
Robert Jon Golder
164 Maxfield St
New Bedford, MA 02740
(508) 999-2486
Hello all,
Ground Hog's Day is more than a month away, but I wanted to send the
question out now. What are your favorite dances with shadows (or trail
buddies)?
Thanks
--
Luke Donforth
Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>
www.lukedonev.com
Hanny, could. It be devil's dervish by Linda Leslie?
All best,
Kim
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> 5. Re: Groundhog day (Luke Donforth)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:30:36 -0800
> From: Greg McKenzie <grekenzie(a)gmail.com>
> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Shadow Dances?
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> Colin wrote:
>
> > Surely the objection to mixers (in The States) is that you don't get to
> > swing your original partner every time through the dance. In most mixers
> > you wouldn't swing the same shadow every time - if you did I'd change the
> > starting format so that the person you swing is actually the one you
> asked
> > to dance.
> >
>
> I suspect that the real objection to unannounced mixers is that they remove
> control of the partnering process from the dancers. With a shadow dance
> every dancer is assigned a second "partner" in the form of a shadow,
> someone they might not want to partner with. That's why some dislike
> shadow swings.
>
> I like mixers, in general. But I also think it is very important to
> empower the dancers to partner with whomever they wish. This is key to
> integrating first-timers as well. When you give control of the partnering
> process to the regulars you also give responsibility to the regulars for
> integrating newcomers. It is important to maintain the caller-dancer trust
> relationship.
>
> - Greg McKenzie
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:33:16 -0500
> From: Don Veino <sharedweight_net(a)veino.com>
> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: [Callers] Report Back: Hello and a few questions...
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> Hi, I realize I owed a report back on my first gig experience.
>
> In the simplest summary, it went great. I had planned a program of more
> basic, very connected dances based upon the crowd I was expecting. It
> turned out that we had zero newbies and kept most of the crowd from the
> start right through to the end, which made me want to stretch the material
> in the second half. I ended up pulling up a few cards I'd prepped for
> another venue, and modified a bit for better connection/orientation (eg: in
> *A Rare Bird* making the pass bys into pull bys, gypsy to allemande, etc.)
> and all went well.
>
> To the best of my recollection, my program was:
>
> Alamo Intro - Circle - Al Green
> Get Me Going - DI - Lisa Greenleaf
> Broken Transcription - DI - Don Veino (yet another variant on Broken
> Sixpence)
> Polymorphous' Reel - DI - Christine Hale (dance written in honor of the
> prior incarnation of the band, request by organizer)
> You're Among Friends - DI - Bob Isaacs
> Butter - Becket - Gene Hubert (my video of this night's walk-through and
> dance at http://youtu.be/pqSoOvu2wI0 )
> ---
> Nail That Catfish To The Tree - DI - Walter Davies [+Bob Dalsemer]
> (unfortunately, tune was not in the band's portfolio)
> Special Delivery - Becket - Nell Wright
> Redbeard Reel - Becket - Bob Isaacs (written for dancers that were present)
> A Rare Bird - DI - Bob Isaacs, var: Lisa Greenleaf, plus mods on the fly by
> me
> The Big Easy - DI - Becky Hill
>
> I had two points of trickiness in my teaching. In Special Delivery, my prep
> notes were unclear about whether the B2 L Chain was across or on diagonal
> so I taught it straight across then figured it out in the walkthrough it
> was diagonal. In Rare Bird, I had not refined my language enough in prep to
> clearly describe the current N pull by coming out of the LH Star at the
> bottom of the B2, resulting in me having to talk more than I planned and
> run through a second time to get it across. I now have better card notes
> for both.
>
> Thanks for the tips and info from this list! I put a bunch of it to good
> use and hope to apply more soon. I got good feedback from several dancers,
> had fun with the band, and the organizer was very happy (and has invited me
> back).
>
> -Don
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 07:40:43 +0000
> From: Colin Hume <colin(a)colinhume.com>
> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Report Back: Hello and a few questions...
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> Don -
>
> Sounds as if you did a great job - congratulations!
>
> On 26/12/2011 07:33, Don Veino wrote:
> > I now have better card notes for both.
>
> That's so important - there are callers who always cause confusion at
> some point in some dance but never change their card!
>
> Colin Hume
>
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> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:13:20 -0500
> From: Walter <walterdaves(a)windstream.net>
> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Subject: [Callers] Groundhog day
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> The applicability of shadow dances notwithstanding, I have also used
> tunnel dances and dances with a dip and dive progression in honor of the
> other piece of the tradition, namely, coming out of the hole to greet
> the whatever.
> Walter
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:24:30 -0500
> From: Luke Donforth <luke.donev(a)gmail.com>
> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Groundhog day
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> The applicability of shadow dances notwithstanding, I have also used tunnel
> > dances and dances with a dip and dive progression in honor of the other
> > piece of the tradition, namely, coming out of the hole to greet the
> > whatever.
> > Walter
> >
>
> A nice additional twist, Walter. Do you have favorites for that? I wonder
> if there are any dip & dives that also have shadows...? And now I'm
> contemplating a double-length (128 bar) dance where you meet your shadow
> only every other time... such ways lie madness and sleepless night
> choreographing dances that never get called...
>
> Thanks though, I like the dip and dive idea.
>
>
> --
> Luke Donforth
> Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>
> www.lukedonev.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:26:14 -0500
> From: Luke Donforth <luke.donev(a)gmail.com>
> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Shadow Dances?
> Message-ID:
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> > Perhaps with that in mind Luke, if you are going to have a number of
> > shadow dances, let the interaction with the shadow be different in each
> > dance: one a swing, the next allemandes, the next a gypsy, a do si do,
> what
> > have you. Sounds fun. Wish I could be there. :)
> > Andrea
> >
> >
> A good idea Andrea. I hadn't planned on putting in more than two shadow
> dances in an evening anyway, but even at two I think varying the shadow
> interaction is the way to do it.
>
> --
> Luke Donforth
> Luke.Donforth(a)gmail.com <Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com>
> www.lukedonev.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:01:53 -0500
> From: Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cavtel.net>
> To: Callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Subject: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
> Message-ID: <4EF89A71.7020407(a)cavtel.net>
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> I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you
> can
> fill in the considerable gaps, please:
> 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
> 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double dance
> across the whole set
> 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
> Your turn....
> Thanks, Hanny
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:03:07 -0500
> From: "holt.e(a)comcast.net" <holt.e(a)comcast.net>
> To: Callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Subject: [Callers] Easy and Fun
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> Hi all,
> I am about to call a dance the character of which has changed from what I
> expected and I need some easy dances. I had harder material planned and
> while I do have some material that is probably easy enough, I am not sure
> that it is. The dance is at a college. It is for college students only,
> pssibly only students from that college, and we are now hoping for a large
> contingent of beginers; perhaps mostly beginners. Have you any expereince
> with a similar situation? I am thinking along the lines of ONS dances,
> although if we made a few into regulars for the regular dance there that
> would be great. So: "no-partner" dances, mixers (I have January Mixer - a
> great one), Set dances ("Once and to the bottoms") .......
> We intend to have a blast!
> Rickey Holt, Fremont, NH
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:14:33 -0500
> From: Chris Page <chriscpage(a)gmail.com>
> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
> Message-ID:
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>
> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cavtel.net> wrote:
> > I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you
> > can fill in the considerable gaps, please:
> > 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
> > 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double
> dance
> > ? across the whole set
> > 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
> > Your turn....
> > Thanks, Hanny
>
>
> "Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman? It also has Rory o' More slides in it,
> and is 40 bars. Though I think it's a Becket 4-face-4.
>
>
> -Chris Page
> San Diego
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:17:05 -0500
> From: "Bree Kalb" <bree(a)mindspring.com>
> To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
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>
> Might be Major Hey by Erik Hoffman. Here's a link to a previous discussion
> and description on this list.
>
> http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/2007-December/001112.html
>
> Bree Kalb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hanny Budnick
> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 11:01 AM
> To: Callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Subject: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
>
> I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you
> can
> fill in the considerable gaps, please:
> 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
> 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double dance
> across the whole set
> 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
> Your turn....
> Thanks, Hanny
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> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:59:51 -0500
> From: Donald Primrose <limerickfarm(a)gmail.com>
> To: holt.e(a)comcast.net, "Caller's discussion list"
> <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Easy and Fun
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> Something to check on.. depends on the day of the week, and is there a
> potential that students have been drinking. Changes the dance.
>
>
> & go with the normal stuff.. no need to dumb it down, after all they
> asked you to call a contra.. I assume,
>
> -don
>
> On 12/26/11, holt.e(a)comcast.net <holt.e(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I am about to call a dance the character of which has changed from what I
> > expected and I need some easy dances. I had harder material planned and
> > while I do have some material that is probably easy enough, I am not sure
> > that it is. The dance is at a college. It is for college students only,
> > pssibly only students from that college, and we are now hoping for a
> large
> > contingent of beginers; perhaps mostly beginners. Have you any
> expereince
> > with a similar situation? I am thinking along the lines of ONS dances,
> > although if we made a few into regulars for the regular dance there that
> > would be great. So: "no-partner" dances, mixers (I have January Mixer -
> a
> > great one), Set dances ("Once and to the bottoms") .......
> > We intend to have a blast!
> > Rickey Holt, Fremont, NH
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web
> >
> >
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Jim, your dance strikes me as a rather unique combination of moves, and
I would be surprised if it had already been written. It looks like it
has nice flow, have you called it to live dancers yet?
Mark Widmer
p.s. I notice it could also start at B1 (as a duple improper dance that
progresses in the expected place), or at A2 (as a Becket dance that ends
with a partner swing).
On 12/28/2011 12:00 PM, callers-request(a)sharedweight.net wrote:
> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:31:08 -0600
> From: Jim Hemphill<arcadian35(a)gmail.com>
> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Groundhog Day
> Message-ID:
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> I'm fairly new to Calling and fascinated with Contra dance choreography.
> Below is my attempt at a Groundhog day dance. The groundhog starts his
> day by looking for his shadow and so does this dance.
>
> Groundhog Daze Becket
> A1 Gypsy your shadow
> Partner swing
> A2 Circle left 3 places
> Balance the circle, 1's make an arch, 2's dive thru
> B1 Next neighbor balance and swing
> B2 Long lines forward and back
> Ladies allemande right 1/2, partner allemande left 3/4
>
> I know there are thousands of dances out there so if this is not an
> original, please let me know the true name.
>
> Thanks, Jim Hemphill
>
>
I wrote two emails to the person who definitely knew a dance (the caller)
asking the relevant questions about author, correct name and choreography. When
no answer came, I turned to this list, successfully.
Now I wonder about folks' attitude about sharing the materials they carry in
their collection, and about which they are being asked. Once a dance has been
presented on a public dance floor, do you elect NOT to share? And what might be
your reasons?
Hanny
I had the opportunity to try out the dance last night on live dancers and
it went very well, got lots of positive feedback from the dancers.
Jim Hemphill
I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you can
fill in the considerable gaps, please:
1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double dance
across the whole set
3) there's a hey for all eight in it
Your turn....
Thanks, Hanny
Hmm. "Devil's Dervish" (Linda's variation of Al Olson's "Devil's Duty")
does not fit the 'someone from California' criterion.
And "Major Hey" does not fit the 'improper formation' criterion. (For
anyone who loves "Major Hey, but does not love 40-bar dances, Carol Ormand
has a 32-bar variation!)
However, i did a bit of sleuthing... there's a Chris Page variant of the
same Al Olson dance, called "The Dancer's Duty" - which fits both criteria!
It's on his page http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/index.htm
Hoping that is what you sought,
Tavi
> Hanny, could. It be devil's dervish by Linda Leslie?
>
> All best,
> Kim
>
> > Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:01:53 -0500
> > From: Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cavtel.net>
> > To: Callers(a)sharedweight.net
> > Subject: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
> > Message-ID: <4EF89A71.7020407(a)cavtel.net>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> > I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you
> > can
> > fill in the considerable gaps, please:
> > 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
> > 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double
> dance
> > across the whole set
> > 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
> > Your turn....
> > Thanks, Hanny
> >
> >
> > Message: 9
> > Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:14:33 -0500
> > From: Chris Page <chriscpage(a)gmail.com>
> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
> > Message-ID:
> > <CAObbV+NTLi-=
> tZ0YyZ+YKeENoue-Zjwh-g9VO9PagvTtn-tQ0w(a)mail.gmail.com
> > >
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Hanny Budnick <kyrmyt(a)cavtel.net>
> wrote:
> > > I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of
> you
> > > can fill in the considerable gaps, please:
> > > 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
> > > 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double
> > dance
> > > ? across the whole set
> > > 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
> > > Your turn....
> > > Thanks, Hanny
> >
> >
> > "Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman? It also has Rory o' More slides in it,
> > and is 40 bars. Though I think it's a Becket 4-face-4.
> >
> >
> > -Chris Page
> > San Diego
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 10
> > Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:17:05 -0500
> > From: "Bree Kalb" <bree(a)mindspring.com>
> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
> > Message-ID: <ECD7604DAEE1417395377A682DA8CDD2@BreeHomeLaptop>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> > reply-type=response
> >
> > Might be Major Hey by Erik Hoffman. Here's a link to a previous
> discussion
> > and description on this list.
> >
> > http://www.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers/2007-December/001112.html
> >
> > Bree Kalb
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hanny Budnick
> > Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 11:01 AM
> > To: Callers(a)sharedweight.net
> > Subject: [Callers] Double contra - whodunnit?
> >
> > I failed to note it down immediately after dancing it... Maybe one of you
> > can
> > fill in the considerable gaps, please:
> > 1) The choreography stems from 'someone in California'.
> > 2) Formation: two improper contra lines, close together for a double
> dance
> > across the whole set
> > 3) there's a hey for all eight in it
> > Your turn....
> > Thanks, Hanny
> > _____________________________________
These guidelines for dance teachers include dozens of nuggets for any dance
caller. I wish I'd seen it when I stared calling, and it's stilt a good
reminder of things for me to remember to do.
http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/teaching_tips.htm
Rich Hart.
