Count me in. I'm not a webmaster but I am a co-producer of a dance, and
a caller and musician.
Walter Daves
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> 1. Re: contra dance webmasters unite! (?) (Nick Cuccia)
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> 3. Re: contra dance webmasters unite! (?) (Brian Hamshar)
> 4. Re: contra dance webmasters unite! (?) (Delia Clark)
> 5. Re: contra dance webmasters unite! (?) (Don Heinold)
> 6. Re: contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
> (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing)
> 7. Re: contra dance webmasters unite! (?) (Liz and Bill)
> 8. Re: contra dance webmasters unite! (?) (Laur)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:10:28 -0700
> From: Nick Cuccia<cuccia(a)mosswood-associates.com>
> To: Caller's discussion list<callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
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> On 09/15/2011 10:44 AM, Andy Shore wrote:
>> Respond to this thread and if there's enough interest, perhaps we can convince the kind folks who run SharedWeight.net to start a new mailing list for this.
> Andy, count me in!
>
> --Nick (designer and former developer/webmaster/content guy,
> http://www.bacds.org/)
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:16:18 -0400
> From: "P. Campbell"<countrydancecaller(a)gmail.com>
> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Subject: Re: [Callers] contradance webmasters unite!
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>> I'd be interested - but what I do is slightly different, I think, though
>> there's a lot of overlap.
>
>
>> Patricia Campbell
>
>
>> www.countrydancecaller.com
>
> https://www.facebook.com/CountryDanceCaller -<< like me on Facebook!
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>
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Andy Shore<square.a.shore(a)gmail.com>
>> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
>> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:44:12 -0400
>> Subject: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
>> I've been wondering if there would be enough interest (and traffic) to form
>> an email list for contra dance website webmasters and other content creators
>> (e.g., people posting videos to youtube) and people maintaining contra dance
>> related "pages" on Facebook to discuss some of the issues and ideas and
>> share links, etc.
>>
>> I created the website http://southfloridacontradance.com/ and I'm always
>> looking for good videos to share (see the "Announcements" page) and links
>> about contra dancing (see the "What is Contra Dance?" and "Dance Links"
>> pages). I also help maintain the "South Florida Contradance" page on
>> Facebook.
>>
>>
>> In particular, I think that finding, generating, and sharing fresh content
>> is the kind of thing that will keep our web sites looking current and
>> vibrant and will spark interest. I also think it's important to design for
>> both the current dancer (when and where is tonight's dance or next month's
>> festival?) and be informative and welcoming to the uninitiated. Sharing
>> relevant, high quality links will also help make sure that search results
>> yield the best information about our beloved activity.
>>
>> As for folks posting to YouTube... as a caller, I often want to know the
>> name and author of the dance being done!
>>
>>
>> Respond to this thread and if there's enough interest, perhaps we can
>> convince the kind folks who run SharedWeight.net to start a new mailing list
>> for this.
>>
>> Let me know what you think!
>> /Andy Shore
>> http://andyshore.com/
>> http://facebook.com/AndyShore.Caller<< like me on Facebook!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:39:07 PDT
> From: "Brian Hamshar"<bhamshar(a)yahoo.com>
> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Subject: Re: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
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> Hey Andy,
>
> Sure, I'd join and hopefully contribute!
>
> Brian Hamshar
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Date: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:44:24 pm
> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
> From: "Andy Shore"<square.a.shore(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
>
> I've been wondering if there would be enough interest (and traffic) to form an email list for contra dance website webmasters and other content creators (e.g., people posting videos to youtube) and people maintaining contra dance related "pages" on Facebook to discuss some of the issues and ideas and share links, etc.
>
> I created the website http://southfloridacontradance.com/ and I'm always looking for good videos to share (see the "Announcements" page) and links about contra dancing (see the "What is Contra Dance?" and "Dance Links" pages). I also help maintain the "South Florida Contradance" page on Facebook.
>
>
> In particular, I think that finding, generating, and sharing fresh content is the kind of thing that will keep our web sites looking current and vibrant and will spark interest. I also think it's important to design for both the current dancer (when and where is tonight's dance or next month's festival?) and be informative and welcoming to the uninitiated. Sharing relevant, high quality links will also help make sure that search results yield the best information about our beloved activity.
>
> As for folks posting to YouTube... as a caller, I often want to know the name and author of the dance being done!
>
>
> Respond to this thread and if there's enough interest, perhaps we can convince the kind folks who run SharedWeight.net to start a new mailing list for this.
>
> Let me know what you think!
> /Andy Shore
> http://andyshore.com/
> http://facebook.com/AndyShore.Caller<< like me on Facebook!
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> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:56:42 -0400
> From: Delia Clark<deliaclark8(a)gmail.com>
> To: Caller's discussion list<callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
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> I might be more of a lurker than a contributor, but would DEFINITELY appreciate the ideas for our facebook page, etc.
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Sep 15, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Brian Hamshar wrote:
>
>> Hey Andy,
>>
>> Sure, I'd join and hopefully contribute!
>>
>> Brian Hamshar
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Date: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:44:24 pm
>> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
>> From: "Andy Shore"<square.a.shore(a)gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
>>
>> I've been wondering if there would be enough interest (and traffic) to form an email list for contra dance website webmasters and other content creators (e.g., people posting videos to youtube) and people maintaining contra dance related "pages" on Facebook to discuss some of the issues and ideas and share links, etc.
>>
>> I created the website http://southfloridacontradance.com/ and I'm always looking for good videos to share (see the "Announcements" page) and links about contra dancing (see the "What is Contra Dance?" and "Dance Links" pages). I also help maintain the "South Florida Contradance" page on Facebook.
>>
>>
>> In particular, I think that finding, generating, and sharing fresh content is the kind of thing that will keep our web sites looking current and vibrant and will spark interest. I also think it's important to design for both the current dancer (when and where is tonight's dance or next month's festival?) and be informative and welcoming to the uninitiated. Sharing relevant, high quality links will also help make sure that search results yield the best information about our beloved activity.
>>
>> As for folks posting to YouTube... as a caller, I often want to know the name and author of the dance being done!
>>
>>
>> Respond to this thread and if there's enough interest, perhaps we can convince the kind folks who run SharedWeight.net to start a new mailing list for this.
>>
>> Let me know what you think!
>> /Andy Shore
>> http://andyshore.com/
>> http://facebook.com/AndyShore.Caller<< like me on Facebook!
>>
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> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:00:35 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Don Heinold<dtheinold(a)yahoo.com>
> To: Caller's discussion list<callers(a)sharedweight.net>
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> I;ll join!
>
> --- On Thu, 9/15/11, Nick Cuccia<cuccia(a)mosswood-associates.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Nick Cuccia<cuccia(a)mosswood-associates.com>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
> To: "Caller's discussion list"<callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Date: Thursday, September 15, 2011, 4:10 PM
>
>
> On 09/15/2011 10:44 AM, Andy Shore wrote:
>> Respond to this thread and if there's enough interest, perhaps we can convince the kind folks who run SharedWeight.net to start a new mailing list for this.
> Andy, count me in!
>
> --Nick (designer and former developer/webmaster/content guy, http://www.bacds.org/)
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> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:46:41 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing
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> Subject: Re: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
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> Andy -
>
> I'm certainly interested. (BACDS sponsors English and contra; not everybody on
> the web committee is a caller, and having ideas about content, news about new
> content, etc, disseminated on a separate list would be great.)
>
> Thanks for thinking of this!
>
> -- Alan
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:13:44 +1200
> From: Liz and Bill<staf186(a)ext.canterbury.ac.nz>
> To: Caller's discussion list<callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
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> Good idea Andy. I'd be interested -
> I vote for webcontent(a)sharedweight.net
>
> Cheers, Bill Baritompa
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:17:05 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Laur<lcpgr(a)yahoo.com>
> To: Caller's discussion list<callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
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> I too would sign up!
>
> I haven't worked with web design for a number of years but I've offered my assistance for our local community website (whine enough about what's out there and someone will offer you the work...whether you wanted it or not).
>
> ?
> Laurie
> Grand Rapids, MI
>
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Andy Shore<square.a.shore(a)gmail.com>
>> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
>> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:44 PM
>> Subject: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
>>
>> I've been wondering if there would be enough interest (and traffic) to form an email list for contra dance website webmasters and other content creators (e.g., people posting videos to youtube) and people maintaining contra dance related "pages" on Facebook to discuss some of the issues and ideas and share links, etc.
>>
>> I created the website http://southfloridacontradance.com/? and I'm always looking for good videos to share (see the "Announcements" page) and links about contra dancing (see the "What is Contra Dance?" and "Dance Links" pages).? I also help maintain the "South Florida Contradance" page on Facebook.
>>
>>
>> In particular, I think that finding, generating, and sharing fresh content is the kind of thing that will keep our web sites looking current and vibrant and will spark interest. I also think it's important to design for both the current dancer (when and where is tonight's dance or next month's festival?) and be informative and welcoming to the uninitiated.? Sharing relevant, high quality links will also help make sure that search results yield the best information about our beloved activity.
>>
>> As for folks posting to YouTube... as a caller, I often want to know the name and author of the dance being done!
>>
>>
>> Respond to this thread and if there's enough interest, perhaps we can convince the kind folks who run SharedWeight.net to start a new mailing list for this.
>>
>> Let me know what you think!
>> /Andy Shore
>> http://andyshore.com/
>> http://facebook.com/AndyShore.Caller?<< like me on Facebook!
>>
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Don't we have enough "Yes" votes yet? Put me down as yet another...
Joe Kwiatkowski
On 9/15/2011 1:44 PM, Andy Shore wrote:
>
>> I've been wondering if there would be enough interest (and traffic) to
>> form an email list for contra dance website webmasters and other content
>> creators (e.g., people posting videos to youtube) and people maintaining
>> contra dance related "pages" on Facebook to discuss some of the issues and
>> ideas and share links, etc.
>>
>> I created the website http://**southfloridacontradance.com/<http://southfloridacontradance.com/> and I'm always looking for good videos to share (see the "Announcements"
>> page) and links about contra dancing (see the "What is Contra Dance?" and
>> "Dance Links" pages). I also help maintain the "South Florida Contradance"
>> page on Facebook.
>>
>>
>> In particular, I think that finding, generating, and sharing fresh content
>> is the kind of thing that will keep our web sites looking current and
>> vibrant and will spark interest. I also think it's important to design for
>> both the current dancer (when and where is tonight's dance or next month's
>> festival?) and be informative and welcoming to the uninitiated. Sharing
>> relevant, high quality links will also help make sure that search results
>> yield the best information about our beloved activity.
>>
>> As for folks posting to YouTube... as a caller, I often want to know the
>> name and author of the dance being done!
>>
>>
>> Respond to this thread and if there's enough interest, perhaps we can
>> convince the kind folks who run SharedWeight.net to start a new mailing list
>> for this.
>>
>> Let me know what you think!
>> /Andy Shore
>> http://andyshore.com/
>> http://facebook.com/AndyShore.**Caller<http://facebook.com/AndyShore.Caller><<
>> like me on Facebook!
>>
>>
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Hey Andy,
Sure, I'd join and hopefully contribute!
Brian Hamshar
-----Original Message-----
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2011 1:44:24 pm
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
From: "Andy Shore" <square.a.shore(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
I've been wondering if there would be enough interest (and traffic) to form an email list for contra dance website webmasters and other content creators (e.g., people posting videos to youtube) and people maintaining contra dance related "pages" on Facebook to discuss some of the issues and ideas and share links, etc.
I created the website http://southfloridacontradance.com/ and I'm always looking for good videos to share (see the "Announcements" page) and links about contra dancing (see the "What is Contra Dance?" and "Dance Links" pages). I also help maintain the "South Florida Contradance" page on Facebook.
In particular, I think that finding, generating, and sharing fresh content is the kind of thing that will keep our web sites looking current and vibrant and will spark interest. I also think it's important to design for both the current dancer (when and where is tonight's dance or next month's festival?) and be informative and welcoming to the uninitiated. Sharing relevant, high quality links will also help make sure that search results yield the best information about our beloved activity.
As for folks posting to YouTube... as a caller, I often want to know the name and author of the dance being done!
Respond to this thread and if there's enough interest, perhaps we can convince the kind folks who run SharedWeight.net to start a new mailing list for this.
Let me know what you think!
/Andy Shore
http://andyshore.com/http://facebook.com/AndyShore.Caller << like me on Facebook!
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> I'd be interested - but what I do is slightly different, I think, though
> there's a lot of overlap.
> Patricia Campbell
> www.countrydancecaller.comhttps://www.facebook.com/CountryDanceCaller - << like me on Facebook!
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Andy Shore <square.a.shore(a)gmail.com>
> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:44:12 -0400
> Subject: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! (?)
> I've been wondering if there would be enough interest (and traffic) to form
> an email list for contra dance website webmasters and other content creators
> (e.g., people posting videos to youtube) and people maintaining contra dance
> related "pages" on Facebook to discuss some of the issues and ideas and
> share links, etc.
>
> I created the website http://southfloridacontradance.com/ and I'm always
> looking for good videos to share (see the "Announcements" page) and links
> about contra dancing (see the "What is Contra Dance?" and "Dance Links"
> pages). I also help maintain the "South Florida Contradance" page on
> Facebook.
>
>
> In particular, I think that finding, generating, and sharing fresh content
> is the kind of thing that will keep our web sites looking current and
> vibrant and will spark interest. I also think it's important to design for
> both the current dancer (when and where is tonight's dance or next month's
> festival?) and be informative and welcoming to the uninitiated. Sharing
> relevant, high quality links will also help make sure that search results
> yield the best information about our beloved activity.
>
> As for folks posting to YouTube... as a caller, I often want to know the
> name and author of the dance being done!
>
>
> Respond to this thread and if there's enough interest, perhaps we can
> convince the kind folks who run SharedWeight.net to start a new mailing list
> for this.
>
> Let me know what you think!
> /Andy Shore
> http://andyshore.com/
> http://facebook.com/AndyShore.Caller << like me on Facebook!
>
>
>
>
>
>
Seeking Caller for Trenton, Maine Contra this Saturday (9/17/11)
Hi everyone,
I'm playing the Trenton Contra Dance in Maine this Saturday night on piano
along with Brendan Carey Block on fiddle. It has come to my attention
today
that the organizers, having contacted seven or eight of the "usual
suspects"
up in that area, find themselves unable to find a caller for the dance,
and
I am hoping that my email might reach someone on the Shared Weight list
who
would be available and interested in calling for it.
With regards to pay for the dance, there is unfortunately no guarantee
(for
the band or caller) but my impression is that the pay will at least be *
something*, and that it's a really fun dance, though also one that tends
to
be on the small-medium side in attendance.
Malcolm Sanders, one of the dance organizers, will be driving from
Burlington, Vermont on Friday afternoon or evening and returning to
Burlington sometime Sunday and could give a caller from that area a ride.
I
could theoretically give someone a ride from the Boston area but it would
mean leaving early in the day on Friday and returning Sunday late
afternoon
(because Matching Orange -- me, Brendan, and Eric McDonald -- has gigs
Friday night and Saturday afternoon, in addition to this Saturday night
contra).
If you are interested and can do this, please email me at
eric.eid.reiner(a)gmail.com, or you can call me at 781-608-3442. However, I
will be at a rehearsal from 7:00-10:00 p.m. tonight so if you want to
respond in that timeframe, email is probably best. If you know of someone
who would be a solid caller for a full 3-hour dance but isn't on Shared
Weight, you are welcome to pass this email on to them. Thank you very
much!
Sincerely,
Eric Eid-Reiner
www.EricEid-Reiner.com
George Marshall
PO Box 602
Belchertown, MA 01007 TDV(a)wildasparagus.com
413-575-6283
Web site URL http://www.tropicaldancevacation.com
Just picked up a new dance last night. Gaye had the title, but didn't
know an author. Does anyone recognize this?
Contra House - Becket
A1 Gents lead full Hey (GL, NR, LL, PR, GL, NR...)
On last pass, ladies catch LH, give RH to partner in short wave
A2 Balance Wave, P Alle R 1/2; Gents Alle L 1/2, give RH to N
Balance Wave; N Alle R 3/4
B2 New N B&S
B2 Gents Alle L 1 1/2
P Sw
Thanks for the great discussion on swinging.
My Maths/Physics is a bit rusty - it is 40 years since I studied it at
Cambridge - so I am not going to get involved I that discussion. Yes, I
know that a couple spinning around a shared axis is different from a
single person spinning on their own axis, but there are a lot of things
going on in that shared system.
Hopefully I will meet some of you on a dance-floor somewhere, somewhen
and maybe persuade you that the lady trying to reach the man's
shoulder-blade is not a good idea - but obviously that is not going to
happen through online discussion.
So, please, if you do insist on telling the lady to try to reach the
man's shoulder-blade, then please, please, please tell them that they
absolutely do NOT have to press there - they just make a flexible frame
with the hand resting lightly in the chosen place - centrifugal force
will do the rest. :-)
Thanks.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 &
07802 940 574
http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive Events, Instructional DVDs and
Interactive Maps
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
The Playa, as seen from the European Space Agency's satellite
http://i.imgur.com/ZB8cJ.jpg
And a closeup view of a bunch of hot dusty happy dancer/musician/burners
-- the ones are just going down the outside.
http://i.imgur.com/809Pp.jpg
The lighter rectangle is our dance floor, the stage is at the lower/right
end, the darker rectangle at the top are a pair of couches for
watching/lounging. Our address was 3:20 and Engagement; right next to us is
Math Camp at (you guessed it) 3.1415 and *e*.
What an entirely unexpected experience; you never know what's going to
happen when you answer a sharedweight email.
Cheers,
Amy
Hmmmm. Luke's "arbitrary" definition of 6 hrs or more includes a lot of events around the Mid-Atlantic that nobody really thinks of as festivals.
For example, there's the afternoon advanced contra preceding a regular community contra dance. I recently organized and called for one such event here in Virginia, called Contraphoria.
Also, I'm scheduled to call techno contras at two dance weekends this fall, each session 1-2 hours in length, but not as a featured caller. One is a Saturday afternoon "workshop," and the other is a Saturday late-night contra party right after the main contra dance ends.
In November at Glen Echo I will be calling the final, late night session of the 12-hour Black Friday Bash. This probably qualifies by your criteria. But up to that point, I will not consider myself as having been a festival caller.
I guess I am a "yes," albeit somewhat futuristically.
Brian Hamshar
Charlottesville, VA
Yeah...now I can't resist "weighing in"! I had lots of physics in engineering school myself. The quantity of 20# being placed on the hands is highly suspect because there are so many variables that make it different for every swing. (I don't swing with more than a slight weight...I force a reduction by slowing down or subtly slackening my hold.) But, surprisingly, there is no "doubling."
Think of it this way. Suppose you and your partner were swinging yourselves around a pole that's fixed to the floor. (Ignore the difference in handhold compared to a dancing swing.) With the two of you, the pole is in balance and it does not matter if the pole is even there. Suppose your partner leaves. Your 20# pull, which is now an asymmetrical load, will now tend to bend the pole (and the pole and its anchor must accept the load), but the force experienced by your arms has not been reduced by half.
Brian Hamshar
-----Original Message-----
Date: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 4:26:35 am
To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
From: "Donald Perley" <donperley(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Swinging
Sigh... time to drag out the free body diagrams and unstretchable
massless string. 20 pounds.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Jeff Kaufman <jeff(a)alum.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
> Mark Widmer wrote:
>>
>> each person exerts 20 pounds on the other person, and nobody is
>> exerting 40 pounds.
