Thanks, Jacob. Some of my leads are starting to come together today. I
hope to have the full story by the end of the week and will certainly
update you.
Best,
Joyce
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> From: Jacob & Nancy Bloom <bloom(a)gis.net>
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> Hi Joyce,
>
> Here's what I could find as contact info for Richer. He was
> advertising himself five years ago as being available for calling,
> and as far as I can tell without calling it, the 832-0888 number
> seems to still be valid.
>
> Phone numbers: 207-832-0888
> 207-832-0889
> Email: richercastner(a)netscape.net
>
> Jacob Bloom
>
> At 12:00 PM 6/10/2012, you wrote:
>
>
> >Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:46:27 -0400
> >From: Joyce Isen <joyceisen(a)gmail.com>
> >To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
> >Cc: Joyce Isen <joyceisen(a)gmail.com>
> >Subject: [Callers] Looking for Rich Castner -- can you help?
> >Message-ID:
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> >Dear friends in the traditional dance community,
> >
> >I am looking for information that can help me locate Richard Castner,
> >former head of the dance department at the State University of New York at
> >Brockport, and accomplished square and contra dance caller. Rich authored
> >some contra dances that are classics today, including ?The Road to
> Boston,?
> >and ?All the Way to Galway.?
> >
> >I am a musician (hammered dulcimer and percussion) who was often hired by
> >Rich for dances in Rochester, NY, and it was through his mentoring that I
> >attended my first Ralph Page dance camp at East Hill Farm and my first
> >local contra dance in Nelson, NH. I moved to the Boston area in 1976
> >because this kind of music and dance was a living tradition in the
> >northeast and I wanted to be part of it.
> >
> >I?ve been living in Concord lately and playing snare drum with a local
> fife
> >and drum company. I?m struck, as Rich must have been a long time ago, by
> >the common ground in repertoire between the fiddle and fife in the
> >18thcentury, and I finally bonded with ?The Downfall of Paris,? a tune
> >Rich had
> >asked me to play for him and that I never liked. The very first drum part
> >I memorized was ?The Road to Boston,? so of course Rich was on my mind.
> It
> >would be wonderful to sit down with him and talk about old times, and to
> >tell him about the ways in which my musical and personal life evolved as a
> >result of his influence.
> >
> >I heard that he?d moved to Maine and was last seen at a festival in 2005.
> The
> >last information I got is that he was living in Waldoboro and had restored
> >the old family homestead to its 18th century appearance. Unfortunately,
> >the contact information is out of date and all my leads so far have been
> >dead ends.
> >
> >I would be most grateful for any information anyone could provide about
> >Rich recently or in the form of a story from the past. There are other
> >friends here in Boston who would like to be in touch with him, too. We
> >agree that even sad news would at least bring closure.
> >
> >With thanks,
> >
> >Joyce Desmarais Isen, Concord, MA
> >
> >978-369-2671
> >
> >joyceisen(a)gmail.com
> >
> >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:30:11 -0400
> From: "John C. McIntire" <circleleft(a)uninets.net>
> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Cc: Joyce Isen <joyceisen(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Looking for Rich Castner -- can you help?
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> Hi Joyce & all,
>
> A quick phone call to the Waldoboro Town office revealed that his tax
> bills are
> being sent to his wife in Rochester NY at the following address:
>
> Janis Rickerman
> 25 Lida Lane
> Rochester NY 14616
>
> The town office did not think he had passed on but the last time I spoke
> with
> him, several years ago, his health was not good. The phone # provided by
> Jacob is out of service.
>
> best of luck,
>
> John, Unity ME
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> Dear friends in the traditional dance community,
>
> I am looking for information that can help me locate Richard Castner,
> former head of the dance department at the State University of New York at
> Brockport, and accomplished square and contra dance caller. Rich authored
> some contra dances that are classics today, including "The Road to Boston,"
> and "All the Way to Galway."
>
> I am a musician (hammered dulcimer and percussion) who was often hired by
> Rich for dances in Rochester, NY, and it was through his mentoring that I
> attended my first Ralph Page dance camp at East Hill Farm and my first
> local contra dance in Nelson, NH. I moved to the Boston area in 1976
> because this kind of music and dance was a living tradition in the
> northeast and I wanted to be part of it.
>
> I?ve been living in Concord lately and playing snare drum with a local fife
> and drum company. I?m struck, as Rich must have been a long time ago, by
> the common ground in repertoire between the fiddle and fife in the
> 18thcentury, and I finally bonded with "The Downfall of Paris," a tune
> Rich had
> asked me to play for him and that I never liked. The very first drum part
> I memorized was "The Road to Boston," so of course Rich was on my mind. It
> would be wonderful to sit down with him and talk about old times, and to
> tell him about the ways in which my musical and personal life evolved as a
> result of his influence.
>
> I heard that he?d moved to Maine and was last seen at a festival in 2005.
> The
> last information I got is that he was living in Waldoboro and had restored
> the old family homestead to its 18th century appearance. Unfortunately,
> the contact information is out of date and all my leads so far have been
> dead ends.
>
> I would be most grateful for any information anyone could provide about
> Rich recently or in the form of a story from the past. There are other
> friends here in Boston who would like to be in touch with him, too. We
> agree that even sad news would at least bring closure.
>
> With thanks,
>
> Joyce Desmarais Isen, Concord, MA
>
> 978-369-2671
>
> joyceisen(a)gmail.com
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Dear friends in the traditional dance community,
I am looking for information that can help me locate Richard Castner,
former head of the dance department at the State University of New York at
Brockport, and accomplished square and contra dance caller. Rich authored
some contra dances that are classics today, including “The Road to Boston,”
and “All the Way to Galway.”
I am a musician (hammered dulcimer and percussion) who was often hired by
Rich for dances in Rochester, NY, and it was through his mentoring that I
attended my first Ralph Page dance camp at East Hill Farm and my first
local contra dance in Nelson, NH. I moved to the Boston area in 1976
because this kind of music and dance was a living tradition in the
northeast and I wanted to be part of it.
I’ve been living in Concord lately and playing snare drum with a local fife
and drum company. I’m struck, as Rich must have been a long time ago, by
the common ground in repertoire between the fiddle and fife in the
18thcentury, and I finally bonded with “The Downfall of Paris,” a tune
Rich had
asked me to play for him and that I never liked. The very first drum part
I memorized was “The Road to Boston,” so of course Rich was on my mind. It
would be wonderful to sit down with him and talk about old times, and to
tell him about the ways in which my musical and personal life evolved as a
result of his influence.
I heard that he’d moved to Maine and was last seen at a festival in 2005. The
last information I got is that he was living in Waldoboro and had restored
the old family homestead to its 18th century appearance. Unfortunately,
the contact information is out of date and all my leads so far have been
dead ends.
I would be most grateful for any information anyone could provide about
Rich recently or in the form of a story from the past. There are other
friends here in Boston who would like to be in touch with him, too. We
agree that even sad news would at least bring closure.
With thanks,
Joyce Desmarais Isen, Concord, MA
978-369-2671
joyceisen(a)gmail.com
Hi Joyce,
Here's what I could find as contact info for Richer. He was
advertising himself five years ago as being available for calling,
and as far as I can tell without calling it, the 832-0888 number
seems to still be valid.
Phone numbers: 207-832-0888
207-832-0889
Email: richercastner(a)netscape.net
Jacob Bloom
At 12:00 PM 6/10/2012, you wrote:
>Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:46:27 -0400
>From: Joyce Isen <joyceisen(a)gmail.com>
>To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
>Cc: Joyce Isen <joyceisen(a)gmail.com>
>Subject: [Callers] Looking for Rich Castner -- can you help?
>Message-ID:
> <CALr5BzkgG0nLHxmTZvNn2J8ZF_ZV0gHFX777jqDeCvn3ohFbBg(a)mail.gmail.com>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
>
>Dear friends in the traditional dance community,
>
>I am looking for information that can help me locate Richard Castner,
>former head of the dance department at the State University of New York at
>Brockport, and accomplished square and contra dance caller. Rich authored
>some contra dances that are classics today, including ?The Road to Boston,?
>and ?All the Way to Galway.?
>
>I am a musician (hammered dulcimer and percussion) who was often hired by
>Rich for dances in Rochester, NY, and it was through his mentoring that I
>attended my first Ralph Page dance camp at East Hill Farm and my first
>local contra dance in Nelson, NH. I moved to the Boston area in 1976
>because this kind of music and dance was a living tradition in the
>northeast and I wanted to be part of it.
>
>I?ve been living in Concord lately and playing snare drum with a local fife
>and drum company. I?m struck, as Rich must have been a long time ago, by
>the common ground in repertoire between the fiddle and fife in the
>18thcentury, and I finally bonded with ?The Downfall of Paris,? a tune
>Rich had
>asked me to play for him and that I never liked. The very first drum part
>I memorized was ?The Road to Boston,? so of course Rich was on my mind. It
>would be wonderful to sit down with him and talk about old times, and to
>tell him about the ways in which my musical and personal life evolved as a
>result of his influence.
>
>I heard that he?d moved to Maine and was last seen at a festival in 2005. The
>last information I got is that he was living in Waldoboro and had restored
>the old family homestead to its 18th century appearance. Unfortunately,
>the contact information is out of date and all my leads so far have been
>dead ends.
>
>I would be most grateful for any information anyone could provide about
>Rich recently or in the form of a story from the past. There are other
>friends here in Boston who would like to be in touch with him, too. We
>agree that even sad news would at least bring closure.
>
>With thanks,
>
>Joyce Desmarais Isen, Concord, MA
>
>978-369-2671
>
>joyceisen(a)gmail.com
>
>
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Hey all,
Anyone have some interesting easy to intermediate triplets they'd be
willing to share?
I've got Ted's Triplets #3, #4, #6, Linda Leslie's Corner Triplet,
and David Smuckler's David's Triplet #5.
Thanks,
Paul W.
Prov. RI
