Hey Callers,
I received the following email from Judy Greenhill, a caller/dancer here in
Ontario Canada asking if I would post this to any caller listserves I read:
'"Sets in Order " was the square dance magazine that pretty much documented
the rise of Modern square dance. Jeff Priest (an ON square dance caller) has
an almost complete set from 1951-1979. Most are at his place in Brantford
ON; some are with me-he lent them to me for research a while ago. He does
not want to keep them. Jeff is prepared to give these magazines to anyone
who might want them, with the catch that they have to be picked up in
Brantford, or Guelph, or the recipient must be willing to pay to have them
shipped. They are heavy!'
Please contact Judy directly if you're interested. Her email address is:
Judy Greenhill judy.m.greenhill53(a)gmail.com
<mailto:judy.m.greenhill53@gmail.com>
Stay safe everyone and be well. Until we dance together again!
Bev
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Hello Shared Weight community,
I’m sorry for the short notice, but I need to move the mailing lists to a different host this evening. There will be some down time between now and 10pm EST. No messages will be lost, though there may be duplicates in the digests.
I’ll send another email once the move is complete.
Nitty gritty details: AWS hosting looked like the right option, but their pricing structure is not clear. Turns out to cost nearly 2x what I had expected. I am moving us (back) to Linode, where we should have stayed all along. Better service, clear pricing, good support.
Seth
CDMR has some news since my last announcement. Please share this far and wide…
————————————————————
Country Dance Music Radio is now playing at
https://radio.contracorner.com <https://radio.contracorner.com/>
CDMR’s first purpose is to provide a two-way support between musicians and dancers. Dancers can get some of that missing musical uplift any time day or night, and musicians can get your donations and purchases to help support them. Zoom concerts are just once (unless I can record them!) but CDMR is always there for you. Please listen in sometime soon!
✦ The North Bay Country Dance Society is hosting a Zoom concert featuring Rodney Miller, and Country Dance Music Radio will simulcast it! In this way lots more people can hear the concert. It will be recorded and repeated thereafter on CDMR.
The concert is Saturday, May 9
—Pacific time: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
—Eastern US time: 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Details are here: https://radio.contracorner.com/news/rodney-miller-live-and-a.html <https://radio.contracorner.com/news/rodney-miller-live-and-a.html>
✦ CDMR’s schedule has been renovated. Now you will find segments focused on song, dance, waltzing, calm time, and short musician spotlights.
You can reach the DJ at bob(a)contracorner.com <mailto:bob@contracorner.com>.
Staying safe but missing our dancing,
\Bob Peterson
Country Dance Music Radio https://radio.contracorner.com <https://radio.contracorner.com/>
Bless you for doing this.
:)
On 5/7/20, Seth Seeger via Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hello Shared Weight community,
>
> I’m sorry for the short notice, but I need to move the mailing lists to a
> different host this evening. There will be some down time between now and
> 10pm EST. No messages will be lost, though there may be duplicates in the
> digests.
>
> I’ll send another email once the move is complete.
>
> Nitty gritty details: AWS hosting looked like the right option, but their
> pricing structure is not clear. Turns out to cost nearly 2x what I had
> expected. I am moving us (back) to Linode, where we should have stayed all
> along. Better service, clear pricing, good support.
>
> Seth
Hi fellow contra callers,
I’m reaching out on behalf of CDSS regarding two items that we hope may be
of interest to some of you.
*1. Are you offering any online events for traditional dance, music, and/or
song?*
Many of you may know of this but in case you don't.... CDSS is maintaining
an extensive list of online events and we would be happy to include your
events as part of the list. Events can be free, by donation, or involve a
fee. Take a quick peek - there are caller workshops, jam sessions, online
concerts, sings, etc.
We’ve been sharing the event listing widely through our network and we
feature a handful of events each week through social media.
Check out the event listing here:
https://www.cdss.org/community/covid19/online-events
Submit an online event here:
https://www.cdss.org/community/events-calendar/submit-an-event
*2. Do you know of great resources for children and parents who enjoy
traditional dance, music, and/or song?*
We would love to include them as part of the new Families section of our
Resource Portal which is officially launching this weekend. A few notes:
-These particular resources need to be free (or for sale in the CDSS
store).
-If you’re not familiar with other sections of our Resource Portal, the
format of resources vary greatly (e.g., link to external website; online
video; audio clip; PDF of an activity).
-At this critical time of physical distancing, we're particularly looking
for resources that parents can access online. However, we welcome other
resources as well (e.g., lists of books they can find in their local
library).
Check out the Families section here (in development):
https://www.cdss.org/resources/resource-portal/families
Submit a resource here: https://www.cdss.org/share-your-resource
With thanks!
Emily Addison
Writing from Ottawa, ON
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