I recently realized I hadn't gotten any notice of needing to renew my membership in the Lloyd Shaw Foundation for 2020, though perhaps I just misplaced it. However, I have no record of having paid it. In the past this has usually come in January or February.
I attempted to send a message to Bill Litchman (President) and Nancy Kane VP) at the addresses listed for them on the web site. My email to them bounced with what looks like permanent fatal errors.
Can anyone tell me I can contact someone from the organization?
Thanks.
Jonathan
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Q: How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
A: It depends on what dance you call!
We should all just switch to ECD...
On 3/18/20, Martha Wild via Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Amounts on the last spiral are approximate - until you face your new
> neighbor…..
>
> Martha
>
>> On Mar 18, 2020, at 11:40 AM, Erik Hoffman via Contra Callers
>> <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>
>> Make sure all are at least six feet away from each other…
>>
>> From: Mary Collins via Contra Callers
>> <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
>> <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 5:18 AM
>> To: Martha Wild <mawild(a)sbcglobal.net <mailto:mawild@sbcglobal.net>>
>> Cc: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
>> <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
>> Subject: [Callers] Re: Coronadance
>>
>> LOVE this!!! Thanks.
>> Mary
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 9:37 PM Martha Wild via Contra Callers
>> <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
>> <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
>> A contra dance for social distancing:
>>
>> Coronadance
>>
>> Duple improper
>>
>> A1) Do-si-do neighbor
>> Mad robin (facing partner) ladies in front
>> A2) Single file circle 3/4 around
>> Spiral around your partner 2x until gents are facing across
>> B1) Full hey, gents passing left shoulder to start
>> B2) Gents spiral left 1 1/2
>> Spiral right neighbor 1 1/2
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Amounts on the last spiral are approximate - until you face your new neighbor…..
Martha
> On Mar 18, 2020, at 11:40 AM, Erik Hoffman via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Make sure all are at least six feet away from each other…
>
> From: Mary Collins via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 5:18 AM
> To: Martha Wild <mawild(a)sbcglobal.net <mailto:mawild@sbcglobal.net>>
> Cc: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
> Subject: [Callers] Re: Coronadance
>
> LOVE this!!! Thanks.
> Mary
>
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 9:37 PM Martha Wild via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
> A contra dance for social distancing:
>
> Coronadance
>
> Duple improper
>
> A1) Do-si-do neighbor
> Mad robin (facing partner) ladies in front
> A2) Single file circle 3/4 around
> Spiral around your partner 2x until gents are facing across
> B1) Full hey, gents passing left shoulder to start
> B2) Gents spiral left 1 1/2
> Spiral right neighbor 1 1/2
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The idea is not new, but it is, of course, pertinent.
I’ve been looking for an old dance card I had since at least the mid 80s, for The Atomic Contra. It, too, was a no touching dance. It’s concept was dancing after a nuclear accident or war, and dancing with partners that were too radioactive to touch…
If I locate it, I’ll post it.
~Erik Hoffman
Oakland, CA
From: Abigail Golden via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 11:44 AM
Cc: Shared Weight - Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] Re: Coronadance
I had the same idea!
Corona Chaser
Improper duple
inspired by Honor Among Thieves by Penn Fix
A1: (8) Neighbor dosido
(8) Neighbor right shoulder round once and a half
A2: (8) Lady around two and gent around one and he cuts through
(8) Gent around two and lady around one and she cuts through
B1: (8) Hands-on-hips long lines forward and back
(8) Gypsy star left
B2: (16) Hey for four (ladies right, partners left, gents right, neighbors left), face new neighbors
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 2:41 PM Erik Hoffman via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
Make sure all are at least six feet away from each other…
From: Mary Collins via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 5:18 AM
To: Martha Wild <mawild(a)sbcglobal.net<mailto:mawild@sbcglobal.net>>
Cc: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] Re: Coronadance
LOVE this!!! Thanks.
Mary
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 9:37 PM Martha Wild via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
A contra dance for social distancing:
Coronadance
Duple improper
A1) Do-si-do neighbor
Mad robin (facing partner) ladies in front
A2) Single file circle 3/4 around
Spiral around your partner 2x until gents are facing across
B1) Full hey, gents passing left shoulder to start
B2) Gents spiral left 1 1/2
Spiral right neighbor 1 1/2
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If you’re not averse to squares… here’s one from Lloyd Shaw’s seminal work, _Cowboy Dances_ (1939):
DON’T YOU TOUCH HER
First gent out around the opposite lady,
And don’t you touch her.
Now back around your own,
And don’t you touch her.
All four gents around the right hand ladies,
And don’t you touch ’em.
Now promenade those ladies fair,
But touch ’em? No sir, don’t you dare!
Tony Parkes
Billerica, Mass.
From: Erik Hoffman via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 2:41 PM
To: Shared Weight - Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] Re: Coronadance
Make sure all are at least six feet away from each other…
From: Mary Collins via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 5:18 AM
To: Martha Wild <mawild(a)sbcglobal.net<mailto:mawild@sbcglobal.net>>
Cc: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] Re: Coronadance
LOVE this!!! Thanks.
Mary
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 9:37 PM Martha Wild via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
A contra dance for social distancing:
Coronadance
Duple improper
A1) Do-si-do neighbor
Mad robin (facing partner) ladies in front
A2) Single file circle 3/4 around
Spiral around your partner 2x until gents are facing across
B1) Full hey, gents passing left shoulder to start
B2) Gents spiral left 1 1/2
Spiral right neighbor 1 1/2
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I had the same idea!
Corona Chaser
Improper duple
inspired by Honor Among Thieves by Penn Fix
A1: (8) Neighbor dosido
(8) Neighbor right shoulder round once and a half
A2: (8) Lady around two and gent around one and he cuts through
(8) Gent around two and lady around one and she cuts through
B1: (8) Hands-on-hips long lines forward and back
(8) Gypsy star left
B2: (16) Hey for four (ladies right, partners left, gents right, neighbors
left), face new neighbors
On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 2:41 PM Erik Hoffman via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Make sure all are at least six feet away from each other…
>
>
>
> *From:* Mary Collins via Contra Callers <
> contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2020 5:18 AM
> *To:* Martha Wild <mawild(a)sbcglobal.net>
> *Cc:* contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
> *Subject:* [Callers] Re: Coronadance
>
>
>
> LOVE this!!! Thanks.
>
> Mary
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 9:37 PM Martha Wild via Contra Callers <
> contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> A contra dance for social distancing:
>
>
>
> Coronadance
>
>
>
> Duple improper
>
>
>
> A1) Do-si-do neighbor
>
> Mad robin (facing partner) ladies in front
>
> A2) Single file circle 3/4 around
>
> Spiral around your partner 2x until gents are facing across
>
> B1) Full hey, gents passing left shoulder to start
>
> B2) Gents spiral left 1 1/2
>
> Spiral right neighbor 1 1/2
>
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Make sure all are at least six feet away from each other…
From: Mary Collins via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 5:18 AM
To: Martha Wild <mawild(a)sbcglobal.net>
Cc: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] Re: Coronadance
LOVE this!!! Thanks.
Mary
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 9:37 PM Martha Wild via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
A contra dance for social distancing:
Coronadance
Duple improper
A1) Do-si-do neighbor
Mad robin (facing partner) ladies in front
A2) Single file circle 3/4 around
Spiral around your partner 2x until gents are facing across
B1) Full hey, gents passing left shoulder to start
B2) Gents spiral left 1 1/2
Spiral right neighbor 1 1/2
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LOVE this!!! Thanks.
Mary
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, 9:37 PM Martha Wild via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> A contra dance for social distancing:
>
> Coronadance
>
>
>
> Duple improper
>
>
>
> A1) Do-si-do neighbor
>
> Mad robin (facing partner) ladies in front
>
> A2) Single file circle 3/4 around
>
> Spiral around your partner 2x until gents are facing across
>
> B1) Full hey, gents passing left shoulder to start
>
> B2) Gents spiral left 1 1/2
>
> Spiral right neighbor 1 1/2
> _______________________________________________
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>
A contra dance for social distancing:
Coronadance
Duple improper
A1) Do-si-do neighbor
Mad robin (facing partner) ladies in front
A2) Single file circle 3/4 around
Spiral around your partner 2x until gents are facing across
B1) Full hey, gents passing left shoulder to start
B2) Gents spiral left 1 1/2
Spiral right neighbor 1 1/2
Hi all,
I know this is a callers list not an organizers list, but many of us do both, so I wanted to share this letter that Toronto Contra Dance has sent to all our spring season talent after cancelling our season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope other dance organizations are likewise trying to provide at least partial payments to talent who rely on the gig economy for their livelihoods.
If you haven’t done so already, please consider paying your talent for cancellations if your finances allow. We only announced our first dance cancellation last Thursday, and only 5 days later we have received well over $1000 in donations from concerned dancers who want our callers and musicians who rely on this money to be taken care of. So even if your current resources do not allow for paying talent for cancelled dances, you may want to consider soliciting donations from your dance community to allow that.
I have no illusions that the pittance that we pay will cover anyone’s rent. But the effort has been deeply appreciated by a number of our callers and musicians who rely entirely on gigs, since gigs are nearly all being cancelled due to the coronavirus.
You are welcome to forward this letter to organizers and feel free to cut and paste any parts of this letter that might be useful in your own situation.
I am not on the dance organizers list, but if someone would like to forward this post to that list, that would be great.
Wishing you all good health and financial security in a difficult time, and anticipating joyous dance reunions in the not-too-distant future,
Becky Liddle, Toronto
As president of Toronto Contra Dance, it is my sad duty to announce that TCD has cancelled its entire spring dance season, including our Spring Thaw weekend due to the corona virus pandemic. Most of you likely know that CDSS has recommended that all dances be cancelled through the end of April in a preliminary effort to slow the spread of the corona virus. In the (unlikely, I fear) event that COVID-19 risk has passed by May or June, we will be delighted to reschedule those events if that is still feasible when the time comes. But for now we think it is important to let you all know that we believe the most likely eventuality is that our next dance will be the Island Dance on July 11. We have heard from some talent that they need to know what to expect so that they can seek other employment, so we think it is responsible to go ahead and cancel the season now.
It is our feeling that we are all Dance Family. Dance organizations and callers and contra bands would not exist without each other, and we need to take care of each other. Having never faced a pandemic or its ilk in our 20+ years of existence, TCD has never included provisions for what will happen in case of cancellation, so we have been scrambling to figure out what is fair (and financially feasible) in these circumstances.
We know that some callers & musicians have “day jobs” that completely support them and they rely little on money from gigs, but we are also well aware that others rely somewhat or entirely on gigs to pay their living expenses. And we’re also aware that for the latter, COVID-19 is likely to have a devastating effect on their livelihoods, since TCD dances will of course not be the only gigs that will be cancelled in this pandemic. The TCD organizing committee has done a great deal of soul-searching and number-crunching over the last few days, working to balance our own financial stability with that of our beloved performers. Given our present financial circumstances we are able to offer this:
To those who rely entirely on the gig economy for their livelihood: We are offering 30% of the talent payment now (not including any travel allowance, since the travel will not happen), with the hopes that at a later date if our finances allow, we would offer a top-up of another 20% to a total of up to 50% of the original talent fee for the cancelled gig. We cannot guarantee the 2nd amount, but given that some of our members have already stepped up with special donations we are hopeful that we will be able to make the second payment/top-up happen.
To those who rely partly but not entirely on the gig economy to pay their basic living expenses: We are offering 15% payment now (not including travel allowance) with the hopes we might be able to top that up by another 10% to a total of 25% of the original gig fee.
To those who do not rely significantly on the gig economy for basic living expenses: we offer a sincere apology for the cancellation, and our deep gratitude for your intended service (but no monetary compensation).
We are asking each of you to let us know which category you fall into, and let us know whether you would like us to send you the payment(s) we are offering. You are in the best position to assess your own needs. We believe this will enable us to provide some support to those who need it most while not completely emptying our bank account, thus remaining responsible to our own local community and financial stability.
We hope that these token payments will help a little in this very difficult time.
You can simply reply to this email with your request for payment (or your indication that no payment is required) and I will forward your request to our treasurer. If you are the main contact person for a multi-person band, we ask that you forward this letter to each of your bandmates. Because various members of the same band may be in very different financial situations, we ask that each of you respond individually (based on your own circumstances) with regard to requested payment.
Wishing you all the best in a difficult time,
Becky Liddle (president, Toronto Contra Dance)
