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New issue of Shop Talk - resources for organizers

by Emily Addison

Hi Shared Weight Callers, Just a quick heads up that the latest issue of Shop Talk came out last week! Shop Talk is a new (FREE) e-newsletter from the Country Dance and Song Society. The goal of Shop Talk is to support, inspire, and connect traditional dance, music, and song organizers. I know some callers are also organizers so I thought it appropriate to share here. View the latest issue: https://conta.cc/2QYlA7c View the inaugural issue (Aug 2018): https://conta.cc/2PlKAEr If you want to receive Shop talk, sign up: https://conta.cc/2PlKAEr <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0014j0gmgnFzCpFmgPedCdNt-hzftTyGkQRou7YL3ieZClg…> Please share the news if you enjoy Shop Talk! Thanks, Emily Addison - writing from Ottawa, Ontario Consultant - Country Dance and Song Society

6 years, 4 months

colinhume.com

by Colin Hume

I've been having such trouble sending and receiving emails that my hosting company will shortly be moving everything to a new server. That means that both website and email will be down for a while. If you might want to contact me, see http://colinhume.com NOW for an alternative email address! And if you've emailed me and not had a reply, please try again using this address. Colin Hume

6 years, 4 months

Caller needed for tonight's barn dance in Westford MA

by Paul Wilde

Can anyone cover this? Please contact Mike: mharder(a)gmail.com 978-692-2039 Thanks, Paul This list ROCKS!!!

6 years, 4 months

Ralph Page Dance Weekend Scholarship Deadline is tomorrow!

by Shari Shakti

The deadline to apply for a music or caller scholarship is tomorrow, November 21st! All applications need to be received by midnight tomorrow. Here's the direct link to the application. Check it out if you are interested. It will be an excellent weekend to attend whether awarded the scholarship or not! https://www.neffa.org/ralph-page/ralph-page-scholarship/

6 years, 5 months

English Dance Callers Association

by Colin Hume

A new organisation, the English Dance Callers Association, has been formed to run courses for Club Callers in England. If you're a Club Caller who would like to improve your calling and thereby improve the standard of dancing at your club, this is for you! The organisation was formed by Judith De Witt, who is not a caller but is the Chairman of the Friends of Cecil Sharp House and the Chairman of Eastbourne International Folk Dance Festival. The tutors other than myself are: Robert Moir, a well-known caller particularly of Playford-style dances. Hazel Moir, also a caller and a dance composer - her best-known dance is White Wheat. Victoria Yeomans, a well-known caller and musician. Dave Yeomans, who with Victoria forms the band "Deo Volente" which can be seen performing at festivals and dances up and down the country. Bernie Culkin, an up-and-coming young caller who co-founded the Malvern Playford Ball and has now moved up to Cheshire. Bernie, Hazel and Robert are members of the Pat Shaw Legacy Group which organised many events in the Pat Shaw centenary year. The first running of the course will be in the Nottingham area, starting on Sunday 5th January 2019. To find out more and download an application form, please visit our website at http://edca.info Colin Hume Email colin(a)colinhume.com Web site http://colinhume.com

6 years, 5 months

Twitter and Instagram for Contra Dance Marketing

by John Sweeney

Hi all, Has anyone had any success at getting new people along to dances by using Twitter or Instagram? If so, please do you have any advice on: How to get started? What sort of material to post? Who to Follow to see some successful usage? 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 & DVDs http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent

6 years, 5 months

Colds

by Bob Peterson

Cold and flu season is on us. Where is the line between cancelling on a gig and forging ahead despite how I feel? I guess it’s a matter of how composed I can be and how quiet I can keep my conditions from the dancers. Medication can help, but can interfere with safe driving. If I feel I must cancel, what’s the right amount of notice to give? Who finds the replacement if I have to cancel?

6 years, 5 months

Re: [Callers] Twitter and Instagram for Contra Dance Marketing

by Dugan Murphy

Hi, John, The Instagram associated with my dance community has had some success in promoting our dance. It also caught the eye of a local business who ended up sponsoring us for a short while when we were new. Because I don't manage it or use Instagram at all myself, I can't say anything about getting started. What I can say is that because Instagram is for photos, you need someone who can take good photos. It also helps if the person managing the profile has an understanding of relevant hashtags to use. Here's the link: https://www.instagram.com/portlandintowncontradance/ Good luck! Dugan Murphy Portland, Maine dugan at duganmurphy.com www.DuganMurphy.com www.PortlandIntownContraDance.com www.NufSed.consulting > > > Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:59:07 -0000 > From: "John Sweeney" <john(a)modernjive.com> > To: <callers(a)sharedweight.net> > Subject: [Callers] Twitter and Instagram for Contra Dance Marketing > Message-ID: <001501d47d9b$658adff0$30a09fd0$(a)modernjive.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi all, > > Has anyone had any success at getting new people along to > dances by using Twitter or Instagram? > > > > If so, please do you have any advice on: > > How to get started? > > What sort of material to post? > > Who to Follow to see some successful usage? > > > > 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 & DVDs > > > http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent >

6 years, 5 months

Dance Title

by Rich Sbardella

Hello Friends, I am looking for the name and composer of this dance. Can you help? Becket A1 CL 3/4, N Swg A2 LL, P RH Balance, Pull P Right, Pull N Left B1 Along Line, RH Bal, Box Gnat, Gents Alle L 1-1/2 B2 P B&S Thanks, Rich

6 years, 5 months

Puttin' On the Dance 3: Update

by Puttin' on the Dance Team

Dear Northeast Dance Organizers*, We’re writing with an update on Puttin’ On the Dance (POTD)*. As many of you know, planning had begun for a third POTD conference, but for various reasons, including illness of loved ones, those plans were postponed. The Puttin’ On the Dance Advisory Board is grateful to that team, especially Dela Murphy and Coral Breuer, for their enthusiasm and hard work on behalf of dance organizers in the Northeast. Today, we are pleased to announce that Lisa Sieverts will chair a committee to put on POTD-3, sometime in 2020 in the Northeastern US. A project manager by trade, Lisa has organized dances in Boise ID, Nelson NH, and Peterborough NH and she worked closely with Larry Jennings on his book, Give-and-Take. She is also on the board of the Monadnock Folklore Society. Lisa attended POTD-1 and believes strongly in the POTD mission. We’re thrilled to have her at the helm! In July 2019, we will send out a call for folks to join the organizing team for POTD-3. If you have ideas, enthusiasm, or questions before then, please contact the advisory board at puttinonthedance(a)gmail.com . For ongoing support for dance organizers: - Shared Weight Organizers List -- online discussion forum sharedweight.net/ <http://www.sharedweight.net/index.php?pagestate=org_about> - Shop Talk -- a quarterly email from the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) with news and resources for organizers bit.ly/2sqQr4B - CDSS Organizers Resource Portal -- includes archives from POTD-1 and POTD-2 cdss.org/resources/how-to/organizers-resources <https://www.cdss.org/resources/how-to/organizers-resources> Yours in traditional social dance, Puttin’ On the Dance Advisory Board Emily Addison – chair POTD-2 Chrissy Fowler – co-chair POTD-1 Linda Henry – co-chair POTD-1 and CDSS Liaison puttinonthedance.org <http://www.puttinonthedance.org> *POTD is a conference that convenes organizers in the Northeastern US and Eastern Canada who produce dance events in the North American and English social dance traditions (e.g., Cape Breton, community, contra, English country, family, gender free, Quebecois, and square). The objective of this weekend event is to provide resources and opportunities for learning, sharing, renewal, and fun! This will strengthen networks for sustaining dance organizers, who in turn sustain important traditions of participatory social dance throughout our region. -- puttinonthedance.org facebook.com/PuttinOnTheDance *You're on the POTD email list because we think you're interested in conferences for dance organizers. Let us know if you want your address removed. *

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