[Callers] Amy Cann

Hi Amy and all, I’m a new family dance (and contra) caller. I’d love to see your new inspired program, as I don’t have an archive of Shared Weight emails YET. I’d love to hear about other folks favorite family/community dances? (I know the Spiral, basic CL, CR, in/out, Sasha, longways from a few books) I get to call for our son’s nature class, which has preschool up to adults. And it’s outside, WITHOUT amplification…. I also get to call at our local contra during the break, as we are a Sunday afternoon dance and families show up with kids! Thanks for sharing! Claire Takemori (Campbell CA) On Sep 11, 2016, at 1:02 PM, via Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: Message: 1 Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:14:48 -0400 From: Amy Cann via Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> To: "Caller's discussion list" &lt;callers(a)sharedweight.net <mailto:callers@sharedweight.net>> Subject: [Callers] Just had to share this: Message-ID: &lt;CALZWU+szPyZwnQ3FcqCmSTA-twvJGxk_zdx1Lg+fA5q86awEWw(a)mail.gmail.com <mailto:CALZWU+szPyZwnQ3FcqCmSTA-twvJGxk_zdx1Lg+fA5q86awEWw@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" It's 5:00. At 7:30 tonight I'll be calling a dance for about 150 Putney School teens freshly-returned from their Long Fall wilderness trips. They'll be smelly and exuberant. An hour ago at 4:00 I was planning my program and had a sudden wave of "Gosh, I'm sick of my own material." You know how it's easy to stick to the tried-and-true favorites you *know* will work? But once in a while your repertoire starts to feel like the pillowcase when you've been stuck sick in bed for too long? You turn it over and over but you can't find a fresh cool spot anymore? So I went to my gmail <sharedweight> archive, typed in "circle mixer", browsed a bunch of old threads, and am now going out the door freshly invigorated. What a vital, valuable, inspiring community this is. Thanks, all of you. Amy