3 Feb
2016
3 Feb
'16
4:56 a.m.
Claire,
Let me add my voice to those recommending that you get hold of and study
the books by the Laufmans, New England Dancing Masters, and Marion Rose
BEFORE your family dance gig. As a new Family Dance caller, you need to
learn a completely different repertoire than what you've been trying to
learn as a new contra dance caller. Also, some of the skills are
different. (As a contra dance caller you've been trying to keep your
phrasing rock solid, but for a family dance you need to judge when to
ignore the phrase and sight call - and what to do when you have two sets
that are at different places in the dance.)
Jacob
Arlington, MA
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <
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My apologies to Dudley and Jacqueline. Their
Traditional Barn Dances
book, with DVD and CD are also on my shelf. Together they were an early
inspiration, as I added community dance to my calling skills. I remember
driving to Scout House to observe Dudley's unique calling/teaching style
one Sunday afternoon, after purchasing his book, and before I tried to call
any such dance programs myself. His simple dances were so effective with
the families on hand.
Additionally, I stress attending the types of dances that you want to
call, as often as you can. Dancing a particular dance, is a great way to
learn it, and to place it appropriately in your repertoire. I have many
dance cards in my collection that I have not called, but I frequently call
the ones that brought me joy as a dancer.
Rich
Stafford, CT
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:33 PM, James Saxe via Callers <
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Hi, Claire,
I've done only a tiny amount of calling for the family dance
crowd, but from what I've seen of the New England Dance Masters
material and Marion Rose's material, and from seeing the authors
in action either live or on video, I'd second both of Rich's
recommendations.
Another resource worth looking at is Dudley Laufman's _Traditional
Barn Dances and Calling_, which comes packaged with two CD's of
music (called and uncalled) and a DVD showing some of the dances.
See
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/traditional-barn-dances-…
SF Bay area caller Erik Hoffman has a book called "Old-Time Dance
Calling for Weddings, Parties, and One-Night Stands"
http://www.erikhoffman.com/otdancebk.html
If you get in touch with him and tell more about the group you're
expecting to call for (What age-range of home-schoolers? Will a
bunch of their younger siblings be there?), he might advise you
as to how much of the material in it would be suitable for you.
Cheers,
--Jim
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On Feb 2, 2016, at 11:44 AM, Rich Sbardella via
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Hello Claire,
Here are two excellent resources.
New England Dancing Masters offer many books, Cds, and DVDs for
Family/Community
Dance. I cannot say enough good about this material.
www.dancingmasters.com
Marion Rose also has a series of books Called Step Lively. They have
dances and
CDs with family friendly dances.
www.communitydance.ca. Many, but not all, of the
dances in this
series, are tune specific.
Youtube is also an excellent series, and I would recommend Cal
Campbell's
dancing for busy people blog and the BDPLS (Beginner Dance Party
Leaders Seminar) channel on youtube.
Have fun,
Rich
Stafford, CT
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Claire Takemori via Callers <
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I’m a new contra dance caller (took Nils’
workshop at American Week
last July). And my goal is to offer calling for Family
dances to help
spread folk music/dance in our community. (maybe College contras, but
that’s a different thread)
I’m calling my first Family dance on March 6th
for a home-school
community. I was hoping to offer a page of INTERESTING ,
Kid-friendly,
FUN info, activities, links in case someone wants to delve further into the
history, dance or music.
Any great resources out there? I don’t have a ton of time to put this
together
from scrap. And I don’t know enough yet to figure out the
history. I’m learning as I go!
thanks !
Claire Takemori
Bay Area California
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