Hi everyone!
I have been working on my program for the May 27th North Whitefield, ME
dance, making tweaks here and there. I would love to get some feedback
from the group about the program. I was able to get up there and attend
the dance last month to get a feel for the crowd. Generally, they are
high energy dancers without much polish or smoothness. They can do the
more difficult dances (as Ted Crane proved while I was there), but they
have more fun with the simpler dances. The dance goes from 8-11:30, so I
added a couple of dances to make it a 14 dance program. I'm still going
to have the break around 9:30ish. Below are the titles and authors of
the dances, but I have also attached a PDF document of my cards put in
the evening's order.
The Nice Combination Gene Hubert
Love and Kisses Ted Sannella
Midwest Folklore Orace Johnson
Hay in the Barn Chart Guthrie
Forgotten Treasure Beth Parkes
Chorus Jig
Marian's Delight Carol Kopp
Waltz - Break - Hambo
The Carousel Tom Hinds
Square Affair Becky Hill
Ted's Triplet #38 Ted Sannella
Frederick Contra Tom Hinds
Weave the Line Kathy Anderson
Spring Fever Tony Parkes
The Baby Rose David Kaynor
I'm not so sure about the inclusion of the triplet, but I think that
it's a fun one to dance and including a couple of Ted's dances seems
very appropriate here (this is the dance series that Ted founded when he
retired to Maine). I have a few dances in reserve that are both more and
less difficult (though not many of the less difficult) that I can
substitute if needed. I could see putting Mary Cay's Reel or 333-33 in
the program fairly easily.
Thank you very much to Chrissy Fowler for the opportunity to fill in for
her. And many thanks to Lisa Sieverts for her notes from calling at this
dance (they were very helpful and also solidified my impressions from
attending the dance).
Thank you in advance for any feedback you can provide.
All the best,
Chris