24 Jul
2010
24 Jul
'10
5:27 a.m.
Hi Bill,
Wow, thanks! It sounds like the resource at UNH will soon be expanded significantly
because of your help.
The lists of dances from the 1988 and 1989 weekends that Roland has put up were made by
Ted Sannella, before anyone started making a full syllabus for the event. The first
syllabus was the one that you scanned from 1990. I did not know (and was excited to learn)
that Roland had found Ted's list from 1989, and so it was not reflected in my index.
After receiving your note yesterday I updated the index to include 1989. Meanwhile, I
happen to have Ted's list from 1993, and so that year is already reflected in the
index. I sent Roland a scan of that list along with the updated index, so I suspect those
two pieces will go up on the UNH site pretty soon.
It is even possible that recordings were made of one or more of the missing years. If so,
I have no doubt that they will surface eventually and be used to make a more complete
record. (That is, in fact, how the 1997 syllabus was made.)
This may be more detail than most people need or want. The short version is that the Ralph
Page weekend's online resource is getting better and better over time. What fun!
David Smukler
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:19:08 +1200
From: Liz and Bill <staf186(a)ext.canterbury.ac.nz>
To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Subject: Re: [Callers] Ralph Page Syllabi
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Hi David(s) and others,
I agree with you all that the Ralph Page syllabi are a fantastic
resource. Especially so for me being at the end of the world here
in NZ.
David Millstone suggested I contact UNH library and ask about
earlier years.
Roland the librarian in charge of the Ralph Page collection
has been very helpful and has started to scan more syllabi.
He said it may take awhile as the scanning produced multiple
large files which need to be combined, and he has other
work to do.
Since I'm retired, I offered to help him from here. So today using
the power of the internet I've been remotely accessing the university
of Canterbury (where I am still an 'associate' ) to process files
Roland sent me for 1990, 1991 and 1995.
So now there are text based pdf documents available - they are
searchable and not too large. I've uploaded them back to Roland, so
they should appear on the web
www.library.unh.edu/special/index.php/ralph-page-dance-legacy-weekend
very soon.
He will send me 1994 and 1996 soon, and the search is on for 1992 and 1993 if
they exist.
Note that 1988 and 1989 are there now, however they are only one page
programs with details.
Cheers, Bill