[Callers] Announcing CDSS Caller's Workshop June 24, 2006

Note that registrations are due SOON. This sounds like a great workshop and I'm planning to be there. Lisa Calling All Callers The Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) will be offering a one-day intensive workshop especially designed for up to 25 intermediate- level contra dance callers -- anyone who has called a half or full evening of contras up through decades of calling. This event, CONTRA DANCE CALLING: Beyond the Basics, will be held on Saturday, June 24, 2006 in Amherst, MA. Master callers Lisa Greenleaf and Brad Foster will lead sessions on a variety of topics that are pertinent to callers attending the event. Topics might include the language of teaching figures, how to get to the next level as a caller, communicating with the band, teaching and calling challenging contras, etc. You may request other topics when you register. There will also be time to meet other callers and discover ways you can support each other in strengthening your calling abilities. One session will offer tools for giving and receiving feedback. All participants will have the opportunity to call a dance and receive feedback, either during the day or at a public contra dance that evening. Live music will be provided by fiddlers Amy Larkin and Shirley White with Linda Henry on piano. This will be a small, pilot program, with room for a maximum of 25 callers. CDSS expects that this workshop will be very popular and that it will be oversubscribed. They will have a lottery of all registrations received by February 20. So register ASAP! To register, visit www.cdss.org/workshop.html or contact Linda Henry at 413-268-7426 x 105 or linda(a)cdss.org. Cost: $100 for CDSS members, $115 for non-members. Scholarships are available.