Our club (in NW pf England) uses CDs and 2 of us take the club collection each week. I also take many books, the most useful is The Country Dance Club Book, with instructions for many often called dances, Ceilidh, Playford, and Contra, graded for difficulty. It also has useful tip about calling. I have just lent it to someone who has call 1 dance at our party, with the warning that it needs to be here again next Monday.
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Yup. We had a band no show once as well
We keep an ”emergency pack” on site in Kalamazoo. Callers cards basic to standard. Contra length danceable recordings. Portable player and speaker.
Laurie PWest Michigan
On Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 1:14 PM, Gary Shapiro via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
_______________________________________________I haven't been a contra caller for many years, but last night I dreamt I was at a dance and the caller did not show up. There were no other callers in attendance. So I got up there wondering what dances I knew by heart. I think I knew how A Nice Combination went. Then I woke up and thought about it some more. I decided that every dance venue should keep a dance program, with instructions, somewhere.
Gary in Santa Barbara
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