29 Jul
2009
29 Jul
'09
5:56 p.m.
Hello,
Some friends have asked me to call some contra dances at their wedding.
There will be lots of dancers in the crowd, but not everyone will be
familiar with contra.
I've put together a schedule for my portion of the evening, two contra sets
bracketing the cake cutting and some international folk dance and Klesmer
(I'm only responsible for the contra).
I'm planning on ~ 5 minutes to find partners and teach dances, and running
the dances for ~10 minutes. The exception being the circle mixer after the
snowball waltz, where folks keep there last waltz parter and move into a
circle and teach the circle mixer quickly (~2 minutes) to keep people on the
dance floor.
The program is available as a google document at *http://tinyurl.com/mqlwa6.
*I'd appreciate any feedback folks want to share, and would request comments
to me off-list to avoid clogging inboxes. (I'll add know that Star Trek was
specifically requested by the bride.)
Thanks!
--
Luke Donev
http://www.lukedonev.com
Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com
29 Jul
29 Jul
6:08 p.m.
Hi Luke,
Just one quick observation -
You may want to allocate 10 minutes for teaching the dances (make them simple but fun) and
5 minutes for dancing. 10 minutes of dancing 1 dance may be a bit much for the non-contra
dancers who will be participating, since they are not used to dancing, and more teaching
time may also be required. Havent had a chance to look at the program, but wanted to make
you aware of what I have already found in calling wedding dances myself. Unless it is all
dancers, keep it simple and short. If you do the Fan Dance you can run that a long time.
That one traditionally runs long.
Dave Colestock
www.davecolestock.com
www.frolicinthefall.freeservers.com
--- On Wed, 7/29/09, Luke Donev <luke.donev(a)gmail.com> wrote:
From: Luke Donev <luke.donev(a)gmail.com>
Subject: [Callers] requesting wedding program feedback
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 6:56 PM
Hello,
Some friends have asked me to call some contra dances at
their wedding.
There will be lots of dancers in the crowd, but not
everyone will be
familiar with contra.
I've put together a schedule for my portion of the evening,
two contra sets
bracketing the cake cutting and some international folk
dance and Klesmer
(I'm only responsible for the contra).
I'm planning on ~ 5 minutes to find partners and teach
dances, and running
the dances for ~10 minutes. The exception being the circle
mixer after the
snowball waltz, where folks keep there last waltz parter
and move into a
circle and teach the circle mixer quickly (~2 minutes) to
keep people on the
dance floor.
The program is available as a google document at *http://tinyurl.com/mqlwa6.
*I'd appreciate any feedback folks want to share, and would
request comments
to me off-list to avoid clogging inboxes. (I'll add know
that Star Trek was
specifically requested by the bride.)
Thanks!
--
Luke Donev
http://www.lukedonev.com
Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com
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31 Jul
31 Jul
8:26 a.m.
Hi, Luke--
I've been following this discussion on the sharedweight listserve with interest, but
thought I'd just reply privately, rather than to the whole listserve. I do agree with
Linda Leslie, that it's better to err on the side of having dances be too easy rather
than too hard for the crowd. I believe that the most important thing is for folks to feel
joyous and celebratory--which is much easier to achieve and maintain when everyone's
succeeding on the dance floor. That said, maybe you could tweak your program so that the
pre-cake dances are for everyone (i.e., easy dances, like whole-set dances and circles),
and the post-cake dances are for "those who know"?
I'll bet it'll be a fabulous event, and I wish you much success in calling for it.
See you in Ithaca soon,
Katy
---- Luke Donev <luke.donev(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
Some friends have asked me to call some contra dances at their wedding.
There will be lots of dancers in the crowd, but not everyone will be
familiar with contra.
I've put together a schedule for my portion of the evening, two contra sets
bracketing the cake cutting and some international folk dance and Klesmer
(I'm only responsible for the contra).
I'm planning on ~ 5 minutes to find partners and teach dances, and running
the dances for ~10 minutes. The exception being the circle mixer after the
snowball waltz, where folks keep there last waltz parter and move into a
circle and teach the circle mixer quickly (~2 minutes) to keep people on the
dance floor.
The program is available as a google document at *http://tinyurl.com/mqlwa6.
*I'd appreciate any feedback folks want to share, and would request comments
to me off-list to avoid clogging inboxes. (I'll add know that Star Trek was
specifically requested by the bride.)
Thanks!
--
Luke Donev
http://www.lukedonev.com
Luke.Donev(a)gmail.com
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