The Triangle Country Dancers Callers Collective will be sponsoring a callers' workshop with Carol Ormand, an amazing contra and square dance caller from Madison, WI. Carol has been calling traditional contra and square dances since the spring of 1990, and regularly calls at dances, weekends, and festivals all over the United States (and occasionally abroad). Since she moved to Madison, WI in 2005, she's also been playing fiddle for dances. The workshop will be held near Chapel Hill, NC the weekend of April 12-14. Carol will call for the 2nd Friday TCD dance in Carrboro (before which, I hope that many of the workshop participants can gather to have dinner and an informal conversation with Carol.) Saturday will be an all day workshop, followed by an evening contra dance, both of which will be hosted at Stephen Stiebel's house. Finally, on Sunday, we will have a wrap up and brunch to discuss what we've learned, how the dance went, and other topics that may come up. I will have a more complete description when I send out the official announcement in the next week or so. Right now, I just ask that if you're interested, you go ahead and get this on your calendar. I hope to see many of you there! Jack Mitchell