Hi Amy and all,
I’m a new family dance (and contra) caller. I’d love to see your new inspired program, as I don’t have an archive of Shared Weight emails YET.
I’d love to hear about other folks favorite family/community dances? (I know the Spiral, basic CL, CR, in/out, Sasha, longways from a few books)
I get to call for our son’s nature class, which has preschool up to adults. And it’s outside, WITHOUT amplification….
I also get to call at our local contra during the break, as we are a Sunday afternoon dance and families show up with kids!
Thanks for sharing!
Claire Takemori (Campbell CA)
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Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 17:14:48 -0400
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It's 5:00. At 7:30 tonight I'll be calling a dance for about 150 Putney
School teens freshly-returned from their Long Fall wilderness trips.
They'll be smelly and exuberant.
An hour ago at 4:00 I was planning my program and had a sudden wave of
"Gosh, I'm sick of my own material."
You know how it's easy to stick to the tried-and-true favorites you *know*
will work?
But once in a while your repertoire starts to feel like the pillowcase when
you've been stuck sick in bed for too long? You turn it over and over but
you can't find a fresh cool spot anymore?
So I went to my gmail <sharedweight> archive, typed in "circle mixer",
browsed a bunch of old threads, and am now going out the door freshly
invigorated.
What a vital, valuable, inspiring community this is.
Thanks, all of you.
Amy
On Sat, Sep 10, 2016, Amy Cann via Callers wrote:
>
> So I went to my gmail <sharedweight> archive, typed in "circle mixer",
> browsed a bunch of old threads, and am now going out the door freshly
> invigorated.
>
> What a vital, valuable, inspiring community this is.
>
> Thanks, all of you.
Yay!
--
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<*> <*> <*>
Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html
It's 5:00. At 7:30 tonight I'll be calling a dance for about 150 Putney
School teens freshly-returned from their Long Fall wilderness trips.
They'll be smelly and exuberant.
An hour ago at 4:00 I was planning my program and had a sudden wave of
"Gosh, I'm sick of my own material."
You know how it's easy to stick to the tried-and-true favorites you *know*
will work?
But once in a while your repertoire starts to feel like the pillowcase when
you've been stuck sick in bed for too long? You turn it over and over but
you can't find a fresh cool spot anymore?
So I went to my gmail <sharedweight> archive, typed in "circle mixer",
browsed a bunch of old threads, and am now going out the door freshly
invigorated.
What a vital, valuable, inspiring community this is.
Thanks, all of you.
Amy
Maia:
The first dance is Missing Duck by Erik Hoffman.
The Country Doctor's Reel goes:
A1. 4,4 Neighbor balance, turn to R
4,4 Neighbor balance, turn to R
A2. 4,4 Neighbor balance, turn to R
4,4 Neighbor balance, box the gnat
B1. 4,4 Neighbor pull by R, ladies pull by L
8 Partner swing
B2. 8 Long lines forward and back
8 Ladies chain to neighbor
In A1/A2 neighbors take R hands, balance, and do a Petronella turn ¼ to the R. After three such balances the ladies are back to back facing out.
Bob
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From: Callers <callers-bounces(a)lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Maia McCormick via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2016 1:14:43 PM
To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] Name that dance/dance that name!
Was going through an old notebook and found the following scribblings. Can anyone help identify them, or put choreography to the name?
Many thanks,
Maia
#1, becket
A1: circle L 3/4 and pass through
new ladies alle. L 1/2, partner alle. R 3/4 to long wave
A2: Rory O'Moore
B1: ladies start full hey by L shoulder
B2: partner b&s
#2, improper
A1: (w/ new Ns) star R
N spiral
A2: ladies cross, gents follow to swing N
B1: gents alle. L 1 1/2
swing P
B2: ladies chain
star L to new Ns
#3, Country Doctor's Reel, by Merilee Karr
Was going through an old notebook and found the following scribblings. Can
anyone help identify them, or put choreography to the name?
Many thanks,
Maia
#1, becket
A1: circle L 3/4 and pass through
new ladies alle. L 1/2, partner alle. R 3/4 to long wave
A2: Rory O'Moore
B1: ladies start full hey by L shoulder
B2: partner b&s
#2, improper
A1: (w/ new Ns) star R
N spiral
A2: ladies cross, gents follow to swing N
B1: gents alle. L 1 1/2
swing P
B2: ladies chain
star L to new Ns
#3, Country Doctor's Reel, by Merilee Karr
On Tue, Sep 06, 2016, Maia McCormick via Callers wrote:
>
> Though Tavi, I wonder, would your proposal here be equally as effective if
> we called more gents' right-hand chains? Even as an experienced dancer I
> find the left-hand chain counterintuitive, and yes it would be second
> nature if we did it a lot, but as far as points about having too much to
> teach beginners already, I would expect it to be easier for everyone to
> learn the other part of a move and a flow they already know than a
> different move entirely (i.e. I would rather endeavor to teach beginners a
> gents' right-hand chain than a gents' left-hand chain).
This gets my support much more than trying to teach left-handed chains.
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Regarding the Sennheiser:
Headpiece: ME3-ew
Belt pack and receiver: ew 100 G3
I like the headpiece because it stays in place, the sound quality of the system is excellent and I have never had a problem with it in 8 -10 years.
Also, I recently purchased a "Compact Powered PA System" by the name of SRM 150. It weighs maybe 10 pounds, I can lift it with one finger, and the one speaker sounds great and fills a big room.
Jill
I sent this last week but got a message from Dave Casserly telling me
the message had been marked as spam, so I'm guessing it mostly
disappeared into everyone's lint filter. I've read the previous threads
on headsets going back to 2014 and there aren't a lot of specifics.
JoLaine, if you're reading this, I'd love to know what model you use.
You mentioned that it was a Shure and that you loved it. And Rich
Sbardella mentioned last year that his Shure had been giving him
trouble. Rich, what model is yours, and are you happy with your
replacement?
Here's the mail from last week, to get those of you who didn't see it on
the same page with those who did:
Hi all
I was just working a wedding gig and my old Samson headset mic crapped
out. If the piano player hadn't had hers along, I would have been in
serious trouble. Time for a new and more reliable headset mic. I use
my hands a LOT when I'm doing ONS gigs, so a handheld cordless isn't an
option for me.
I'd love recommendations from any of you about specific models to look
at. I'm planning to plow the funds from this wedding and some of my
caller piggy bank into a new mic, so I want something that's really good
quality. It doesn't have to be tiny and invisible, but it does need to
be reliable and sturdy. If it doesn't have a belt pack that's a plus,
but it seems like most of the good-quality headset mics have belt packs.
I'll deal with it if that's the best bet. So, recommendations?
For reference, the one I was working with was a Samson Airline 77, often
referred to as the "aerobic instructor mic." It had the transmitter on
the headset, so there were no wires or belt pack, and it worked just
fine for a long time until suddenly it didn't. I would like to hear
what folks are using who rely on a headset mic for their calling gigs.
Kalia Kliban in Sebastopol, CA
Hi Kalia,
I use a Countryman Associates hands free headset. Countryman is very high
performance company that many professionals speakers and performers use.
You can contact them directly to ask questions. Their web site is
http://www.countryman.com/
I have been using their Isomax headset with my Shure PGX1 wireless
transmitter for years now.
Hope this was helpful. Good luck.
Joe De Paolo
In a message dated 9/5/2016 11:12:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net writes:
I sent this last week but got a message from Dave Casserly telling me
the message had been marked as spam, so I'm guessing it mostly
disappeared into everyone's lint filter. I've read the previous threads
on headsets going back to 2014 and there aren't a lot of specifics.
JoLaine, if you're reading this, I'd love to know what model you use.
You mentioned that it was a Shure and that you loved it. And Rich
Sbardella mentioned last year that his Shure had been giving him
trouble. Rich, what model is yours, and are you happy with your
replacement?
Here's the mail from last week, to get those of you who didn't see it on
the same page with those who did:
Hi all
I was just working a wedding gig and my old Samson headset mic crapped
out. If the piano player hadn't had hers along, I would have been in
serious trouble. Time for a new and more reliable headset mic. I use
my hands a LOT when I'm doing ONS gigs, so a handheld cordless isn't an
option for me.
I'd love recommendations from any of you about specific models to look
at. I'm planning to plow the funds from this wedding and some of my
caller piggy bank into a new mic, so I want something that's really good
quality. It doesn't have to be tiny and invisible, but it does need to
be reliable and sturdy. If it doesn't have a belt pack that's a plus,
but it seems like most of the good-quality headset mics have belt packs.
I'll deal with it if that's the best bet. So, recommendations?
For reference, the one I was working with was a Samson Airline 77, often
referred to as the "aerobic instructor mic." It had the transmitter on
the headset, so there were no wires or belt pack, and it worked just
fine for a long time until suddenly it didn't. I would like to hear
what folks are using who rely on a headset mic for their calling gigs.
Kalia Kliban in Sebastopol, CA
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