I've been having such trouble sending and receiving emails that my hosting company will shortly be moving everything to
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Colin Hume
The deadline to apply for a music or caller scholarship is tomorrow,
November 21st! All applications need to be received by midnight tomorrow.
Here's the direct link to the application. Check it out if you are
interested. It will be an excellent weekend to attend whether awarded the
scholarship or not!
https://www.neffa.org/ralph-page/ralph-page-scholarship/
A new organisation, the English Dance Callers Association, has been formed to run courses for Club Callers in England.
If you're a Club Caller who would like to improve your calling and thereby improve the standard of dancing at your club, this is
for you!
The organisation was formed by Judith De Witt, who is not a caller but is the Chairman of the Friends of Cecil Sharp House and the
Chairman of Eastbourne International Folk Dance Festival.
The tutors other than myself are:
Robert Moir, a well-known caller particularly of Playford-style dances.
Hazel Moir, also a caller and a dance composer - her best-known dance is White Wheat.
Victoria Yeomans, a well-known caller and musician.
Dave Yeomans, who with Victoria forms the band "Deo Volente" which can be seen performing at festivals and dances up and down the
country.
Bernie Culkin, an up-and-coming young caller who co-founded the Malvern Playford Ball and has now moved up to Cheshire.
Bernie, Hazel and Robert are members of the Pat Shaw Legacy Group which organised many events in the Pat Shaw centenary year.
The first running of the course will be in the Nottingham area, starting on Sunday 5th January 2019.
To find out more and download an application form, please visit our website at http://edca.info
Colin Hume
Email colin(a)colinhume.com Web site http://colinhume.com
Hi all,
Has anyone had any success at getting new people along to
dances by using Twitter or Instagram?
If so, please do you have any advice on:
How to get started?
What sort of material to post?
Who to Follow to see some successful usage?
Thanks.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
940 574
http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive Events & DVDs
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
Cold and flu season is on us. Where is the line between cancelling on a gig and forging ahead despite how I feel? I guess it’s a matter of how composed I can be and how quiet I can keep my conditions from the dancers. Medication can help, but can interfere with safe driving.
If I feel I must cancel, what’s the right amount of notice to give? Who finds the replacement if I have to cancel?
Hi, John,
The Instagram associated with my dance community has had some success in
promoting our dance. It also caught the eye of a local business who ended
up sponsoring us for a short while when we were new.
Because I don't manage it or use Instagram at all myself, I can't say
anything about getting started. What I can say is that because Instagram
is for photos, you need someone who can take good photos. It also helps if
the person managing the profile has an understanding of relevant hashtags
to use.
Here's the link: https://www.instagram.com/portlandintowncontradance/
Good luck!
Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
dugan at duganmurphy.comwww.DuganMurphy.comwww.PortlandIntownContraDance.comwww.NufSed.consulting
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> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:59:07 -0000
> From: "John Sweeney" <john(a)modernjive.com>
> To: <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Subject: [Callers] Twitter and Instagram for Contra Dance Marketing
> Message-ID: <001501d47d9b$658adff0$30a09fd0$(a)modernjive.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone had any success at getting new people along to
> dances by using Twitter or Instagram?
>
>
>
> If so, please do you have any advice on:
>
> How to get started?
>
> What sort of material to post?
>
> Who to Follow to see some successful usage?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> Happy dancing,
>
> John
>
>
>
> John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
> 940 574
>
> http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive Events & DVDs
>
>
> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
>
Looks like a variation of my The Amazing Becky Cohen. One version that I call is (and it’s in indifferent or progressed improper):
A1. Men all. Left 1 1/2
Swing P
A2 circle left 3/4 swing N
B1 chain, bal. P square thru 2
B2. Bal. next neighbor, box, do si do.
Tom Hinds
Sent from my iPad
> On Nov 12, 2018, at 8:38 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Hello Friends,
> I am looking for the name and composer of this dance. Can you help?
>
> Becket
> A1 CL 3/4, N Swg
> A2 LL, P RH Balance, Pull P Right, Pull N Left
> B1 Along Line, RH Bal, Box Gnat, Gents Alle L 1-1/2
> B2 P B&S
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
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Hello Friends,
I am looking for the name and composer of this dance. Can you help?
Becket
A1 CL 3/4, N Swg
A2 LL, P RH Balance, Pull P Right, Pull N Left
B1 Along Line, RH Bal, Box Gnat, Gents Alle L 1-1/2
B2 P B&S
Thanks,
Rich
Dear Northeast Dance Organizers*,
We’re writing with an update on Puttin’ On the Dance (POTD)*. As many of
you know, planning had begun for a third POTD conference, but for various
reasons, including illness of loved ones, those plans were postponed. The
Puttin’ On the Dance Advisory Board is grateful to that team, especially
Dela Murphy and Coral Breuer, for their enthusiasm and hard work on behalf
of dance organizers in the Northeast.
Today, we are pleased to announce that Lisa Sieverts will chair a committee
to put on POTD-3, sometime in 2020 in the Northeastern US.
A project manager by trade, Lisa has organized dances in Boise ID, Nelson
NH, and Peterborough NH and she worked closely with Larry Jennings on his
book, Give-and-Take. She is also on the board of the Monadnock Folklore
Society. Lisa attended POTD-1 and believes strongly in the POTD mission.
We’re thrilled to have her at the helm!
In July 2019, we will send out a call for folks to join the organizing team
for POTD-3. If you have ideas, enthusiasm, or questions before then, please
contact the advisory board at puttinonthedance(a)gmail.com .
For ongoing support for dance organizers:
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Shared Weight Organizers List -- online discussion forum
sharedweight.net/
<http://www.sharedweight.net/index.php?pagestate=org_about>
-
Shop Talk -- a quarterly email from the Country Dance and Song Society
(CDSS) with news and resources for organizers bit.ly/2sqQr4B
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CDSS Organizers Resource Portal -- includes archives from POTD-1 and
POTD-2 cdss.org/resources/how-to/organizers-resources
<https://www.cdss.org/resources/how-to/organizers-resources>
Yours in traditional social dance,
Puttin’ On the Dance Advisory Board
Emily Addison – chair POTD-2
Chrissy Fowler – co-chair POTD-1
Linda Henry – co-chair POTD-1 and CDSS Liaison
puttinonthedance.org <http://www.puttinonthedance.org>
*POTD is a conference that convenes organizers in the Northeastern US and
Eastern Canada who produce dance events in the North American and English
social dance traditions (e.g., Cape Breton, community, contra, English
country, family, gender free, Quebecois, and square). The objective of this
weekend event is to provide resources and opportunities for learning,
sharing, renewal, and fun! This will strengthen networks for sustaining
dance organizers, who in turn sustain important traditions of participatory
social dance throughout our region.
--
puttinonthedance.orgfacebook.com/PuttinOnTheDance
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