Hi, Claire, I've done only a tiny amount of calling for the family dance crowd, but from what I've seen of the New England Dance Masters material and Marion Rose's material, and from seeing the authors in action either live or on video, I'd second both of Rich's recommendations. Another resource worth looking at is Dudley Laufman's _Traditional Barn Dances and Calling_, which comes packaged with two CD's of music (called and uncalled) and a DVD showing some of the dances. See http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/traditional-barn-dances-… SF Bay area caller Erik Hoffman has a book called "Old-Time Dance Calling for Weddings, Parties, and One-Night Stands" http://www.erikhoffman.com/otdancebk.html If you get in touch with him and tell more about the group you're expecting to call for (What age-range of home-schoolers? Will a bunch of their younger siblings be there?), he might advise you as to how much of the material in it would be suitable for you. Cheers, --Jim callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: Family/Community Dance. I cannot say enough good about this material. dances and CDs with family friendly dances. series, are tune specific. Campbell's dancing for busy people blog and the BDPLS (Beginner Dance Party Leaders Seminar) channel on youtube. callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: July). And my goal is to offer calling for Family dances to help spread folk music/dance in our community. (maybe College contras, but that’s a different thread) community. I was hoping to offer a page of INTERESTING , Kid-friendly, FUN info, activities, links in case someone wants to delve further into the history, dance or music. together from scrap. And I don’t know enough yet to figure out the history. I’m learning as I go! _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net