I received this note a couple of days ago. I am not qualified to answer it, but I know there are many people here who could help. I gave her a limited response and offered to help her out with SharedWeight - she asked me to post here for her. You can email her directly or I will forward any posted responses. Thanks, Cary Ravitz " My name is Sr. Mary Joseph and I am Catholic Sister who is very new at calling dances. I'm not sure if the dances I do know are even contras technically. I am pretty much working with the families who come here to Mass and am looking to add to the ten or so dances that they already know. Here are a few of our dances. -The Virginia Reel - The Bridge of Athlone - Heel & Toe Polka - Oh Suzanna I have had success learning dances off a few YouTube videos especially the set from Mark Geslison and Geoff Groberg. I have a very hard time deciphering dances that are simply written out on some web sites. If I knew the jargon a little better, I'm sure that would be a huge resourse. Right now, I think I need to see it. Because you have a much better idea about the world of contra dancing/ folk dancing than I do, I was hoping you could point me in the right direction. Do you know of any websites that have lots of videos of the dances? I could probably invest in a set of DVD's if I new it was going to be helpful. Is there someone I could call with my questions? I unfortunately do not have much time to dedicate to developing this skill, but I figure a little improvement would be better than none. Thank you for your time. May God bless you. " Sister Mary Joseph <smjmicm2004(a)gmail.com> -- Cary Ravitz ravitz(a)ravitz.us