Organizers December 2016

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by Marie-Michèle Fournier via Organizers

Hi all, Both Montreal and Ottawa have seen lower attendance this fall and we got word that it's similar in Brooklyn. Are any other local dances seeing this too? Any idea what might be causing this? Since it happens to both Canadian and American cities I doubt it's the political climate. Thanks, Marie ContraMontreal

7 years

Cancellation Policies

by via Organizers

Hi all, In Rochester NY we are often blessed with unpredictably significant quantities of snow over a short time. Generally speaking, it is known by 3pm if the evening dance will cancelled due to weather. We are reviewing our procedures for canceling the dance, and wondered what other communities do to: 0) Decide if a dance should be cancelled? We are thinking of basing it off Winter Storm Warning by National Weather Service 1) Let the community know the dance is cancelled Easier if everyone knows to check for a Winter Storm Warning... But post on website, and facebook event page are also done here 2) Compensate performers who have arrived or are en-route when the dance is cancelled. In particular, touring performers who may be in the city on their way to the next gig... Any thoughts are appreciated. Bob Fabinski

7 years, 11 months

Cancellation Policies

by Mark Jones via Organizers

Here's an after-the-event musician perspective, on a non-snow, but icy-post-midnight travel, with high humidity (dew point) at altitude and declining temperature, just below freezing 25+ miles away from the dance. ~Mark Jones (Concord Massachusetts) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mark Jones <markjones(a)busybusy.org> Date: Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 9:22 PM Subject: Fwd: [pvcd] OT - Gofundme for Ann Percival's medical expenses To: Boston Area Contra Community <BostonAreaContraCommunity(a)yahoogroups.com> Greetings, Ann Percival and David Canteini were in a car accident in which their car rolled over several times, on the way home to western Massachusetts after the Wild Asparagus dance at the Concord Scout House dance on Friday night, December 2nd. News and link below, for the Gofundme page for raising funds for Anne Percival's medical and home-care expenses. ~Mark Jones ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ted Soulos soulost(a)arps.org [pvcd] <pvcd(a)yahoogroups.com> Date: Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 12:33 PM Subject: [pvcd] OT - Gofundme for Ann Percival's medical expenses To: "Orin Nisenson orin@nisen." <pvcd(a)yahoogroups.com> Hi all, I'm sharing the link to a Gofundme page raising funds for Anne Percival's medical expenses: https://www.gofundme.com/ann- percivals-medical-expenses?ssid=835523030&pos=1 She was in a car accident recently and had some fairly serious injuries. I know musicians are often self insured and that their medical expenses are often higher than those for people covered by workplace insurance. Ann is the guitar, keyboard, vocalist for perhaps my very favorite dance band, Wild Asparagus. I contributed this morning. See you on the dance floor. TED __._,_.___ ------------------------------ Posted by: Ted Soulos <soulost(a)arps.org> ------------------------------ Visit Your Group <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/pvcd/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJlaHIydGk3BF9TAzk3…> - New Members <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/pvcd/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZzhiZ25hB…> 1 [image: Yahoo! Groups] <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJkb2pwc3BwBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkA…> • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • Unsubscribe <pvcd-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> __,_._,___

7 years, 11 months

Catapult 2017 looking for bands and callers

by Rob Harper via Organizers

Catapult is built to bring the best ready-to-be-discovered contra talent together for one fantastic festival over Memorial Day Weekend. Have any favorite bands or callers on stage in your local haunts that are ready to break onto the national circuit? Let them know. Let me know. For all the details check out www.catapultshowcase.com. ciao, rah -- Rob Harper thatrobharper(a)gmail.com (404) 307-3444

7 years, 11 months

word clouds attached

by Emily Addison via Organizers

Here are a few examples of possibilities.... just starting to play with forms and fonts. I hope they come through. Emily

7 years, 12 months

contra word clouds - thanks and update!

by Emily Addison via Organizers

Hi fellow organizers! Thanks for all the help brainstorming words.... wow... there were some grand ideas. 'Tis much appreciated. :) I've started playing with word clouds in wordle.net and wanted to share my progress as it's pretty darn cool. I'll attach a few jpgs of the word clouds in a follow-up email as I think they may get removed from my message. In case you want to try making dance clouds too, here's what I did: - I couldn't run wordle in chrome so had to pull out explorer and update java - I used one of the 'advanced' options where you could select size and hex coding. The list of words with coding is below. (I used the following website for the colour/greyscale choices http://htmlcolorcodes.com/) The following text seemed to be best outside of the word cloud itself so that it was really clear. - All dances taught - No partner needed - No experience needed - All are welcome - absolutely no lessons required! (there's a beginner lesson at 7:30 which helps but is not necessary) The words and coding I used are below. :) Emily CONTRA~DANCE:500:000000 always~live~music:300:000000 living~tradition:300:000000 vibrant:100:000000 welcoming!:300:000000 try~it!:300:000000 all~ages:200:000000 joy:300:000000 smiles:200:000000 super~fun:300:5E5E5E community-spirited:200:5E5E5E participatory:200:5E5E5E very~simple~footwork:100:5E5E5E social~dance:300:A1A1A1 trad~fiddle~tunes:200:A1A1A1 inclusive:100:A1A1A1 lively:300:A1A1A1 all levels dance together:100:A1A1A1 delight:300:A1A1A1 connection:100:A1A1A1 move:300:A1A1A1 celebrate:100:A1A1A1

7 years, 12 months

Re: [Organizers] Organizers Digest, Vol 26, Issue 19

by Eric Gidseg via Organizers

One of the tools that I've used in the past is "Wordle". What's cool about it is that it accentuates words used more frequently. It would mean (for example) asking your dancers to respond to a prompt like, "Contra dancing is...". Then put all the responses into a document and paste that into Wordle. The result is usually quite striking. Of course you could just generate the text yourself. I suspect that you all know about this but I thought it was time to weigh in :-P What else does a Jewish boy do on Christmas Day? A joyous holiday of your choice to all of you! Eric G. Highland, NY On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 4:09 PM, via Organizers < organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Send Organizers mailing list submissions to > organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/organizers- > sharedweight.net > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > organizers-request(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > organizers-owner(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Organizers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Word cloud words for a contra poster??? > (JD Erskine via Organizers) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2016 20:10:50 -0800 > From: JD Erskine via Organizers <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> > To: organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > Subject: Re: [Organizers] Word cloud words for a contra poster??? > Message-ID: <585DF54A.3080005(a)shaw.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 2016-12-22 1216, Emily Addison via Organizers wrote: > > Hi fellow organizers :) > > snips > > > Things like... community, super fun, great exercise, live music.... > > > Any ideas for words you find sell the experience???? ??? > > Nice idea. > > > Has anyone made a contra word cloud before???? > > No, simply used a few related words in event descriptions or on posters. > > Keywords/tags used here: > > Fun > Live music > All dances taught > or > All dances taught & prompted > or > Dances taught on the spot > Try it! > Intro session > Bring your friends > > Sometimes: > > Tea & goodies > Real Ale > 50/50 Raffle > > as appropriate, natch. > > Some events here use All Ages as a tag, which in BC is also code for a > dry/no-bar event. > > > :) > > Emily in Ottawa > > Cheers, John > -- > J.D. Erskine > Victoria, BC > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Organizers mailing list > Organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/organizers-sharedweight.net > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Organizers Digest, Vol 26, Issue 19 > ****************************************** >

7 years, 12 months

Word cloud words for a contra poster???

by Emily Addison via Organizers

Hi fellow organizers :) In Ottawa, we're working on a new poster ... the kind you put up around town to try to attract to people who have never heard about contra before. Yes, not nearly as effective as word of mouth but we'd like to give it good shot! The thing we're struggling with is how to communicate what contra dance is in a way that will grab the uninitiated. This was raised by Marie-Michelle on the list earlier this year... ... 'what's the elevator pitch'???? Our current plan is to create a word cloud somewhat like this: http://coedtech.hdesd.org/2012/09/10/word-clouds-are-a-simple-way-to-visual… We're looking for words to populate the cloud, mostly wanting to avoid unfamiliar words (e.g., many of the figures etc) but instead go for words that really sell the experience and that would attract brand new people. Things like... community, super fun, great exercise, live music.... Any ideas for words you find sell the experience???? ??? Has anyone made a contra word cloud before???? :) Emily in Ottawa

7 years, 12 months

Re: [Organizers] Organizers Digest, Vol 26, Issue 17

by djw8888 . via Organizers

Hi, Emily. Haven't created a cloud before but here are a few words to consider: connect, contemporary, traditional, meet, join in, flow, listen, move, walk, V02, formation, commemorate, celebrate, endorphins, oxytocin, touch, eye contact, family-oriented, friendly, inclusive, welcoming Have fun, Denise Wenner (Houston Houston Area Dance Society - HATDS) PS My first contra experience was in Ottawa. :-) On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 3:08 PM, via Organizers < organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Send Organizers mailing list submissions to > organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/organizers- > sharedweight.net > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > organizers-request(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > organizers-owner(a)lists.sharedweight.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Organizers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Word cloud words for a contra poster??? > (Emily Addison via Organizers) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 15:16:36 -0500 > From: Emily Addison via Organizers <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> > To: organizers shared weight <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> > Subject: [Organizers] Word cloud words for a contra poster??? > Message-ID: > <CAD7WKUWPbLtSErwNsjTMgRgeD48v13-+2RjcWfJuO_fou4D9Sw@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi fellow organizers :) > > In Ottawa, we're working on a new poster ... the kind you put up around > town to try to attract to people who have never heard about contra before. > Yes, not nearly as effective as word of mouth but we'd like to give it good > shot! > > The thing we're struggling with is how to communicate what contra dance is > in a way that will grab the uninitiated. This was raised by Marie-Michelle > on the list earlier this year... ... 'what's the elevator pitch'???? > > Our current plan is to create a word cloud somewhat like this: > http://coedtech.hdesd.org/2012/09/10/word-clouds-are-a- > simple-way-to-visualize-class-discussions/ > > We're looking for words to populate the cloud, mostly wanting to avoid > unfamiliar words (e.g., many of the figures etc) but instead go for words > that really sell the experience and that would attract brand new people. > > Things like... community, super fun, great exercise, live music.... > > Any ideas for words you find sell the experience???? ??? > > Has anyone made a contra word cloud before???? > > :) > Emily in Ottawa >

7 years, 12 months

Re: [Organizers] Word cloud words for a contra poster???

by via Organizers

Great idea! We like to say that dancing is "Friendship set to Music!" That may be too many words, but...it says a lot! Single words suggestions - Rhythmic Musical Addicting Choreographed Taught Traditional Modern Good luck! Ben Allbrandt Newport News VA ---- Emily Addison via Organizers <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hi fellow organizers :) > > In Ottawa, we're working on a new poster ... the kind you put up around > town to try to attract to people who have never heard about contra before. > Yes, not nearly as effective as word of mouth but we'd like to give it good > shot! > > The thing we're struggling with is how to communicate what contra dance is > in a way that will grab the uninitiated. This was raised by Marie-Michelle > on the list earlier this year... ... 'what's the elevator pitch'???? > > Our current plan is to create a word cloud somewhat like this: > http://coedtech.hdesd.org/2012/09/10/word-clouds-are-a-simple-way-to-visual… > > We're looking for words to populate the cloud, mostly wanting to avoid > unfamiliar words (e.g., many of the figures etc) but instead go for words > that really sell the experience and that would attract brand new people. > > Things like... community, super fun, great exercise, live music.... > > Any ideas for words you find sell the experience???? ??? > > Has anyone made a contra word cloud before???? > > :) > Emily in Ottawa

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