Organizers March 2018

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Ideas/resources on the benefits of contra (and generally trad social dance)

by Emily Addison

Hi fellow shared weight organizers :) I hope you're doing pretty well. It's snowing here in Ottawa but the red-wing blackbirds showed up in our yard this morning for the first time so spring is pushing through! I was wondering if any of you have resources that provide information on benefits of contra dance (or trad social dance generally). This could be as simple as your list of benefits, it could be newspaper articles, videos, scientific studies... or other! Why? It's interesting generally I thought we might all enjoy as tools for advocacy. However, the question initially came up for me as I am working on letter to our Finance Minister in Canada about some issues around non-profit taxing ($50,000 income we have to charge tax.... ugh... it's turned out to be quite difficult for our organizer which is all voolunteer run and already cash strapped.) Anyway --- would love to hear your ideas!!! :) :) :) I've also posted this question on the FB Organizers of contra dance group. So if you're on both, you'll likely see it there too. Thanks so much! Emily Addison in Ottawa

7 years, 2 months

CDSS news - US organizers survey + new organizers e-blast starting up

by Emily Addison

Hi fellow shared weight organizers, Some of you may have heard about this but I wanted to share some exciting organizer information from CDSS. *Please share it with other organizers in your area! *This information is for ANY traditional dance, music or song organizers (e.g., contra dance; old time jam sessions; scandinavian dance; trad song circles; etc). *SURVEY of TRADITIONAL DANCE, MUSIC and SONG ORGANIZERS in the US:* CDSS wants to hear from you in order to inform their work in supporting local organizers throughout the US! What you are organizing? What challenges do you face? What support/connections would help you in the work you do? CDSS recently conducted a study of Canadian organizers (article here <https://www.cdss.org/images/newsletter_archives/columns/CDSS_News_Spring_20…>) and has taken the findings to further improve their support of local organizers. The US survey available until April 13th: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DCSRMZG Note that multiple individuals from the same organization can fill out the survey. Please share widely with organizers in many traditions! *NEW CDSS E-MAIL BLASTS for ORGANIZERS* CDSS has just launched a new organizer email newsletter to support local organizers of traditional dance music and song. The e-news will be emailed out four times a year. Expect notifications about new resources, upcoming training opportunities, inspiring success stories and more. To join the email list, click here: https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001l2jBILRzRVh_qG9X8… Again - please spread widely! Emily Addison CDSS Canadian Initiative+

7 years, 2 months

Belfast Flying Shoes programming - Focus group discussion

by Chrissy Fowler

Here's a link to the blog post with the video from our January 31 outreach program (film at the Belfast Free Library followed by a focus group discussion with local teen dancers.) http://belfastflyingshoes.org/teens-talk-contra/ We're delighted to share the insights of these five teens; we deeply appreciate their contributions, as well as the support of the program's funders, co-sponsors, and recorders. For the Belfast Flying Shoes board of directors, Chrissy Fowler, secretary

7 years, 2 months

Belfast Flying Shoes programming - Focus group discussion

by Chrissy Fowler

7 years, 2 months

Re: [Organizers] Organizers Digest, Vol 38, Issue 3

by Emily Addison

Wow! Ammmaazing ideas so far. Thanks so much to Chrissy for that mass of articles + Jonathan and Jennifer too! Here is a link to the recent CDSS Canadian survey I was involved with. Pg 40 of the report relates to this question --- some nice quotes! https://www.cdss.org/images/community/CDSS-Canada-Organizer-Survey-Report-F… Here's what's come from the FB OCD group's discussion so far... more for folks to consider. :) [[[Others shared these]]]] http://goodtimes.sc/columns/wellness/santa-cruz-contra-dance/ http://www.southfloridacontradance.com/what-is-contra-dance https://www.pinterest.ca/canadiansquarea/impact-on-health/ https://www.pinterest.ca/canadiansquarea/press-contra/ https://www.pinterest.ca/canadiansquarea/contra-dance/ http://www.nhmagazine.com/September-2017/Swing-Shift/#.WgsFdHg5ANI.facebook https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/well/walk-stretch-or-dance-dancing-may-b… Emily On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 12:56 PM, <organizers-request(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. Ideas/resources on the benefits of contra (and generally trad > social dance) (Emily Addison) > 2. Re: Ideas/resources on the benefits of contra (and generally > trad social dance) (Jennifer Sordyl) > 3. Re: Ideas/resources on the benefits of contra (and generally > trad social dance) (Chrissy Fowler) > 4. Re: Ideas/resources on the benefits of contra (and generally > trad social dance) (Jonathan Sivier) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2018 11:33:56 -0500 > From: Emily Addison <emilyladdison(a)gmail.com> > To: organizers shared weight <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> > Subject: [Organizers] Ideas/resources on the benefits of contra (and > generally trad social dance) > Message-ID: > <CAD7WKUWmogjnBPMKjFSJkNPcEBao9AB3ewWk7u+=beehS+xFLg@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi fellow shared weight organizers :) > > I hope you're doing pretty well. It's snowing here in Ottawa but the > red-wing blackbirds showed up in our yard this morning for the first time > so spring is pushing through! > > I was wondering if any of you have resources that provide information on > benefits of contra dance (or trad social dance generally). This could be as > simple as your list of benefits, it could be newspaper articles, videos, > scientific studies... or other! > > Why? It's interesting generally I thought we might all enjoy as tools for > advocacy. However, the question initially came up for me as I am working > on letter to our Finance Minister in Canada about some issues around > non-profit taxing ($50,000 income we have to charge tax.... ugh... it's > turned out to be quite difficult for our organizer which is all voolunteer > run and already cash strapped.) Anyway --- would love to hear your > ideas!!! :) :) :) > > I've also posted this question on the FB Organizers of contra dance group. > So if you're on both, you'll likely see it there too. > > Thanks so much! > Emily Addison in Ottawa >

7 years, 2 months

organizer discussion at the dance flurry - notes focused on upping attendance

by Emily Addison

Hi All, Apologies for the delay in getting these out! Attached are the discussion notes from the dance flurry. It was a pretty great discussion! I found that I knew about some of the ideas but others were new or were tweaks to something we do in Ottawa but could do better. Hope you find some interesting ideas enclosed as well! :) Emily Addison in Ottawa

7 years, 2 months

Re: [Organizers] Ecd ball attendance

by Jeff Raymond

The 20th Annual New Year's Extravaganza in Topsham, Maine was about the same as last year but down by about a dozen people from the 18th. NYE. It has much to do with band and caller selection as it does weather and competing events. When we started we were the biggest New Year Dance deal in three states with a Pad Thai dinner for openers and 3 bands till 2 Am and had 140 people... But now there's marvelous contra fun to be had in lots of halls and that's OK. We had 85 dancers last time. So there's none data point for you. Jeff On Mar 5, 2018 10:16 PM, "Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Organizers" < organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: Are there any ball organizers on this list? If so, have you noticed any attendance trends? Someone mentioned to me today that they heard ball attendance was down this season. Thanks, Alex Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Organizers mailing list Organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/organizers-sharedweight.net

7 years, 2 months

Ecd ball attendance

by Alexandra Deis-Lauby

Are there any ball organizers on this list? If so, have you noticed any attendance trends? Someone mentioned to me today that they heard ball attendance was down this season. Thanks, Alex Sent from my iPhone

7 years, 2 months

NEFFA 2018 - Folk Organizers: Tech Power-Up!

by Don Veino

I'll be leading a discussion session at the 2018 New England Folk Festival addressing low or no-cost tech tools you can use to leverage the efforts of your limited volunteers towards greater effect. Have any great ideas to share? Let me know ahead of time and I'll try to ensure they're covered in the session materials or just come along and share in the session. It's on the grid for High School Rm. 177 -- 6:00pm to 6:50pm Saturday April 21 -- Festival session listing is at https://cgi.neffa.org/public/showevent.pl?E=S_1800_177 . I created a Facebook event for the session at https://www.facebook.com/events/179376749342433/ . Hope to see you there!

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