For those interested in dance documentaries, the full video produced by Great Meadow (of which that YouTube is an excerpt) has some interesting perspectives and theories. I saw the "opening" at the Peterborough NH Town Hall, back in the day.

David Millstone has made several excellent dance-related videos, especially ones about influential leaders (callers, musicians, etc). I highly recommend all of them, including the sweet one about his local dance scene in the Upper Valley of NH/VT. https://davidmillstonedance.com/video

There's also a lovely video about the Coos Bay Oregon scene, made by Doug Plummer, and featuring organizer and leader, Stacy Rose.

And newly out (and by all accounts excellent) film by Larry Edelman about Jere & Greg Canote: https://thecanotetwins.com/

And of course there's Phil Jamison's excellent book, which offers thoroughly-researched historical context.

http://www.philjamison.com/hoedowns-reels-and-frolics/

Cheers,

Chrissy Fowler

Belfast ME

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From: Heitzso via Organizers <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 8:18:25 AM
To: organizers@lists.sharedweight.net <organizers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Organizers] Re: Attracting young dancers

That drop in contra dancing after the Civil War is nicely documented in

"A Short History of Contra" on YouTube here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG6vVoiFT9c

If you haven't watched that video I strongly (!!!) recommend watching it.
Yes, contra has survived, but it went through several rough patches.
I had lived on a commune (hippy) and, coming back to Atlanta,
found contra dancing something I could make sense of.
(That sentence will make sense after watching the video.)

:)
Heitzso

> Purely for amusement, I offer this article from 1895 titled "Decline in
> Dancing"
> https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40820357/an_1895_analysis_of_the_decline_in
>
> Dave
>
>
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