21 Sep
2022
21 Sep
'22
12:47 p.m.
I often harvest a touring band for a house concert gig. I’ve had Genticorum, Buddy System,
Syncopaths, Faux Paws, and Countercurrent all playing in my living room. The dance bands
love playing repertoire that they can’t play for a dance. I reach out to them, but what
would be useful is a database of house concert hosts willing to hear from touring artists.
Or at least a way for local organizers to know who hosts concerts in their area.
The pandemic is still making hard to get people to come indoors and sit close to each
other. I have a concert tonight for a touring artist from Ireland that ought to have 40
people at it. I have only 20. I have abundant Covid precautions in place, but people
aren’t used to being in a crowd anymore. I live stream too on Facebook, but people are
sick of staring at a screen and hardly anyone shows up for those. I feel less nervous
hosting concerts for local artists who don’t have the travel nut to cover.
Doug Plummer
Doug & Robin’s House Concerts
https://www.facebook.com/DougandRobinHouseConcerts
<https://www.facebook.com/DougandRobinHouseConcerts>
On Sep 21, 2022, at 9:05 AM, Emily Addison via
Organizers <organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi Seth and Doug + All :)
Seth and Doug - Thanks so much for sharing some ideas and tips on house concert
organizing! I had to set that project aside for a few weeks but I've dug into some
planning today and your advice and links are really helpful.
All - I'm wondering about house concerts being an additional way that we can support
dance musicians + bring together our communities during this time when some people feel
able to dance while others can't. For a long time, our contra community (in Ottawa
ON) would book a little tour for dance musicians, with them playing in Montreal the day
after, and sometimes doing an afternoon workshop. I know lots of dance musicians are
ready to play but there aren't as many dance gigs (at least yet) than before the
pandemic. Having the option of house concerts seems like a really great option.
Anyway - I don't want to take up too much bandwidth on this list as it's about
dance organizing but Seth and Doug... thank you! I'll follow up as I'm sorting
out details. :)
Hope you're all doing really well. I got in my first in-person dancing this past
weekend since the start of the pandemic. It was the Adirondack Dance Weekend. What an
incredibly well organized event it was... .... so many lovely details making the whole
weekend very magical.
:) Emily
Writing from Ottawa ON
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