On 4/11/2017 11:56 AM, 'Tepfer, Seth' labst(a)emory.edu
[trad-dance-callers] wrote:
I'm working on a blurb to convince administrators at a local college
to include barn dancing/community dancing as part of their
orientation program.
I'm trying to come up with the best name for it.
"Community Dance" doesn't feel like a good fit, it is not open to
the community, it is for the incoming Freshman and/or their student
leaders.
"Barn Dance" has me worried about hokey/uncool - setting up students
to be opposed to it from the beginning.
"Ceilidh," although hard to spell, does have cool Irish panache
about it. Perhaps "American Ceilidh"?
I don't want to use 'Contra dance' because that is simply confusing
- and it won't be contra.
I don't want to just say "Dance" because then people will think like
their HS prom.
"Shindig" might work. It doesn't have the same (and I say this with
great affection) nerdly connotations as "folk dance," but implies a
rowdy good time with some kind of dancing that probably doesn't involve
a DJ.
Kalia