14 Mar
2016
14 Mar
'16
1:23 a.m.
Dear friends and colleagues,
For the past 5 years, I've been hosting an annual Spring gathering of
callers and musicians who primarily call (or play) for Community or school
dances.
Most of the attendees have been local caller friends and musicians and some
of the people who attend the annual Pourparler Conference ("Pourparler is a
yearly gathering of dance and music educators from North America who are
dedicated to teaching folk/ethnic/world/traditional dance in schools and/or
community events." see http://nfo-usa.org/pourparler.htm).
After reading some of the last set of posts on the trad-dance-callers list
about ONS and Community dances, I thought I would open it up to invite any
of you who would like to attend. Consider "KISS" (keep it simple, s...) to
be the organizational theme - friendly, casual, fun, with minimal cost. The
main focus of the workshops is *dance sharing* and discussions of a variety
of topics. There are not a lot of opportunities for callers to spend time
with each other in this way, so we created one.
The dates are Saturday and Sunday, April 2nd and 3rd, with a Community
Dance at the Cornwall, CT Town Hall on Saturday evening (they hold a
monthly Community Dance there). Sunday's workshop is held in Newtown, CT at
our Barn.
If you are interested in more information, please contact me *off-list*
(please use countrydancecaller (at) gmail.com).
Warmly,
Patricia
Patricia Campbell
Newtown, CT