4 Jan
2016
4 Jan
'16
10:22 a.m.
We've met our minimum, made it to NZ, but we want to record a second album
at the end of our tour. It will include square dance length tracks with and
without calls. Every backer at the $1 level or more will get a download of
both records, if we raise $737 in the next 3 days. Even if it is too much a
hassle to register to contribute a buck, please share.
*https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1684207059/help-fiddle-pie-skip-winter-new-zealand-square-dan
<https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1684207059/help-fiddle-pie-skip-winter-new-zealand-square-dan>*
Take Care,
T-Claw
4 Jan
4 Jan
4:58 p.m.
New subject: portable dance floors
Terpsichore's Dance Holiday - a winter dance week - is looking for ideas for a new
floor. We stage this 6-day event in a resort, the dance floor is over carpet. This floor
needs to be able to be set up and and taken down yearly. We have been using a
'snap-lock' style floor, but it would be lovely to have a floor with more support
and bounce. We dance contra, squares, international, round, couples, and ritual dance on
this floor.
What have you experienced - both good or bad?
Thanks
Seth Tepfer
Director of Administrative Computing
Oxford College
770-784-8487
seth.tepfer(a)emory.edu
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5:12 p.m.
New subject: portable dance floors
Addendum: This is for a floor 40x60' or so. We are specifically inquiring about
experiences with commercial portable floors, though certainly amenable to building one if
it pallet-able. ha.
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Subject: [trad-dance-callers] portable dance floors
Terpsichore's Dance Holiday - a winter dance week - is looking for ideas for a new
floor. We stage this 6-day event in a resort, the dance floor is over carpet. This floor
needs to be able to be set up and and taken down yearly. We have been using a
'snap-lock' style floor, but it would be lovely to have a floor with more support
and bounce. We dance contra, squares, international, round, couples, and ritual dance on
this floor.
What have you experienced - both good or bad?
Thanks
Seth Tepfer
Director of Administrative Computing
Oxford College
770-784-8487
seth.tepfer(a)emory.edu
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New subject: portable dance floors
The Flurry has worked with an outside vendor to create a very good floor,
in my opinion. Peter Davis would be a good starting point for queries. R
On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 11:58 AM, 'Tepfer, Seth' labst(a)emory.edu
[trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Terpsichore's Dance Holiday - a winter dance week - is looking for ideas
for a new floor. We stage this 6-day event in a resort, the dance floor is
over carpet. This floor needs to be able to be set up and and taken down
yearly. We have been using a 'snap-lock' style floor, but it would be
lovely to have a floor with more support and bounce. We dance contra,
squares, international, round, couples, and ritual dance on this floor.
What have you experienced - both good or bad?
Thanks
Seth Tepfer
Director of Administrative Computing
Oxford College
770-784-8487
seth.tepfer(a)emory.edu
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Ridge Kennedy [Exit 145]
When you stumble, make it part of the dance. - Anonymous
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least
once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at
least one laugh. - Friedrich Nietzsche
6:18 p.m.
New subject: portable dance floors
We use a floor specifically made for dancing. It is SwissTrax and I am a representative
for this product that is made in the US.
BW
Buddy Weaver
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Subject: [trad-dance-callers] portable dance floors
Terpsichore's Dance Holiday - a winter dance week - is looking for ideas for a new
floor. We stage this 6-day event in a resort, the dance floor is over carpet. This floor
needs to be able to be set up and and taken down yearly. We have been using a
'snap-lock' style floor, but it would be lovely to have a floor with more support
and bounce. We dance contra, squares, international, round, couples, and ritual dance on
this floor.
What have you experienced - both good or bad?
Thanks
Seth Tepfer
Director of Administrative Computing
Oxford College
770-784-8487
seth.tepfer(a)emory.edu
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New subject: portable dance floors
On Jan 4, 2016, at 10:18 AM, Buddy Weaver <bluestar(a)buddyweaver.com>
wrote:
We use a floor specifically made for dancing. It is
SwissTrax and I am a representative for this product that is made in the US.
BW
Buddy Weaver
Buddy,
I have some questions for you.
I know your name as a modern western square dance (MWSD) caller,
and I know Blue Star as a MWSD record label. So am I correct in
assuming that when you write "We use ...", the "We" to whom you
refer is some MWSD group or venue?
I managed to find a coupe items about SwissTrax dance floors
http://www.swisstrax.com/a-dance-floor-built-for-fun/
http://www.swisstrax.com/dance-flooring-article/
(found by direct Google searching for with search terms
"SwissTrax" and "dance", btw, since it was not clear how toI
find such info by navigating from the home page), but I couldn't
find anything about two important topics:
* Do the dance floor pieces have any built-in springiness
(beyond the effect of having them laid over carpet)?
* What is the floor like in terms of surface friction?
In my experience, swings and balances are typically both more
energetic and much more frequent in contemporary contra dance
than in MWSD. I see that the SwissTex website emphasizes the
non-skid properties of at least some of their products. While
a contra dance floor shouldn't be dangerously slippery, contra
dancers do want our shoes to glide smoothly over the floor during
swings and spins. Also, people who want a portable floor for
contra dancing may sometimes use that floor for other dance
styles where dancers need to need to be able to pivot smoothly
(e.g., hambo, zwiefachers) or where some vertical resilience
will spare wear on the dancers' knees and ankles (e.g., polka,
Morris).
Can you offer any comments about what the SwissTex dance floor
is like in these regards?
Thanks.
--Jim
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