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