[Callers] Help for a caller
Cary Ravitz via Callers
callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Tue Jul 14 15:34:10 PDT 2015
I received this note a couple of days ago. I am not qualified to answer it,
but I know there are many people here who could help. I gave her a limited
response and offered to help her out with SharedWeight - she asked me to
post here for her. You can email her directly or I will forward any posted
responses. Thanks, Cary Ravitz
"
My name is Sr. Mary Joseph and I am Catholic Sister who is very new at
calling dances. I'm not sure if the dances I do know are even contras
technically. I am pretty much working with the families who come here to
Mass and am looking to add to the ten or so dances that they already know.
Here are a few of our dances.
-The Virginia Reel
- The Bridge of Athlone
- Heel & Toe Polka
- Oh Suzanna
I have had success learning dances off a few YouTube videos especially the
set from Mark Geslison and Geoff Groberg. I have a very hard time
deciphering dances that are simply written out on some web sites. If I
knew the jargon a little better, I'm sure that would be a huge resourse.
Right now, I think I need to see it.
Because you have a much better idea about the world of contra dancing/ folk
dancing than I do, I was hoping you could point me in the right direction.
Do you know of any websites that have lots of videos of the dances? I
could probably invest in a set of DVD's if I new it was going to be
helpful. Is there someone I could call with my questions?
I unfortunately do not have much time to dedicate to developing this skill,
but I figure a little improvement would be better than none. Thank you for
your time. May God bless you.
"
Sister Mary Joseph <smjmicm2004 at gmail.com>
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Cary Ravitz
ravitz at ravitz.us
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