Always interested in more ideas on teaching, both dances and workshops. 
Also, ideas on programming and the needs of musicians.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Hart" <rich at harts.mv.com>
To: <millstone at valley.net>; "Caller's discussion list" 
<callers at sharedweight.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Callers' workshop


> Another topic that might be helpful is one that I know is near and dear to 
> your heart - how to integrate dances that are not just duple improper 
> contra sets. We have a lot of dances of slightly different shapes that 
> people do enjoy if they are properly integrated and called, including 
> triples (both types), proper dances, chestnuts, waltz contras, double 
> progressions,  5 couple dances, couple dances, such as waltz, hambo, 
> polka, schottish, etc., circles, and others. Many beginning callers avoid 
> these dances for various reasons. More familiarity with these dance can 
> help to make an evening of dance more varied and more interesting when 
> they are included.
>
> Rich Hart.
>
> David Millstone remarked on 12/15/2009 6:48 PM:
>> Dear fellow dance callers,
>>
>> I have an opportunity coming up next spring to lead a day-long workshop 
>> for
>> dance callers. It'll be a small group, perhaps 10-12 people, with a range 
>> of
>> experience. Some will have had only 2-4 years of active calling while 
>> others may
>> have had 20 years or more. These will be folks who are comfortable with 
>> contras
>> and with traditional squares. They will know each other already. They're 
>> open to
>> a wide variety of topics and teaching methods.
>> I've been invited to address just about any topics that are near and dear 
>> to me,
>> so I'm relishing this prospect.
>>
>> At the same time, I'd like not to spend an entire day on a soapbox. With 
>> that in
>> mind, I'm soliciting opinions from this group-- rather than, say, the
>> trad.dance.callers listserv-- because this Shared Weight group includes 
>> some
>> callers on the less experienced end of the spectrum.
>>
>> So, what are topics that _you_ would like to see in a workshop? Assuming 
>> that
>> one already has the nuts and bolts of programming an evening, teaching a 
>> dance,
>> and delivering the calls in good fashion, what skills would be useful to
>> address?
>>
>> Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
>>
>> David Millstone
>> Lebanon, NH
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