Hi all,

Reporting out for SF Bay Area, California:

Money Musk was danced at BACDS Spring Weekend, Monte Toyon, Santa Cruz:

     11 am PST: during Tripe Minor Contras workshop with Linda Leslie calling to the music of The Rhythum Rollers (W.B. Reid, Cathie Whitesides, Bob McQuillen, Laurie Andres)
 
It was great to learn it in a workshop environment as there were a lot of folks who had never dances Money Musk, and also more time to explain the history of the dance, etc.  Then, at the evening dance party, we danced it again, with a larger crowd:
 
     10 pm PST:  Bob Isaacs calling to the music of The Rhythum Rollers (W.B. Reid, Cathie Whitesides, Bob McQuillen, Laurie Andres)
 
Here's a short video of both sessions taken by David Brown:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy8hIwkpo1Q
 

What a great idea!
Karen Fontana


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From: Chrissy Fowler <ktaadn_me at hotmail.com>
To: shared weight <callers at sharedweight.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:05:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Chestnuts and Money Musk


Money Musk called and danced at the Wescustogo Grange Hall, North Yarmouth, Maine.
First dance after the break - about 10:30pm.
Dancers:  Five sets of 6 ccouples - 60 dancers
Band:  Perpetual eMotion (Ed Howe & John Cote)
Caller:  Chrissy Fowler
Did a workshop before the dance, with about 30 dancers.  All were enthusiastic and pleased to be part of the big event.  Much hooting and hollering.  Loping pace for the tune (plenty of recovery time for the Money Musk newbies, well-timed elegant styling for the old hands.)  Some people apparently showed up specifically because Money Musk was on the program, thanks to some some advance publicity.  Two sets merged, so a few people didn't get the chance to be active, because I didn't want to run it too long.  (Though I could have...  after all I was at that Ralph Page Legacy Weekend when we danced it 43x!)  
I had practiced so much that I prompted the dance all night long in my sleep.  ("Once and a half around, once and a half and you go below one...")
Wheee!  :-)  
Chrissy



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