Hi Shared Weight folks,
A request - especially for those of us w "digest" mode:
Please, oh please, remember to delete any irrelevant or unnecessary message threads (history) from your new post before sending to the list. When senders don't do that, it's more difficult for me (and I imagine others) to efficiently read through the posts.
Thanks!
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Hi All,
Though I dislike using recorded music, it has it's places. Of the 2 cd's I
know about, the Any Jig or Reel has already been referanced. The other is
"Salmonberry, New England Contra Dance Music". Recorded at dances in
the Pacific NW and released on Voyager Recordings
<www.voyagerrecords.com>. Good variety and a bit slower tempos than NE
musicians generally play.
Have fun! John
John C. McIntire
323 Crosby Brook Rd
Unity ME 04988-4023
tele: 207-568-7597
circleleft(a)uninets.net
Hi, Tom!
I recommend either of the New England Chestnuts albums featuring Rod
and Randy Miller. Classic contra tunes and instrumentation, but jaunty
and fresh enough to support the most modern choreography. Killer
versions of some of the standards.
Chip Hedler
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:42:12 -0500
From: Tom Hinds <twhinds(a)earthlink.net>
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] Music
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I'm looking for CDs that could be used for a contra dance class. The
music should be at a moderate tempo, have long cuts (7 times or
more), have good phrasing and a good beat. Any suggestions?
Tom
(apologies for duplicate posting)
Bring Back Money Musk!
Last year, as a way of celebrating the publication of their "Cracking Chestnuts"
book, David Smukler and David Millstone proclaimed that March 14 would be the
date for the first ever International Money Musk Moment. Callers, musicians and
dancers heard the call and celebrated this great old dance in 22 locations,
including Switzerland, Denmark, and New Zealand. Granted, not everyone was able
to participate on that exact day, so the grand tally (involving 1,376 dancers
and 88 musicians--the same number as keys on a piano) included dances held on or
about that mid-March date.
The results can be found here:
http://www.davidsmukler.syracusecountrydancers.org/bring_back_mm.html
Emboldened by the success of that moment, David and David have decided to
broaden their horizons, and have declared March of 2011 to be International
Money Musk Month. Callers everywhere are encouraged to add Money Musk to their
program provided that the musicians know the tune and the dancers are capable of
doing the dance. As the above website points out, Money Musk is not without its
challenges but the dance is a classic in the repertoire and is finding a legion
of enthusiastic new fans.
Callers unfamiliar with the dance will enjoy looking at different videotaped
versions of Money Musk, with links provided at the site above. At that same
location, musicians can find a copy of the tune. Please pass this note along to
any and all who might be interested who are not on the list. Thanks!
If you do call this dance in March, please provide David Smukler
<dsmukler(a)verizon.net> with the basic information about your event: caller,
musicians, date and location, and the approximate number of dancers involved.
David Millstone
Lebanon, NH
Just a quick reminder to all about how the digest mode works. Mailman
will collect the e-mails into a queue and then send the contents of that
queue to the digest subscribers under two conditions:
1. a day has gone by, or
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Sometimes, when traffic is heavy, there can be more than one digest
e-mail sent per day. This keeps the digest e-mails from getting too long
and harder to read. All the traffic on the list should be contained in
your digest e-mails, the first e-mail of the thread and the replies. Let
Seth and I know if you discover differently. An e-mail to
callers-owner(a)sharedweight.net will reach both of us.
On a side note, moderating this list is extremely easy for me. I do not
review messages before they are posted unless there is something unusual
about how it was sent (from a non-subscribed address, via BCC, etc.) and
most of those are from spam engines. The very few times that I had to
ask someone to change what or how they posted to the list, they have
been responsive and respectful for the most part. Thank you all for your
respectful discussion. You set the tone of this list and make it a great
resource.
Best regards,
Chris Weiler
Goffstown, NH
Earlier (a year or two ago) I e-mailed sharedweight a question or
comment about squares. It never got sent around.
At the time, I figured someone was filtering the various e-mails and
wanted to make sure the discussion was geared only towards contra.
Fine. Now I see that others can send questions etc. about squares.
Am I being treated any differently than other people who are signed
up for sharedweight?
When I recieve an e-mail from sharedweight, the question and the
answers are in the same e-mail!!! It must be that the others get to
see the question and then answer it before I get to see the
question. Am I left out of the loop -like you're afraid that I'm
always going to jump in with my 2 cents (maybe because I'm an
experienced caller).
If this is the case, I just want you to know that I rarely want to
respond to the questions and requests. I also realize that it's very
important for the new callers to voice their opinion and have a
discussion.
Am I being treated differently from the others?
Tom
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> All this talk of Squares, and with Ralph Page weekend and all
> reminded me that I found this on the web:
> for all you Rabbit fans:
> (we should always listen to the caller!)
> the scene: 2 mountain gents trying to get the best of Bugs
> of course Bugs turns the tables.....
>
> Bugs Bunnys Square
>
> Promenade across the floor. Sashay right on out the door.
> Out the door and into the glade and everybody promenade.
> Step right up you're doing fine.
> I'll pull your beard you'll pull mine.
> Yank it again like you did before.
> Break it up with a tug of war.
> Now into the brook and fish for the trout.
> Dive right in and splash about. Trout! Trout! Pretty little trout!
> One more splash and come right out.
> Shake like a hound-dog. Shake again.
> Wallow around in the old pig pen.
> Wallow some more. Y'all know how.
> Roll around like an old fat sow.
> Allemande left with your right hand.
> Follow through with a great left band. (?)
> Now lead your partner the dirty old thing.
> Follow through with an elbow swing.
> Grab a fence post. Hold it tight.
> Womp your partner with all your might.
> Hit him in the shin. Hit him in the head.
> Hit him again. The critter ain't dead.
> Womp him low and womp him high.
> Stick your finger in his eye.
> Pretty little ring. Pretty little sound. Bang your heads against the
> ground.
> Promenade all around the room. Promenade like a bride and groom.
> Open up the door and step right in.
> Close the door and into a spin. Whirl! Whirl! Twist and twirl!
> Jump all around like a flying squirrel.
> Now don't you fuss and don't you swear.
> Just come right out and form a square.
> Now right hand over and left hand under.
> Both join hands and run like thunder.
> Over the hill and over the dale.
> Duck your head and lift your tail.
> Don't you stray and don't you roam.
> Turn to your partner. Promenade home.
> Corn in the cornfield. Wheat in the sack. Turn to your partner.
> Promenade
> back.
> And now you're home. Bow to your partner.
> Bow to the gent across the hall. And that is all!
>
> On 1/19/2010, "Jeff Kaufman" <jeff(a)alum.swarthmore.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> We ended up doing melanie's triplet (twice) and ladies star. There
>> turned out to be several non-dancer people so I gave up on the
>> "no-walkthrough" goal. The dances went pretty well; thanks!
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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Hi Folks,
Can anyone name this dance? It seems like a pretty nice early dance.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TnURscEvpc&feature=PlayList&p=992537F69CC7EC
EC&index=112
Duple Improper
A1 Neighbor Dosido
Neighbor Swing
A2 Gents Allemande L 1.5
Partner Swing
B1 Long Lines Forward & Back
R & L across
B2 Ladies Chain Across
LH Star
Richard Green,
Wayne, ME
I have had just a little experience with this.
This may seem obvious but:
Always have the special needs person dance their gender. I have had
well-meaning partners put a woman with special needs (Down's) in the
man's role, and it makes it much harder for others to help them if
they get disoriented because the helpful person' s first thought is
to assume the special needs person is dancing their own gender.
Dances like the Virginia Reel (no gender critical) worked well with a
group of predominantly Down's Syndrome kids that I called for once.
Yes, it helps if the dance has a lot of connectedness and not walking
around by oneself. Even a do-si-do can be disorienting for a special
needs person, as opposed to an allemande.
I have had a couple of people that I am aware of who had borderline
autism come to the regular dances. They really enjoyed it and came
back many times. I think the good thing about the contra situation
for people with this condition is that the social interaction is
prescribed - they know exactly what to do with the people they meet,
star, do-si-do, swing, etc., there is structure, there is pattern.
Often open-ended social interactions are particularly difficult for
people with autism, and the social interaction during dancing in
contra is defined for them. Of course, it could be more difficult for
those with more severe disease.
Be flexible, and have a good time!
Martha
Hi,
I am preparing for a public dance series where special needs folks, folks
with some learning disabilities, have been present in the past. I have my
share of easy dances but I am wondering if any of you have experience with
the special needs of special needs dancers. One of these dancers has been
described to me as on the autistic spectrum. Do you have experience
teaching such dancers? Were there approaches that worked well, or otherwise
good teaching that in this situation did not work well? Are there dances
you would suggest? Have you found that dances that keep dancers physically
connected are any better than those that do so less? Your help in giving as
many dancers a good time as possible will be appreciated by all.
Thanks,
Rickey Holt
P.S. The rest of the dancers at this series are already used to easy
dances.
