Two thumbs up for April's Periodic Table of Contra. My copy has gotten many appreciative chuckles from dancers since I got it last week. Definitely worth the cost plus postage. Kudos to April for the level of creativity it took to find an appropriate contra term to accompany every element's abbreviation! (Southern Cal folks -- I'll have my copy at Saturday's dance in Sierra Madre.)
Jeremy
> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 23:14:27 EST
> From: Hgrastorf(a)aol.com
> To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
> Subject: [Callers] Periodic Table of Contra
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>
> For you OC types (I'm including myself) who love charts -- I've just
> completed a Periodic Table of Contra (using all of the real atomic symbols --
> Californium is California Twirl, of course, but the others aren't as
> obvious), in poster size (18 x 24), full color. Just the thing to confound your
> fellow geeks and decorate your cubicle. A pdf will be available soon on the
> FootFall Dance Weekend site -- profits will go to a scholarship fund for
> young impecunious dancers. If you'd like to see the pdf, email me at
> hgrastorf(at)aol.com and I'll send it along. If you're going to the Pittsburgh Dance
> Weekend or Butterball, I'll have a supply of posters (and rubber bands so
> they stay clean) with me.
>
> (The hardest one was Xenon -- symbol Xe.)
>
> April Blum
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For you OC types (I'm including myself) who love charts -- I've just
completed a Periodic Table of Contra (using all of the real atomic symbols --
Californium is California Twirl, of course, but the others aren't as
obvious), in poster size (18 x 24), full color. Just the thing to confound your
fellow geeks and decorate your cubicle. A pdf will be available soon on the
FootFall Dance Weekend site -- profits will go to a scholarship fund for
young impecunious dancers. If you'd like to see the pdf, email me at
hgrastorf(at)aol.com and I'll send it along. If you're going to the Pittsburgh Dance
Weekend or Butterball, I'll have a supply of posters (and rubber bands so
they stay clean) with me.
(The hardest one was Xenon -- symbol Xe.)
April Blum
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Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:50:10 -0500
From: Will Loving <will(a)dedicationtechnologies.com>
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Dear dance friends,
I'm pleased to announce that "Caller's Companion" - the dance caller's
assistant - is now officially available at http://callerscompanion.com I'd
especially like to thank Linda Leslie, Bev Bernbaum and Laura Pietravalle,
who along with a number of others helped test the beta, catch bugs and made
many feature and improvement suggestions.
On the site you can find out more, take a quick tour, watch the Intro movie
and download a copy for either Mac or Windows to try out yourself. Caller's
Companion is available as a stand-alone application or bundled with a full
license of FileMaker Pro 10 (your choice).
Features include:
* Quick entry buttons (80), customizable to your preferred notation
* Fields for Source, Author, Music, Form, Progression, YouTube,
user-defined
* Link related dances together
* Support for dance structures other than just A1, A2, B1, B2
* Set Lists ? a list of dances for an event incl. Alt dances, assigned
callers, start time
* Search by for a call within a phrase, e.g., dances with a Petronella
balance in B1
* Programming Matrix ? shows key elements in each dance, and highlights the
1st element
* On-Screen calling ? Large text screen for calling from a laptop
* Multiple printed formats for dances and sets
* and much more...
I hope you like what you see. I look forward to hearing from you all once
you?ve take a look.
Will
Will Loving
Amherst, MA
--
William M. Loving
7 Coach Lane
Amherst, MA 01002-3304 USA
will(a)dedicationtechnologies.com
Tel: +1 413 253-7223 (GMT ?5)
Fax: +1 206 202-0476
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 20:53:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Laur <lcpgr(a)yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Caller's Companion v1.0 now available
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yea! Wil!
Laurie
--- On Wed, 11/4/09, Will Loving <will(a)dedicationtechnologies.com> wrote:
> From: Will Loving <will(a)dedicationtechnologies.com>
> Subject: [Callers] Caller's Companion v1.0 now available
> To: "Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>"
<callers(a)sharedweight.net>
> Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 11:50 PM
> Dear dance friends,
>
> I'm pleased to announce that "Caller's Companion" - the
> dance caller's
> assistant - is now officially available at http://callerscompanion.com?
I'd
> especially like to thank Linda Leslie, Bev Bernbaum and
> Laura Pietravalle,
> who along with a number of others helped test the beta,
> catch bugs and made
> many feature and improvement suggestions.
>
> On the site you can find out more, take a quick tour, watch
> the Intro movie
> and download a copy for either Mac or Windows to try out
> yourself. Caller's
> Companion is available as a stand-alone application or
> bundled with a full
> license of FileMaker Pro 10 (your choice).
>
> Features include:
>
> * Quick entry buttons (80), customizable to your preferred
> notation
> * Fields for Source, Author, Music, Form, Progression,
> YouTube, user-defined
> * Link related dances together
> * Support for dance structures other than just A1, A2, B1,
> B2
> * Set Lists ? a list of dances for an event incl. Alt
> dances, assigned
> ? callers, start time
> * Search by for a call within a phrase, e.g., dances with a
> Petronella
> ? balance in B1
> * Programming Matrix ? shows key elements in each dance,
> and highlights the
> ? 1st element
> * On-Screen calling ? Large text screen for calling from a
> laptop
> * Multiple printed formats for dances and sets
> * and much more...
>
> I hope you like what you see. I look forward to hearing
> from you all once
> you?ve take a look.
>
> Will
>
> Will Loving
> Amherst, MA
>
> --
>
> William M. Loving
> 7 Coach Lane
> Amherst, MA 01002-3304???USA
> will(a)dedicationtechnologies.com
> Tel: +1 413 253-7223???(GMT ?5)
> Fax: +1 206 202-0476
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Many years ago I called a triplet but now I can't find it. The story
line goes like this: The top couple progresses to the middle. The
top couple faces up and does a hey for 3. The top couple does some
other figure and then faces down and does another hey for 3. Would
greatly appreciate any help.
Tom
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> Is there a caller by the name of Suzanne M. Girardot?
> Please contact Stephan R. Garmon
> email:? srgarm(a)yahoo.com
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Thank you to everyone who forwarded this request to me. It's nice to see that we are all looking out for each other. And it was lovely to reconnect with a few people, too. I am back in touch with my old friend!
Suzanne
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>Is there a caller by the name of Suzanne M. Girardot?
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Is there a caller by the name of Suzanne M. Girardot?
Please contact Stephan R. Garmon
email: srgarm(a)yahoo.com
www.musicmattersandmore.com
office 903 839 3444 mobile 903 262 5734
Carrboro is in NC, 30 min from raleigh. If you come down for the weekend, we can arrange housing if needed.
Jack
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From: Rickey <holt.e(a)comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 8:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Callers Workshops in NC - 2010
Might be interested in the April 3, 2010 workshop with Cis Hinkle. Is
Carrboro in North Carolina?
Rickey Holt
Fremont, NH
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From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net
[mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Jack Mitchell
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:36 PM
To: Recipient list suppressed:
Subject: [Callers] Callers Workshops in NC - 2010
Note: This is going out to multiple lists, so apologies to anyone who
gets multiple copies.
Hello All--
A number of exciting calling related opportunities are coming up in
2010, and I know that some of you need more notice than others to be
able to attend, so I'm trying to get ahead of the game. If you are
interested in any of these, or if you are interested in helping with
logistics for any of these please let me know. Right now, the "Callers
Collective" has been mostly a one person show. I'd really like to get
more folks involved in the organization and hopefully get to where
we're having some sort of gathering at least quarterly.
So without further ado:
*2010 Callers Workshops*
What: Callers' Workshop with Cis Hinkle, in conjunction with the
FoolWind Weekend
When: April 3, 2010 from 10:00 AM - Noon
Where: Balanced Movement Studio, Carrboro
Cost: Around $10
Topics: TBD
What: Full weekend callers workshop with Lisa Greenleaf covering a
wide variety of topics related to calling -- prompting, teaching,
programming, matching dances to music, and much more
The workshop will run Friday evening, Saturday all day, and
have a Sunday wrap up session
Saturday evening will be a dance at which workshop participants
will be the callers
Where: Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, NC -- specific location to be
determined
Cost: Around $50, scholarships available
In order to attend the course you must:
-Be familiar with the AABB structure of contra dance music
-Know the difference between a jig and a reel
-Know how to cue the first figure off of four potatoes
-Know how and when to signal the band to go out
-Have called at least 3 contras in a real dance setting (individual
dances, not evenings). Some dances sponsor open mics or new callers
nights, and some callers are willing to allow new callers to call one
dance during an evening. Or you can get a bunch of friends together and
host a dance party, but it needs to be to live music.
-Have a repertoire of at least 3 dances you know and feel comfortable
teaching and calling.
-Attend contra dances regularly so that you are familiar with the
moves, the culture and the music.
-Be prepared to receive and incorporate feedback, even if you have a
lot of calling experience.
To help folks get their "at least 3 contras in a real dance setting"
requirement, I'm planning to host one or two open calling dances over
the time between now and then. Details on them to come, but in
general:
Late 2009/Early 2010, dates to be determined
one or two open calling dances at the Down Yonder Farm Music Building
(about 4 miles north of Pleasant Green, near Hillsborough, NC)
These dances will be a chance for new and developing and experienced
callers to call a dance or two (depending on how many callers we have)
hey will likely be held on a Sunday afternoon/early evening. If you
might be interested in calling for one of these, please let me know. I
hope to have at least one scheduled in the next week or two.
Jack
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Might be interested in the April 3, 2010 workshop with Cis Hinkle. Is
Carrboro in North Carolina?
Rickey Holt
Fremont, NH
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[mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Jack Mitchell
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 8:36 PM
To: Recipient list suppressed:
Subject: [Callers] Callers Workshops in NC - 2010
Note: This is going out to multiple lists, so apologies to anyone who
gets multiple copies.
Hello All--
A number of exciting calling related opportunities are coming up in
2010, and I know that some of you need more notice than others to be
able to attend, so I'm trying to get ahead of the game. If you are
interested in any of these, or if you are interested in helping with
logistics for any of these please let me know. Right now, the "Callers
Collective" has been mostly a one person show. I'd really like to get
more folks involved in the organization and hopefully get to where
we're having some sort of gathering at least quarterly.
So without further ado:
*2010 Callers Workshops*
What: Callers' Workshop with Cis Hinkle, in conjunction with the
FoolWind Weekend
When: April 3, 2010 from 10:00 AM - Noon
Where: Balanced Movement Studio, Carrboro
Cost: Around $10
Topics: TBD
What: Full weekend callers workshop with Lisa Greenleaf covering a
wide variety of topics related to calling -- prompting, teaching,
programming, matching dances to music, and much more
The workshop will run Friday evening, Saturday all day, and
have a Sunday wrap up session
Saturday evening will be a dance at which workshop participants
will be the callers
Where: Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, NC -- specific location to be
determined
Cost: Around $50, scholarships available
In order to attend the course you must:
-Be familiar with the AABB structure of contra dance music
-Know the difference between a jig and a reel
-Know how to cue the first figure off of four potatoes
-Know how and when to signal the band to go out
-Have called at least 3 contras in a real dance setting (individual
dances, not evenings). Some dances sponsor open mics or new callers
nights, and some callers are willing to allow new callers to call one
dance during an evening. Or you can get a bunch of friends together and
host a dance party, but it needs to be to live music.
-Have a repertoire of at least 3 dances you know and feel comfortable
teaching and calling.
-Attend contra dances regularly so that you are familiar with the
moves, the culture and the music.
-Be prepared to receive and incorporate feedback, even if you have a
lot of calling experience.
To help folks get their "at least 3 contras in a real dance setting"
requirement, I'm planning to host one or two open calling dances over
the time between now and then. Details on them to come, but in
general:
Late 2009/Early 2010, dates to be determined
one or two open calling dances at the Down Yonder Farm Music Building
(about 4 miles north of Pleasant Green, near Hillsborough, NC)
These dances will be a chance for new and developing and experienced
callers to call a dance or two (depending on how many callers we have)
hey will likely be held on a Sunday afternoon/early evening. If you
might be interested in calling for one of these, please let me know. I
hope to have at least one scheduled in the next week or two.
Jack
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I got a quick catch from a friend pointing out that I had managed to
leave the date out on Lisa's workshop. The weekend workshop with
Lisa Greenleaf will be May 21-23, 2010. Thanks Dean!
Jack
Note: This is going out to multiple lists, so apologies to anyone who
gets multiple copies.
Hello All--
A number of exciting calling related opportunities are coming up in
2010, and I know that some of you need more notice than others to be
able to attend, so I'm trying to get ahead of the game. If you are
interested in any of these, or if you are interested in helping with
logistics for any of these please let me know. Right now, the "Callers
Collective" has been mostly a one person show. I'd really like to get
more folks involved in the organization and hopefully get to where
we're having some sort of gathering at least quarterly.
So without further ado:
*2010 Callers Workshops*
What: Callers' Workshop with Cis Hinkle, in conjunction with the
FoolWind Weekend
When: April 3, 2010 from 10:00 AM - Noon
Where: Balanced Movement Studio, Carrboro
Cost: Around $10
Topics: TBD
What: Full weekend callers workshop with Lisa Greenleaf covering a
wide variety of topics related to calling -- prompting, teaching,
programming, matching dances to music, and much more
The workshop will run Friday evening, Saturday all day, and
have a Sunday wrap up session
Saturday evening will be a dance at which workshop participants
will be the callers
Where: Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, NC -- specific location to be
determined
Cost: Around $50, scholarships available
In order to attend the course you must:
-Be familiar with the AABB structure of contra dance music
-Know the difference between a jig and a reel
-Know how to cue the first figure off of four potatoes
-Know how and when to signal the band to go out
-Have called at least 3 contras in a real dance setting (individual
dances, not evenings). Some dances sponsor open mics or new callers
nights, and some callers are willing to allow new callers to call one
dance during an evening. Or you can get a bunch of friends together and
host a dance party, but it needs to be to live music.
-Have a repertoire of at least 3 dances you know and feel comfortable
teaching and calling.
-Attend contra dances regularly so that you are familiar with the
moves, the culture and the music.
-Be prepared to receive and incorporate feedback, even if you have a
lot of calling experience.
To help folks get their "at least 3 contras in a real dance setting"
requirement, I'm planning to host one or two open calling dances over
the time between now and then. Details on them to come, but in
general:
Late 2009/Early 2010, dates to be determined
one or two open calling dances at the Down Yonder Farm Music Building
(about 4 miles north of Pleasant Green, near Hillsborough, NC)
These dances will be a chance for new and developing and experienced
callers to call a dance or two (depending on how many callers we have)
hey will likely be held on a Sunday afternoon/early evening. If you
might be interested in calling for one of these, please let me know. I
hope to have at least one scheduled in the next week or two.
Jack
