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Westford PCA Barn Dance 3/23/2013
Tonight I’m calling a Barn Dance at the Westford, MA Parish Center for the Arts (PCA), working with the house band OH, CONTRAire! Despite being called a Barn Dance, I confirmed with the organizer that they are looking for/happy with … Continue reading
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Concord Monday Contras 11/26/2012
A great night at my home dance in Concord! I got to work with musicians I like this evening, including: David Kaynor (fiddle), Debby Knight (piano), Jack O’Connor (mandolin, banjo, percussion) & Cal Howard (bass). My called program: Broken Transcription … Continue reading
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Gardner Contra Dance 11/24/2012
A fun dance! The crowd was filled with a large proportion of first time dancers, so I significantly revised my planned program below. As I did that on the fly and spent a lot of time down on the floor … Continue reading
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Sweet Scent of Sage – Contra Dance
I’ve been toying with a very partner-centric dance I’ve named for my wife Sage. Below is the original (successfully tried) and two new variations I hope to try out soon. The AFAIK unique A1 Mad Robin to A2 slide left … Continue reading
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Concord Monday Contras 9/3/2012
This post is one of a series documenting my hobby of calling (leading) Contra dancing, building off of my original post on this topic. This dance evening marked my first “full evening” calling debut at the famous Concord, MA Scout … Continue reading
Contra Dance Calling Log
I started dancing Contra dances on September 10, 2007. One year later, I started writing dances. I now periodically call (lead a hall full of other dancers) one or more in an evening. This is my log of that calling … Continue reading
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Fezziwig’s Ball
SB and I had the opportunity to attend this Commonwealth Vintage Dancers’ event held in the historic Old Town Hall in Salem, MA. While we couldn’t even be classed in the same league with many of the attendees for their … Continue reading
What Ho, Bertie?
SB has been talking about trying English Country Dance ever since she had her “amazing Money Musk moment” (paper cranes – humans) at a contra dance at Pinweoods camp a while back. So we went to check it out this … Continue reading