FRIDAY |
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| DINING HALL | DANCE HALL | |
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| 5:00pm |
Registration & sandwiches |
Callers and band meet for 6:30 sound check |
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8:00- 9:50 10:10-12:00 |
FRIDAY EVENING DANCE Seth with Avant Gardeners Susan with Zollo |
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| 12:00-12:15 |
Damp Down the Floor Two by Two (four volunteers to wash away floor dust) |
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SATURDAYCanoes available from 1:30 to 6:00pm |
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| DINING HALL | DANCE HALL | |
| 8:00-9:00 | Breakfast | |
| 9:00-10:20 |
Seth with Avant Gardeners |
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| 10:30-11:50 |
Susan with Avant Garderners |
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| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:30-3:15 |
Percussion Workshop Russell |
Susan with Zollo |
| 3:30-5:00 |
Susan |
Cajun Jitterbug Seth |
| 5:00-5:30ish |
siesta time OR whatever-you-like time |
Dance Hall Wax Step (This time we need 8 to keep the floor looking great.) |
| 6:00-7:00 | Dinner | |
| 7:30-8:00 |
Seth |
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8:00-9:50 10:10-12:00 |
EVENING DANCE Susan and Zollo Seth and Avant Gardeners |
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SUNDAYPlease complete your cabin clean up before lunch to assure a 4:30 ferry boarding. |
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| 8:00-9:00 | Cold continental breakfast | |
| 9:00-9:50 |
Sunrise Waltz Zollo |
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| 10:00-11:00 |
Seth and Avant Gardeners |
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| 11:00-12:00 | Hot hearty brunch | |
| 12:15-2:30 |
Final Dance Susan and Avant Gardeners Seth and Zollo |
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| 2:30-3:30 |
Camp clean up and rush to the ferry dock for the 4:30 ferry. IF YOU MUST GET TO THIS FERRY, A RESERVATION MIGHT BE IN ORDER, OR LEAVE EARLY. | |
No frills contra workshop with lots of good, flowing dances from a variety of time periods and choreographers.
Any chimp can contra dance but great dancers know it's really about how you get from one figure to the next and that exquisite nanosecond between the end of one phrase and the beginning of the next. Discover better or smoother or new transitions!
I call it that because the workshop is about learning how to be a great teacher and an efficient prompter because we all know that the best callers are the ones who know when to shut up. [I'm still working on that.] Some workshop time will be spent on the mechanics of calling/music/choreography for the newest callers, but the emphasis is on great teaching and walk-throughs, demo dos and don'ts, working with the band, keeping sets in order, fixing the dance that goes to hell, creating a confident, welcoming persona, finding your personal calling style, working with newcomers, dance selection, and creating a program.
The latest thing going! Combinations of waltz and pivot steps.
Exciting, whirling, and challenging contra dances that leave you breathless with delight. New twists on familiar standards, and new standards on familiar twists! Dances that push you to think a little harder (adjusted for each group of dancers).
A session of dances of all no walk-thru's, brief or bare walk-thru's, medleys and hash calling.