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Have you ever wanted to look
over the shoulder of another caller, view their dance card and watch
a dance being taught and prompted from the stage? Now
you can!
The links below will take
you to video clips that start with a dance card and then show the
dance being taught and prompted. You can get an idea of what
type of music works well with each dance and in some of the videos
you can even watch the end effects.
These videos are mostly from
the Florida Snow Balls of 2005 and 2006.
Link to "Are You
'Most Done" - caller Lisa Greenleaf, band
Notorious
Link to "Unknown"
(Friday 2-b4) Ron Buchanon & Honk the Moose
Link to "A Pirate's
Life for Me" - Lisa Greenleaf &
Notorious
Rough draft of "The
24th of June" - Becky Hill & Honk the Moose
Rough draft of "United
We Dance" - Lisa Greenleaf & Honk the Moose
Have you ever wanted to
check a dance you wrote down to see if it progresses or what the end
effects might be? There is a contra dance graphics program page
at
http://seattledance.org/contra/design/
Type in the moves you want and it will
play the dance for you showing the actives, inactives, gents,
and ladies. It uses different color squares for the gents
and diamonds for the ladies. You have to get used to the
terminology but it can be done and is worth it if you'll be using it
much. There are also 2 test contras that you can play.
DO YOU NEED TO CALL FOR
SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, PARTIES, ETC.? CHECK OUT THE VIDEOS BELOW:
Chimes of Dunkirk
by New England Dancing Masters.
This is a great companion video to the book of
the same title. It shows many dances
with different teachers in different settings,
all with excellent voiceover by Peter
Amidon:
go to
http://www.dancingmasters.com/store/DVD_Chimes.html
or
cdss.org
The video is only $5 for the VHS
version, or
free with purchase of $30 of other New England
Dance Master materials. This is an absolute
"must-have" if you're going to be
calling
American/English style dances for one-night
stands.
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Historic and Contemporary Dances for Kids
and Teachers: DVD #5
by Sanna Longden
This video contains Set
dances from America, Mexico and England. It comes
with a
sylabus.
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VISIT www.cdss.org for more info and pricing
And 2 videos that we currently
have almost no data on except that they may exist
:)
"An Introduction
to CONTRA DANCING"
by
The California Contra Callers
Association.
and
R&R Video International, 3649
Whittier Blvd., Los Angles, CA 9002.
This video has two accompanying
cassette tapes and a booklet with 18 dances in it. Features Mike
Seastrom and Bob Osgood.
A nice introduction to contras,
which is also good for callers
"Jerry Helt's Dance
Party"
by
The Kentucky Dance Foundation,C/O Stew Shaklette.
460 Long Needle Rd., Brandenburg, KY 40108.
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