BIDA Family Dance Timing
BIDA Family Dance Timing An example of family dance schedule including a potluck and sound check that works for the long-standing BIDA family dance which occurs before the regular evening…
BIDA Family Dance Timing An example of family dance schedule including a potluck and sound check that works for the long-standing BIDA family dance which occurs before the regular evening…
…by 3rd grade teacher Susan Graubard Archuletta. Mention is made of the 4 C’s: courtesy, cooperation, concentration, and community. You’ll see shots of Zodiac, Texas Star, the Virginia Reel, and…
…of the organizational vision in marketing; the benefits of thinking about your dance series as a ‘product;’ the importance of understanding your audience and their perceptions of the product (dance…
…of playing for contra dances including fiddling for dance, guitar rhythms for dance, fitting music and dance, acoustic playing, electronic effects, and doing your own sound. From Dennis C Merritt…
Playing for Contras: The Basics This three-page PDF provides the basics needed to understand how contra dance music fits the dance. From CDSS…
…traditional squares (e.g., Appalachian, New England, Quebecois, Cape Breton, etc), community/family/barn, ceili, bal folk, and more. Dance musicians ask/answer questions, discuss issues that come up for them, and share helpful…
Stars in the Rafters Brattleboro, VT Creating a podcast to provide comfort and community connections through traditional music, song, and poetry…
Early American Secular Music and Its European Sources, 1589-1839: An Index This is a series of indexes derived from a database of musical information compiled from primary sources covering the…
Tom’s Contra Page – Choreography Tom Lehmann’s thoughts on composing contra dances….
Adapting for Young Children Marian Rose provides some fantastic calling tips as well as suggestions for dances to do when accommodating young children as part of your dancing community From…