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Below find useful and recommended resources on:
- Calling and Teaching; Dances and Dance Management; Documentaries, Music (CD's, DVD's)
- Contra, English Country, Folk Dance and Music Communities
Calling and Teaching:
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Shared Weight Three seperate online discussion groups for new and experienced Callers, Organizers and Musicians of contra and traditional square dance
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Seth Tepfer's Dancer Rapsody - Great reference materials for new callers including easy dances to call and guidelines for teaching the beginner lesson
Dances and Dance Management:
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CDSS - Country Dance and Song Society, the parent organization to most dance communities
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Down Home Dancing - dedicated to promoting contra dance to newcomers and strengthen cross-organization efforts.
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Contra Dance Links - Contra dance resources in the U.S., Canada and the World. List of workshops, festivals, callers, bands, musicians and contra dance cookies!
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The Dance Gypsy - for dancers with wanderlust. Listings of festivals and dance weekends all over the country
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Ted Crane's Database - the Dance DB: the dance data base for people, bands, events across the country
Contra Dance Documentaries and Music (DVD's, videos, CD's):
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"Together in Time: A Story of New England Contra Dance Music and Dance", by Steve Alves. Explores the history of country dancing during the past 350 years and gives a picture of the current contra dance scene in New England. 30 minutes. DVD/ Video available from Great Meadows Music and CDSS.
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"What's Not to Like? A Community Contra Dance", Live footage at a local Vermont contra dance, plus interviews with musicians and dancers about why they love this particular activity. Lots of toe-tapping music, and a nice picture of different ages and abilities dancing together. 20 minutes.
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"The Other Way Back - Dancing with Dudley", tribute to Dudley Laufman's key role in the revival of Contra dancing in the 1960s and 1970s in New England and then across the country. 99 minutes, plus two hour bonus disk. DVD available from David Millstone* directly, Great Meadows Music and CDSS.
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Great Meadows Music - dedicated to New England style contra dance music and the artist who perform it. CDs, books, videos/ DVDs online bookstore.
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Cyber Yankee's Contracopia - a great source for contra dance recordings including a wide selection with music samples from each CD.
( * ) Note: by ordering DVDs directly from David Millstone, he gets a tad bit more profit which means he can create more great DVDs and contra documentaries.
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