RECURRING Carpools for regular dances: If a few people set up a meeting spot for regular carpooling, add that info here so others will know. Ongoing carpool from Asheville to River Falls dances. email torrose@gmail.com. Looking to car pool for the weekly Warren Wilson contra dance. Coming from Yancey County but could meet up at Mars Hill as well. Thanks, Susan 828-284-1575 or smaclean@yancey.main.nc.us Anyone want to set up a standard meeting place for carpooling to RIVER FALLS? sign up here: One-time carpools: Ongoing carpool from Asheville to River Falls dances. email torrose@gmail.com. I am looking for passengers to carpool from Asheville to the Greenville, SC YWCA dance on Wednesday and share gas costs. Contact Peter, 828-254-2298 or email ragdood at yahoo.com The Greenville dance is from 7:30PM until 10PM, so we would need to leave Asheville at around 6:30PM. Going to the Greenville after-party is also an option according to interest. LOOKING FOR A RIDE, & CAN PAY EXPENSES & CAN DRIVE STICK-SHIFT: For ATLANTA weekend, Nov 9-11. Am considering either leaving Friday or leaving Saturday morning. Contact Bob, 828-225-8805, bob1040@juno.com. Thanks!
Anyone want to set up a standard meeting place for carpooling to RIVER FALLS? sign up here: One-time carpools: Carpool forming for this Friday, April 11th,Ongoing carpool from Asheville to River Falls Advanced Dance. dances. email torrose@gmail.com. I am looking for passengers to carpool from Asheville to the Greenville, SC YWCA dance on Wednesday and share gas costs. Contact Peter, 828-254-2298 or email ragdood at yahoo.com The Greenville dance is from 7:30PM until 10PM, so we would need to leave Asheville at around 6:30PM. Going to the Greenville after-party is also an option according to interest. LOOKING FOR A RIDE, & CAN PAY EXPENSES & CAN DRIVE STICK-SHIFT: For ATLANTA weekend, Nov 9-11. Am considering either leaving Friday or leaving Saturday morning. Contact Bob, 828-225-8805, bob1040@juno.com. Thanks!
Click SAVE! Easy as a peanut butter sandwich! DISCUSSION: Greetings. I'd like to know where Gary Gumz is rooming at the hospital. Are they allowig visitation at this time? Could you please let me know how many floor boards I committed to donate for the Grey Eagle. I would like to send a check. Please let me know when and where I can do this outside of the dance evenings. Thank you.DISCUSSION: SAFETY Elbows
LOOKING FOR A RIDE, & CAN PAY EXPENSES & CAN DRIVE STICK-SHIFT: For ATLANTA weekend, Nov 9-11. Am considering either leaving Friday or leaving Saturday morning. Contact Bob, 828-225-8805, bob1040@juno.com. Thanks! Anybody interested in meeting in the Airport Road area for a carpool to the RIVER FALLS ADVANCED DANCE - June 8? Looking for a ride back from the Apple Barn Dance in Valle Crucis to Asheville, NC on April 12. Contact Sarah, 828-230-7725 or email smmorris@rocketmail.com Carl 667-2966
Anyone want to set up a standard meeting place for carpooling to RIVER FALLS? sign up here: One-time carpools: Carpool forming for this Friday, April 11th, from Asheville to River Falls Advanced Dance. email torrose@gmail.com. I am looking for passengers to carpool from Asheville to the Greenville, SC YWCA dance on Wednesday and share gas costs. Contact Peter, 828-254-2298 or email ragdood at yahoo.com The Greenville dance is from 7:30PM until 10PM, so we would need to leave Asheville at around 6:30PM. Going to the Greenville after-party is also an option according to interest. LOOKING FOR A RIDE, & CAN PAY EXPENSES & CAN DRIVE STICK-SHIFT: For ATLANTA weekend, Nov 9-11. Am considering either leaving Friday or leaving Saturday morning. Contact Bob, 828-225-8805, bob1040@juno.com. Thanks!
Anyone want to set up a standard meeting place for carpooling to RIVER FALLS? sign up here: One-time carpools: is from 7:30PM to 10:30PM, until 10PM, so we would need to leave Asheville at around 6:15PM. 6:30PM. Going to the Greenville after-party is also an option according to interest. LOOKING FOR A RIDE, & CAN PAY EXPENSES & CAN DRIVE STICK-SHIFT: For ATLANTA weekend, Nov 9-11. Am considering either leaving Friday or leaving Saturday morning. Contact Bob, 828-225-8805, bob1040@juno.com. Thanks! Anybody interested in meeting in the Airport Road area for a carpool to the RIVER FALLS ADVANCED DANCE - June 8?
Click SAVE! Easy as a peanut butter sandwich! DISCUSSION:DISCUSSION: Greetings. I'd like to know where Gary Gumz is rooming at the hospital. Are they allowig visitation at this time? Could you please let me know how many floor boards I committed to donate for the Grey Eagle. I would like to send a check. Please let me know when and where I can do this outside of the dance evenings. Thank you. SAFETY Elbows
Anyone want to set up a standard meeting place for carpooling to RIVER FALLS? sign up here: One-time carpools: I am looking for passengers to carpool from Asheville to the Greenville, SC YWCA dance on Wednesday and share gas costs. Contact Peter, 828-254-2298 or email ragdood at yahoo.com The Greenville dance is 7:30PM to 10:30PM, so we would need to leave Asheville at around 6:15PM. Going to the Greenville after-party is also an option according to interest. LOOKING FOR A RIDE, & CAN PAY EXPENSES & CAN DRIVE STICK-SHIFT: For ATLANTA weekend, Nov 9-11. Am considering either leaving Friday or leaving Saturday morning. Contact Bob, 828-225-8805, bob1040@juno.com. Thanks! Anybody interested in meeting in the Airport Road area for a carpool to the RIVER FALLS ADVANCED DANCE - June 8?
Minimal arm jewelry, especially the kind that can catch on things, like your partner, your hair, your clothing... Add more ideas! Emphasize dancing smoothly. When newcomers skipping and jumping, take a moment to tell them to walk smoothly to the music. Tell them their movements should all be horizontal and not vertical. Teach how to spin ... pivot on the ball of the foot, etc. Mirror Exercise on giving weight ... have partners face one another. One leads and the other follows, but not touching, but very close, switch partners leading. Next, have them touch hands very lightly and try and follow ... switch follow/lead. Then be "natural" pushing against the other person with the same "weight" as you normally would dancing, then have them try to "match" the partner's weight ... if the other is lighter, pull back a little, if the other is more forceful be a little more forceful until the connection feels equal. Now play Mirror again, taking turns with lead and follow.
- gypsy hey - spinning in Rory O'More balance-and-slides - hey for four Swing dancing on the contra floor: - lead and follow techniques - gender swapping for increased insight into the others' experience Make theworkshops a place to learn and practice flamboyant skills like different spins, twirls and twists, and subtle ones like leading a partners hand to the right place for the next move and the best angle to finish a spin for a following move. Also practice on giving weight, and using weight to trigger moves like spinning a partner. APPROPRIATE DANCE WEAR Skirts that twirl (for the ladies, but fellas can wear them too!) Minimal arm jewelry, especially the kind that can catch on things, like your partner, your hair, your clothing... Add more ideas!
Welcome to the OFB Dance Development Discussion Page. We want our dance to be the best it can be for everyone involved. There have been a number of great ideas for improving the quality of our dance, and ensuring that everyone feels safe and comfortable on the dance floor. offer intermediate advanced contra dance workshops periodically, to offer opportunities for dancers of all levels to learn new moves and fine-tune their dancing. SO, what specific topics would be good for these intermediate advanced workshops? What would you be interested in learning? What do think would be good for others to learn? Please add your ideas to this discussion. HOW TO ADD YOUR IDEAS:
Understand the timing of the music - how to know when to stop the current move and do the next one when the caller stops calling. Teach beginners to count to themselves when learning. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. It creates a strong image of the timing in your head. Also explain the basic math of the dance, 8 sequences of 8 counts each and the idea is to be on time for each. Make theworkshops a place to learn and practice flamboyant skills like different spins, twirls and twists, and subtle ones like leading a partners hand to the right place for the next move and the best angle to finish a spin for a following move. Also practice on giving weight, and using weight to trigger moves like spinning a partner. Add more ideas!
Dancing with a stranger -- not sleazing those you don't know Clogging on the contra floor -- appropriate stomping, being WITH the beat If you can't do a move in balance, don't do it ADVANCING YOUR DANCING SKILLS OWN THE MOVE -- doing a move poorly doesn't score you gold stars, cool points, or impress your partner. Let's learn how to really "own" these moves (that is, do them masterfully):
- dipping - very dangerous if done wrong! Understand the timing of the music - how to know when to stop the current move and do the next one when the caller stops calling. Teach beginners to count to themselves when learning. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. It creates a strong image of the timing in your head. Also explain the basic math of the dance, 8 sequences of 8 counts each and the idea is to be on time for each. Add more ideas!
Click SAVE! Easy as a peanut butter sandwich! DISCUSSION: OWN THE MOVE -- doing a move poorly doesn't score you gold stars, cool points, or impress your partner. Let's learn how to really "own" these moves (that is, do them masterfully): - twirl out of of swing -- on time! - spinning in Rory O'More balance-and-slides Understand the timing of the music - how to know when to stop the current move and do the next one when the caller stops calling. Add more ideas!
carpooling Potluck Sign-Ups [DanceDance Development Discussion] Discussion If you just don't get how to use this, shoot an e-mail to "diane at diane-silver. com". For more info on using or creating a wiki, go to www.pbwiki.com.
carpooling Potluck Sign-Ups [Dance Development Discussion] If you just don't get how to use this, shoot an e-mail to "diane at diane-silver. com". For more info on using or creating a wiki, go to www.pbwiki.com.
Thanks, Susan 828-284-1575 or smaclean@yancey.main.nc.us Ride-share fromthe Brevard/Cedar Mountainarea to the Warren Wilson or Grey Eagle dances? Thanks, Toby 517-256-7286 or tobyajr@hotmail.com Carpool to River Falls, Sat Nov 17,possibly other future RFL Bill West 628-1174, oesteb@yahoo.com (best by phone). LOOKING FOR A RIDE: from Greenville SC to dances at River Falls or Warren Wilson. Will share gas or pay for your admission. Thanks, Joe @864-363-1843 or email roye1950@yahoo.com (posted 6/30/7). Anyone want to set up a standard meeting place for carpooling to RIVER FALLS? sign up here:
Potluck Sign-Up Next Potluck: Annual Meeting, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008. Meeting 4:00 - 6:00, potluck 6:00 - 7:30, dance 7:30 - 10:00. HOW TO sign up: Just click the EDIT button above (you don't have to create your own user id and password). Click the SAVE button. Easy as a peanut butter sandwich. DATE HERENext Potluck: Annual Meeting, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008. Meeting 4:00 - 6:00, potluck 6:00 - 7:30, dance 7:30 - 10:00. Salads: Main Dishes:
Potluck Sign-Up Jan. 27. 27, 2008. Meeting 4:00 - 6:00, potluck 6:00 - 7:30, dance 7:30 - 10:00. HOW TO sign up: Just click the EDIT button above (you don't have to create your own user id and password).
