From the Mic

著者: Mary Wesley CDSS
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  • Host Mary Wesley takes you behind the caller's mic to explore perspectives from the people who choose to stand in that curious place between the band and a roomful of dancers. Featuring conversations with callers of American social dance forms (contras, community dances, trad squares). Why do they do it? How did they learn? What is their role, on stage and off, in shaping our dance communities?
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Host Mary Wesley takes you behind the caller's mic to explore perspectives from the people who choose to stand in that curious place between the band and a roomful of dancers. Featuring conversations with callers of American social dance forms (contras, community dances, trad squares). Why do they do it? How did they learn? What is their role, on stage and off, in shaping our dance communities?
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  • Episode 31 - Ang DeCarlis
    2025/05/07

    Click here for the episode transcript

    Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):

    • Ang calls the dance The Magpie and the Seal by David Zinkin with music from Sycamore (Cedar Stanistreet, Samuel Foucher, Michael Sokolovsky) at the Mt. Airy Contra Dance
    • Ang calls their dance Golden Girl with music by Gus La Casse on fiddle, and Pepin Mittelhauser on guitar and mandolin at the BIDA dance in July 2024

    Other things!

    • Ang's very own website. Make sure to check out:
      • Dance compositions, including the dream dance "Golden Girl"
      • Dance Safety Illustrations

    See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent

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    1 時間 39 分
  • Episode 30 - Jeremy Korr
    2025/03/08

    Click here to download the transcript

    Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):

    • Jeremy calling the dance 16 for Gregg by Luke Donforth with music by The Syncopaths (Ryan McKasson, Ashley Hoyer, Christa Burch, and Jeff Spero) at the 2025 Fiddling Frog Dance Weekend in Pasadena, CA.
    • Jeremy calling a square dance with music from the band Big Fun (Marty Somberg, Rob Nuhn, Myron Grant, and Lance Wagner) at the 2012 Ann Arbor Dawn Dance.

    See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent

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    1 時間 41 分
  • Episode 29 - The Amidons
    2025/01/02

    See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly

    And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent

    Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):

    • Peter leads his class of 8-10 year olds in the traditional playparty game "The Noble Duke of York" to the New England Dancing Masters recording from their Rise Sally Rise CD at the July 2022 Country Dance & Song Society Ogontz Family Camp.
    • Peter teaches "La Bastringue", a traditional French Canadian circle dance to some fourth graders in a clip from the New England Dancing Masters DVD Chimes of Dunkirk - Teaching Dance to Children.
    • Peter and Mary Alice dance and sing the Lorraine Hammond singing game The Tree Song, which can be found in New England Dancing Masters' book and companion CD Down in the Valley - More Great Singing Games for Children.

    Other links

    • Peter and Mary Alice's website - Amidon Community Music
    • The New England Dancing Masters website
    • Bow Tie Music - many examples of NEDM dances here in this wonderful collection!
    • Pourparler - Gathering of music and dance teachers hosted by the National Folk Organization

    See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent

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    1 時間 27 分

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