Waynesboro

Wow! We are still amazed by how much fun it can be to call and play at a contradance, all at the same time! We were invited to put on a contradance at a community center here in town and have been working pretty hard to come up with a dance program that would be fun, instructional, and oh, did we say FUN for beginners! We had a basic program of dances and tunes, and had a core group of our jam session available to play the tunes while we took turns calling. What worked is that we had the basic structure... what needed improvisation is tailoring the dances to the needs of the dancers, many of whom were brand new to this style of social dancing. We managed to adapt some dances to accommodate the evening, keep our basic list of tunes, and incorporate a lot of dialogue and interaction to keep the dancers, organizers, and band all happy. This was not our first experience with calling, but it was our first time programming an entire dance together, and also deciding on the tunes to go along with the dances... and we learned A LOT! We also had a lot of FUN which is the main reason we do this in the first place.

Thanks to our family who came out to support this endeavor... my mom who went out on the dance floor with Richard, and to Kathie and David who came after a LONG day of vehicle trouble, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! And to all the community members who came out and to Darlene for organizing the event, THANK YOU TOO... We really appreciate the support and encouragement.

Waynesboro can be found in the Portland Collection.