| Friday Aug 30 |
Fanning Hall (main dance hall) |
Laurel Lodge (or Cy Fireplace Room) |
| 4:00 | Tent set up (for tenters only) | |
| 5:00–8:30 | Check-in | |
| 8:00–9:15 | Evening Dance Eloise & Co. and Mary | |
| 9:15-9:45 | Snack | |
| 9:45-11:00 | Evening Dance KGB and Adina | |
| 11:00-? | Open mic | |
| Saturday Aug 31 |
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| 8:00-8:45 | Breakfast | |
| 8:45-9:00 | Floor Cleaning | |
| 9:00- 10:15 | Adina
with KGB - Be your best dancer A little talking, a lot of dancing, and games & challenges to get us thinking, dancing, and connecting with our partners and neighbors even better! |
Betsy - Learn some tunes Learn some new tunes! Accessible tunes for your repertoire taught by one of Portland’s finest teachers. |
| 10:30-11:45 |
Mary with Eloise & Co.
- Smooth contra Dances (gender neutral terms) Beautiful dances with fantastic flow and magical moments. |
Betsy
- Pick tunes and jam with friends Betsy leads a jam/tune session with the focus on playing by ear. Her teaching style makes even the newest players comfortable and satisfied and even surprised by their own accomplishments. |
| Noon-1:00 | Lunch | |
| 1:00-1:15 | Floor Cleaning | 1:15-2:30 | Adina with KGB
- ECD for all Find out why English Country dancing has retained its popularity for centuries! You’ll love these modern and classic favorites whether you’ve been dancing ECD for minutes or for decades. |
Becky/Rachel
- Band workshop Rachel and Becky love playing many types of French tunes for contra dancing. We’ll take one or more of these gems, learn them by ear, and massage them into a medley with a few chordal/harmonic ideas. |
2:45-3:45 | Mary with Eloise & Co. - Contra with
Borrowed Figures Contra dance choreographers sometimes like to mix and match. We'll explore dances that borrow figures from other dance traditions such as Western, Appalachian, New England square dancing and English country dance. |
Adina
- Calling workshop Dance calling geekery for everyone from the experienced and the timidly calling-curious! |
| 4:00-5:00 | Dave/Claude - Swing Dance Come spend an hour dancing with masters of swing style tunes. What a great way to spend a late afternoon! (with guest Rich Scher on percussion) |
Betsy
- Singing (Laurel Lodge) Fun harmony singing by ear, no music reading or singing experience necessary. We'll sing a mix of traditional and contemporary songs and rounds. Julie - Sketching for dancers (Cy Fireplace Room) This is for anyone who is interested in some techniques to sketch musicians as they play. No experience necessary. Come with a willingness to observe musicians and no worrying about results. |
| 6:15-7:15 | Dinner | |
| 7:15-7:30 | Floor Cleaning | |
| 7:30-8:15 | Concert KGB | |
| 8:15-8:30 | Hall Prep | |
| 8:30-9:45 | Evening Dance KGB and Mary | |
| 9:45-10:15 | Snack | |
| 10:15-11:30 | Evening Dance Eloise & Co. and Adina | |
| 11:30-? | Open mic | |
| Sunday Sep 1 |
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| 8:30-9:15 | Breakfast | |
| 9:15-9:45 | Floor Cleaning | 9:45-10:45 | Mary with KGB
- Squares Any old way but upside down! Mary calls a sampler of squares: Southern, New England, Quebecois and singing squares...fun for all! |
Andrew
- Fun with Chord Substitutions An accessible approach to expanding the harmonic landscape of a fiddle tune. We'll cover some practical music theory, ear training, different ways to harmonize a melody, bass lines and more. This class is perfect for someone who can "play what's on the page" but wants to take their accompaniment to the next level. |
| 11:00-Noon | Adina with Eloise & Co.
- Challenging contras Don't say you weren't warned! Dances to tie your brain in knots and challenge your contra skills. Bring your sense of direction, your sense of wonder, and your sense of humor. |
Dave - Backup that takes you places (Laurel Lodge) As a backup player (or backup section) in a contra dance or ECD band, you are the driver of the music bus. Explore some novel and exciting places where you can take that bus.
Claude - Vocal improvisation (Cy Fireplace Room) |
| 12:15-1:15 | Lunch | |
| 1:15-1:30 | Floor Cleaning | 1:30-2:30 | Mary with
Rachel/Becky - Balfolk and Breton Come take a trip to France with Rachel, Becky and Mary! Balfolk dancing is popular social dancing from Western Europe, a recent revival of traditional, mostly French, folk dances. These include Breton dances from the northwestern, historically celtic region of France known as Brittany. Balfolk and Breton dances range in form from partnered dances (waltz, schottish, mazurka) , circle and longways sets (chappelloise and bourées) and "la danse en chaîne," chain dances combining a variety of steps and arm movements (hanter dro, andro, and many more)! These dances and the tunes that go with them are beautiful and mesmerizing. Venez dansez!! |
Julie
- Playing well with Others A few ways to add flavor and variety to a session or a dance band. You don’t need to know the tune to have fun with rhythm and dynamics. |
2:45-3:45 | Adina with
Andrew/Becky - Funky Progressions
(gender neutral terms) Circle left 3/4 and pass through to the next? Not here! Explore multiple unexpected ways to get from point A to point B. |
Mary - Oral History presentation Spending time at dance weekends and with your home dance communities, do you find yourself hearing stories and local history that you wish you could hold onto, or share in some way? In this session Mary puts on her oral historian hat to share ideas and inspiration around documenting stories and history in our dance communities (or in any other community you're a part of!). There will be a light focus on DIY audio recording (no experience or gear needed) and lots of discussion! |
| 4:00-5:00 |
Sue and
Erik - Open Band Waltzing Erik and Sue will lead the open waltz band. Bring your instruments and waltz books and play an hour of waltzes for dancers. |
Rich Scher and
Ethel Gulette - Singing Rich and Ethel lead a very eclectic selection of songs – everything from standards to old folk favorites to Beatles and beyond. Free harmonizing encouraged. Feel free to bring Rise Up Singing and/or your sing-along instruments. We will also use keyboard. Participants who come will help decide what we sing. |
| 6:15-7:15 | Dinner | |
| 7:15-7:30 | Floor Cleaning | |
| 7:30-8:15 | Concert: Eloise & Co. | |
| 8:15-8:30 | Hall Prep | |
| 8:30-9:45 | Evening Dance Eloise & Co. and Adina | |
| 9:45-10:15 | Snack | |
| 10:15-11:30 | Evening Dance KGB and Mary | |
| Monday Sep 2 |
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| 8:00-9:30 | Clean cabins, pack etc. | |
| 9:30-10:30 | Brunch | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Floor Cleaning | |
| 11:00-1:30 | Final Dance: both bands and callers |