Did you know that company’s coming? Our community is hosting a
week-long celebration of dance, music and song on October 4-10 as a project of
the Country Dance and Song Society's centennial celebration.
Firefly Family Band and dance leader Bob Dalsemer are coming
from North Carolina to help us put on this fabulous series of activities. They
have already begun working with the Folk Week steering committee, and soon we
will be working with a corps of volunteers – that’s YOU! Folk Week will help
raise the visibility of traditional dance, music and song in our community!
A schedule of activities is being
developed; partnerships are being formed, and venues are getting booked! In
addition to in-school activities for Marshfield and North Bend High School students, we've scheduled
activities for students who participate in after school music activities –
South Coast Lab Band and ORCO Arts Guild. Firefly and Bob will also be
working with students on the SWOCC campus.
For the general public, we have many contra / square dances scheduled throughout
the week; a concert featuring Firefly Family Band; 4 workshops for callers; 4
workshops for musicians; a sing along; a workshop for song leaders; a workshop for organizers and training
for our board of directors.
Here is a sneak peek at some of the workshop descriptions:
Open band workshop “Dance Band Basics: Playing for contra
dancers” Your role as dance musician, making simple tunes
shine, avoiding common 'train wrecks,' and fostering a sense of fun. All
levels.
Dancers
workshop “Mysteries of Contra Dance Revealed” Improve
your dance memory; anticipate what’s next; how to assist or be assisted by
other dancers.
Song leaders’ workshop “If You Can Talk, You Can Sing: Song
Leading for Everyone” Song
leading basics, encouraging participation, engaging the folk process, fun songs
for all ages.
Callers Workshop: Resources,
Contra Dance Music, Dance Notation Systems, Calling Techniques
Musicians’ workshop “Tricks of the Trade: How
to Make Your Tunes Dance” A workshop
for contra dance musicians focusing on nifty dynamics, effective medleys, and
creating energy in the dance hall.
I can’t wait to go to as many
workshops and activities possible!
Many
hands makes light work. We need your help! Respond to this email and offer
help with one or more of these volunteer assignments:
2. Host our guests (5) for a home-cooked lunch or a dinner one of the days while they are here
3. Step up to help volunteer at one of the MANY activities listed above
4. The steering committee made a
conscious decision that ALL activities will be admission by donation, keeping activities
accessible for families in our community. We’ll soon be soliciting business
sponsors to help cover the costs of renting venues, sound technicians, printing
posters and programs, etc. Can you help?
A shout out to Marty Giles of Wavecrest Discoveries, our first
business sponsor! https://www.facebook.com/wavecrestdiscoveries
A shout out to the Coquille Tribal Community Fund who awarded a
generous grant to support South Coast Folk Week!
Learn
more about Folk Week https://southcoastfolksociety.wordpress.com/cdss-tour/
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minus 6 months! Wheeee!
P.S.
See you at the contra dance tonight!
Stacy
Rose
541.808.1002
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