From dave at daveswebplace.net Tue Sep 19 11:38:48 2006 From: dave at daveswebplace.net (Dave Hinde) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:38:48 -0400 Subject: [Squaredancing] Need some article info Message-ID: <011301c6dc01$b405e100$6500a8c0@dave4200> I am writing an article, or two, about square dancing, and I need some articles for reference. Several months ago I got a reply to another message, that stated square dancing has been labeled the number one aerobic exercise. I can't remember who sent me that message, but I'd like to find the source of the information. Who labeled square dancing the #1 Aerobic Exercise? Also, many years ago I remember seeing an article that referenced a printing from the 1800 about square dancing. It was a reporter or writer talking about visiting a mining camp and there was a square dance going on. The dancers turned out to be all men, but half wore aprons or skirts and danced the "women's" part. If anyone knows where I can get this information, so I can quote it in other articles, I'd appreciate the help, Thanks, Dave Hinde -------------------------------------------------------------------- __/, at __ dave at daveswebplace.net /O____O_| http://www.evadsti.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From larry.belcher at charter.net Tue Sep 19 13:23:48 2006 From: larry.belcher at charter.net (Larry Belcher) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:23:48 -0500 Subject: [Squaredancing] Need some article info References: <011301c6dc01$b405e100$6500a8c0@dave4200> Message-ID: <007701c6dc10$5f1c3770$6401a8c0@larry60c74da35> Here are some articles from Vic Ceder's site http://www.ceder.net/ArticleCoOp/viewsingle.php4?RecordId=198 http://www.ceder.net/ArticleCoOp/viewsingle.php4?RecordId=197 http://www.ceder.net/ArticleCoOp/viewsingle.php4?RecordId=65 http://www.ceder.net/ArticleCoOp/viewsingle.php4?RecordId=207 ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Hinde To: squaredancing at rbnsn.com Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:38 AM Subject: [Squaredancing] Need some article info I am writing an article, or two, about square dancing, and I need some articles for reference. Several months ago I got a reply to another message, that stated square dancing has been labeled the number one aerobic exercise. I can't remember who sent me that message, but I'd like to find the source of the information. Who labeled square dancing the #1 Aerobic Exercise? Also, many years ago I remember seeing an article that referenced a printing from the 1800 about square dancing. It was a reporter or writer talking about visiting a mining camp and there was a square dance going on. The dancers turned out to be all men, but half wore aprons or skirts and danced the "women's" part. If anyone knows where I can get this information, so I can quote it in other articles, I'd appreciate the help, Thanks, Dave Hinde -------------------------------------------------------------------- __/, at __ dave at daveswebplace.net /O____O_| http://www.evadsti.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- _______________________________________________ Squaredancing mailing list Squaredancing at rbnsn.com http://rbnsn.com/mailman/listinfo/squaredancing_rbnsn.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From whirlandtwirl at earthlink.net Wed Sep 20 15:22:20 2006 From: whirlandtwirl at earthlink.net (Whirl & Twirl) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:22:20 -0400 Subject: [Squaredancing] Tony Oxendine Message-ID: <007701c6dcea$18d3ceb0$6401a8c0@Bruce> We have received word that the mother of Tony Oxendine passed away on Tuesday, September 19, 2006. The following information will allow you to share your thoughts, prayers and concerns to the Oxendine family. ? Funeral Arrangements:? Funeral Services will be held on???? ???????????????????????????????????? Thursday, September 21 at 3:00 pm at ????????????????????????????????Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home ????????????????????????????????515 Miller Road ????????????????????????????????Sumpter, SC??? Phone: 803-775-7500 ? ???????????????The Oxendine family will be using the following florist: ????????????????????????Doris County Flowers?? Phone:? 803-481-8743 ? Tony's address is: ????Tony Oxendine ????2640 Goldeneye Ridge ????Sumpter, SC? 29150 ? Please keep the Oxendine family in your prayers. We thank Grand Square, Inc for providing this information. From WA8VEC at ARRL.NET Tue Sep 26 03:20:33 2006 From: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET (Mike Gormley) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:20:33 -0400 Subject: [Squaredancing] Malone, NY Message-ID: <4518D4C1.8020609@ARRL.NET> Any square dance clubs within driving distance from Malone, NY please contact me. I have a square dancing couple moving to Malone from the Keys, I wish to put you in touch with. Mike Gormley Florida Keys From WA8VEC at ARRL.NET Wed Sep 27 00:20:37 2006 From: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET (Mike Gormley) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:20:37 -0400 Subject: [Squaredancing] Re: Calling for a Deaf Person In-Reply-To: <306.b86e00d.324b4861@aol.com> References: <306.b86e00d.324b4861@aol.com> Message-ID: <4519FC15.1090409@ARRL.NET> Kenritucci at aol.com wrote: > A local club is going to be having a totally deaf person attempt to > take lessons this year. They asked me if I could solicit any ideas out > there of callers/clubs who might have attempted to do this and how it > was handled. > > Has anyone ever attempted this? > > Thanks, > > Ken Sounds like an interesting challenge. I have no experience with this. It seems like this question came up once before on one of the many mailing lists. Mike Gormley Florida Keys -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WA8VEC at ARRL.NET Wed Sep 27 01:12:25 2006 From: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET (Mike Gormley) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:12:25 -0400 Subject: [Squaredancing] Re: Calling for a Deaf Person In-Reply-To: <306.b86e00d.324b4861@aol.com> References: <306.b86e00d.324b4861@aol.com> Message-ID: <451A0839.6090309@ARRL.NET> Kenritucci at aol.com wrote: > A local club is going to be having a totally deaf person attempt to > take lessons this year. They asked me if I could solicit any ideas out > there of callers/clubs who might have attempted to do this and how it > was handled. > > Has anyone ever attempted this? > > Thanks, > > Ken The first thought I would have is if he can hear a "little" to use a hearing enhancement system tuned strictly to the callers voice. The second thought I have is to keep the choreo to set figures such as done in Eastern Square Dancing. The deaf dancer could then be in the #4 position of the square and know what to do by watching the others first. If Modern Western Square Dance movements are used, try standard figures. Advise the deaf dancer in advance the figure to be used before it is called. The figures could be numbered. The dancer and the caller would memorize the figure number. The dancer could square up in the number 2, 3 or 4 position of the square, so he could glance over to the caller for "hand signal" of the next figure to be called. The signal would be given during the Promenade Home. Maybe there is some way to take a radio transmitter keyed to the Beats per Minute of the music, and transmit it to the receiver worn by the deaf person. The difference is the receiver would be like a vibrator attached to his body. He could then "feel" the beat and "dance away". If a cell phone can vibrate as a ringer, why can't any such receiver vibrate in 128 pulses per minute? Or maybe the signal could be a small LED light tied to the BPM attached to his glasses. I know the later part of this message is a little wild, but I am brainstorming. Maybe my Son, the inventor, can come up with something. Mike Gormley Florida Keys -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WA8VEC at ARRL.NET Wed Sep 27 02:22:41 2006 From: WA8VEC at ARRL.NET (Mike Gormley) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 02:22:41 -0400 Subject: [Squaredancing] Re: Calling for a Deaf Person In-Reply-To: <451A0839.6090309@ARRL.NET> References: <306.b86e00d.324b4861@aol.com> <451A0839.6090309@ARRL.NET> Message-ID: <451A18B1.7090005@ARRL.NET> Mike Gormley wrote: > Kenritucci at aol.com wrote: > >> A local club is going to be having a totally deaf person attempt to >> take lessons this year. They asked me if I could solicit any ideas >> out there of callers/clubs who might have attempted to do this and >> how it was handled. >> >> Has anyone ever attempted this? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ken > > The first thought I would have is if he can hear a "little" to use a > hearing enhancement system tuned strictly to the callers voice. > > The second thought I have is to keep the choreo to set figures such as > done in Eastern Square Dancing. The deaf dancer could then be in the > #4 position of the square and know what to do by watching the others > first. > > If Modern Western Square Dance movements are used, try standard > figures. Advise the deaf dancer in advance the figure to be used > before it is called. The figures could be numbered. The dancer and > the caller would memorize the figure number. The dancer could square > up in the number 2, 3 or 4 position of the square, so he could glance > over to the caller for "hand signal" of the next figure to be > called. The signal would be given during the Promenade Home. > > Maybe there is some way to take a radio transmitter keyed to the > Beats per Minute of the music, and transmit it to the receiver worn > by the deaf person. The difference is the receiver would be like a > vibrator attached to his body. He could then "feel" the beat and > "dance away". If a cell phone can vibrate as a ringer, why can't any > such receiver vibrate in 128 pulses per minute? Or maybe the signal > could be a small LED light tied to the BPM attached to his glasses. > > I know the later part of this message is a little wild, but I am > brainstorming. Maybe my Son, the inventor, can come up with something. > > Mike Gormley > Florida Keys Additional comments from Mike Gormley: I would suggest that what we teach to ALL DANCERS, be strongly emphasized AGAIN TO ALL DANCERS under this circumstance of dancing in a square with a deaf person part of it. What I am talking about is: proper positioning after each call (how does a Dosado, a DoPaso or a Swing end?), reach out an touch somebody to establish your partner or the line you are in, how to help someone else in a square without pushing or pulling, etc. If the other dancers are not in position for each call or touching hands, they can't help others who are limited or who are having troubles hearing the calls. Mike Gormley Florida Keys -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ljknews at mac.com Wed Sep 27 10:56:28 2006 From: ljknews at mac.com (ljknews) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:56:28 -0400 Subject: [Squaredancing] Re: [sd-callers] Calling for a Deaf Person In-Reply-To: <306.b86e00d.324b4861@aol.com> References: <306.b86e00d.324b4861@aol.com> Message-ID: At 11:22 PM -0400 9/26/06, Kenritucci at aol.com wrote: > A local club is going to be having a totally deaf person attempt to take > lessons this year. They asked me if I could solicit any ideas out there of > callers/clubs who might have attempted to do this and how it was handled. Knowing the area you might consider "local", I presume you did not leave out some part that said "unlimited budget". An ideal arrangement would involve an assistant caller doing American Sign Language with a video repeater projected onto each of the 4 walls. For a beginning dancer with different training, it would be cheaper to send Morse Code over a flashing light (again requiring an assistant caller). Looking at the addressee list, I see that might be a possibility. But if you are able to do anything in this regard, I think pumping a lot of bass into a resonant floor would give a better chance for the target dancer to have the same enjoyment of dancing to the music that hearing dancers sense. -- Larry Kilgallen From callerman at hotmail.com Wed Sep 27 13:32:23 2006 From: callerman at hotmail.com (Ron Nelson) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:32:23 +0000 Subject: [Squaredancing] Re: Calling for a Deaf Person In-Reply-To: <4519FC15.1090409@ARRL.NET> Message-ID: >From: Mike Gormley >Reply-To: This list for discussing all aspect of MWSD > >To: sd-callers at all8.com >CC: Dosado at yahoogroups.com, squaredancing at rbnsn.com, sd-abc at all8.com >Subject: [Squaredancing] Re: Calling for a Deaf Person >Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:20:37 -0400 > >Kenritucci at aol.com wrote: > >>A local club is going to be having a totally deaf person attempt to take >>lessons this year. They asked me if I could solicit any ideas out there of >>callers/clubs who might have attempted to do this and how it was handled. >> Has anyone ever attempted this? >> Thanks, >> Ken > >Sounds like an interesting challenge. I have no experience with this. It >seems like this question came up once before on one of the many mailing >lists. > >Mike Gormley >Florida Keys I have had the experience of teaching a deaf person to square dance. He joined a class I taught for the Finest City Squares, San Diego's gay and lesbian club. His partner was an experienced dancer. They had a published list of calls with hand signals for each. I never attempted to learn the hand signals, but some of the other dancers learned a few of them. He learned to dance the ladies' role exclusively. Mostly he could get by simply by observing his opposite counterpart. He went all the way into Advanced classes, though I don't recall if he ever achieved full A2 capapbility. I expect that somewhere someone had a copy of those hand signals. I know we have a significant number of gay callers on this list. Perhaps one of them has knowledge of where this call list might be. The dancer I taught is no longer dancing. His partner is deceased (heart attack). so I don't know where else to go with this. Ron Nelson Chula Vista, CA From squarekopp at gmx.de Wed Sep 27 17:32:01 2006 From: squarekopp at gmx.de (squarekopp at gmx.de) Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:32:01 +0200 Subject: [Squaredancing] Re: Calling for a Deaf Person Message-ID: <20060927213201.147940@gmx.net> I only once had a deaf girl as a guest at my clubs. She was quick in the uptake what her opposites were doing, with some help. E.g. for a square thru 4, somebody should show her 4 fingers. She was the daughter of a caller, and therefore had a solid foundation in theory. In other words, she knew what she was doing; what is more than I can say of some people who can hear but do not listen. Yours squarely, Heiner Fischle Hannover, Germany From sdcaller1 at sympatico.ca Thu Sep 28 09:20:08 2006 From: sdcaller1 at sympatico.ca (Caller-G) Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:20:08 -0400 Subject: [Squaredancing] Re: [sd-callers] Malone, NY References: <4518D4C1.8020609@ARRL.NET> Message-ID: Mike, The "Skirts & Flirts" are located in Canton, NY. They dance 'Basic/Mainstream with Plus Tips & some Rounds. Their Caller is Bob Brown and they dance Fridays at the Canton Central School, 99 State St. Class from 7-8pm ; Club 8 to 10pm I can provide you with their club contacts if you want to email me privately. Cheers Geoff Clarke, Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Gormley To: sd-callers at all8.com ; squaredancing at rbnsn.com ; Dosado at yahoogroups.com ; ABC Concept Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 3:20 AM Subject: [sd-callers] Malone, NY Any square dance clubs within driving distance from Malone, NY please contact me. I have a square dancing couple moving to Malone from the Keys, I wish to put you in touch with. Mike Gormley Florida Keys _______________________________________________ sd-callers mailing list sd-callers at all8.com http://all8.com/mailman/listinfo/sd-callers_all8.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From challengecaller at yahoo.co.jp Thu Sep 28 09:24:31 2006 From: challengecaller at yahoo.co.jp (Shinichi Mochizuki) Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 22:24:31 +0900 Subject: [Squaredancing] (no subject) Message-ID: <000901c6e301$6f4393d0$61b0b2da@N2040>