This page being renovated but some of the links below are active and more will be soon   :)

Have you ever wanted to look over the shoulder of another caller, view their dance card and watch a dance being  taught and prompted from the stage.  Now you can!

The links below will take you to video clips that start with a dance card and then show the dance being taught and prompted. You can get an idea of what type of music works well with each dance and in some of the videos you can even watch the end effects.

These videos are mostly from the Florida Snow balls of 2005 and 2006.

Link to Are you most done - caller Lisa Greenleaf, band Notorious

Link to Friday 2-b4 Ron Buchanon & Honk the Moose

Link to A pirate's life for me - Lisa Greenleaf  & Notorious

Rough draft of The 24th of June - Becky Hill & Honk the Moose

Have you ever wanted to check a dance you wrote down to see if it progresses or what the end effects might be. There is a contra dance graphics program page at

http://seattledance.org/contra/design/

you type in the moves you want and it will play the dance for you showing  the actives, inactive, gents, and ladies for 6 couples as different color squares for the gents and diamonds for the ladies.  You have to get used to the terminology but it can be done and is worth it if you'll be using it much. There are also 2 test contras that you can play.

DO YOU NEED TO CALL FOR SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, PARTIES, ETC. ... CHECK OUT THE VIDEOS BELOW:

The video is only $5 for the VHS version, or
free with purchase of $30 of other New England Dance Master materials. This is an  absolute "must-have" if  you're going to be calling
American/English style dances for one-night stands.

Historic and Contemporary Dances for Kids and Teachers: DVD #5 by Sanna Longden This video contains Set dances from America,  Mexico and England. It comes with a syllabus.

VISIT www.cdss.org for more info and pricing

And 2 videos that we currently have almost no data on except that they may exsist  :)

"An Introduction to CONTRA DANCING"

by  

The California Contra Callers Association.
and

R&R Video International, 3649 Whittier Blvd., Los Angles, CA 9002.

This video has two accompanying cassettes tapes and a booklet with 18 dances in it. Features Mike Seastrom and Bob Osgood.
A nice introduction to contras, which is also good for callers