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Traditional Barn Dances with Calls & Fiddling
Dudley Laufman and Jacqueline Laufman
Item #:
9780736076128
Price:
$67.00
Created by Dudley Laufman, a traditional New England dance caller and fiddler,
and
his cofiddler, Jacqueline Laufman, this book, DVD, and two-CD package
contains
everything you need for learning to teach traditional circle, square, longways
and contra
dances to participants of all ages and
abilities. Music, calls, and dance steps are included for Virginia Reel,
Portland
Fancy, Paul Jones, Grand March, Seven-Step Polka, Farandole, Jefferson and
Liberty and more.This collection of teaching materials
includes:- An
easy-to-use book that features the calls and directions for 53 dances in large
print so you can read them from a distance as you move about the room to help
dancers.
-
Sheet music for the fiddle tunes to promote interdisciplinary collaborations with
general music teachers, orchestra directors, and string teachers and to
encourage
the use of live music with the dancing.
-
Folklore, facts, and teaching suggestions for each dance.
- Advise for teaching
and adapting dances for people with limited mobility, and for organizing your
own barn dance.
-
A DVD that includes a video glossary showing the moves as well as walk-
throughs
and full demonstrations for selected dances.
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Two CDs of authentic fiddle tunes for many of the dances with the calls on one
track followed by the music track without calls.
Book with CDs and DVD, 195 pages.
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