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#3goodthings @3goodthings
1. First time ever paying US $7 for a really small latte in a cup and saucer at a chi-chi cafe. BUT- good thing is it really makes me super appreciate the family run Mexican cafe in my own little town... awesome Mexican Mocha Large latte for $350! )plus free plain coffee refills) 🙌🏻
2. I'm so enjoying observing my way-too-FAT red tabby cat Rufus slowly losing weight on his new diet of three months- he's gone from 18 to 16 lbs. He hates the diet but he's looking and acting so much better! One more lb to go.
3. Met up with a new friend from going to #ContraDance s ... we met for coffee in a town halfway between us. Much blabbing and fun was had for 2 hours, I'm so glad we did this. Makes it more of a 'real life' friendship rather than just seeing each other at dances. 👍🏼

Many contra dance callers use The Caller’s Box, a phenomenal dance choreography database from Chris Page and Michael Dyck. For those of us who primarily call gender free dances, though, using it requires mental translation from gendered role terms to gender neutral ones. I’ve created a browser plugin, Caller’s Box Configurator, to fix this.

#ContraDance #TradFolk #DanceCalling

chromamine.com/2025/03/callers

Harris LapiroffCaller's Box Configurator

@ScoterD I don't know why, but I've never even thought to search for contra people on here! I mostly do blues and lindy hop, but contra was my first dance and has a special place in my heart. We're lucky enough to have two weekly dances in Atlanta where I am, the original live-band one is very far from me though so it's a bit hard to get too and I go irregularly. The other one is DJed and I've never been to it, but it's a bit closer so I need to try it one of these days.

This is a post looking for that quirky bunch of friends (some on bluesky now) who enjoy #ContraDance #FolkMusic #MyAlaskaWx #FensterFriday #Yukon #IndigenousLanguage @thelmaleuba.bsky.social is one person I hope to reach this way Wider net includes #GregoryGardens #GirlScouts
#MDUSD #OccidentalCollege So if this works right, I write on Mastodon and folks can read on Mastodon AND on BlueSky. (but it might be a magic spell I havenʼt perfected yet)

#introduction post! I'm rootrambler, a #landscape designer, #writer and #maker

I'm interested in the history of collective land use, peasant customs/resistance, farming, hunting and gathering, and foraging. Interested in dye, fiber, and food plants Hoping to use this platform to share what I'm reading/learning!

I also do #hiking #backpacking #contradance and garment #sewing

On my summer tour with Kingfisher the organizers of one dance told me that their group would tolerate Larks/Robins for role terms, but *preferred* Ladies/Gents. After talking it over with some other callers and dancers and weighing the factors (What will feel best for me? What will be best for the dancers? What will be good for contra dance in general?) I opted to call Larks/Robins.

chromamine.com/2024/07/calling

Harris LapiroffCalling a Gendered Series Gender-FreeOn my summer tour with Kingfisher the organizers of one dance told me that their group would tolerate Larks/Robins for role terms, but preferred Ladies/Gents. After talking it over with some other callers and dancers and weighing the factors (What will feel best for me? What will be best for the dancers? What will be good for contra dance in general?) I opted to call Larks/Robins.

I just wrapped up a weeklong summer contra dance calling tour with Kingfisher (@jefftk and Cecilia Vacanti). This was my first time on tour!

We played six dances in six days with an extra day for travel at the start and an extra two days at the end, for a total of nine days on the road. We performed at these dances:

chromamine.com/2024/07/summer-

Harris LapiroffSummer Tour with Kingfisher ReflectionsI just wrapped up a weeklong summer contra dance calling tour with Kingfisher (Jeff Kaufman and Cecilia Vacanti). This was my first time on tour!

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Dance: Binghamton Morris Men (2002–); American Travelling Morrice (2003–); formerly Bassett Street Hounds, Ribbonsteel Rapper, Thornden Morris, Salt Springs Morris, and Wild Blue Morris (all Syracuse, NY) and Flying Bark Morris (Newport News, VA). Contras and English country dances mainly in Syracuse.

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#introduction #morrisDancing #Binghamton #contraDancing
#morris #contra #morrisDance #contraDance #dance #dancing #folkDance #folkDancing #EnglishCountryDance

In response to my most recent post about calling dances in Nantucket, Maia wrote to me:

> Harris, I have the world's stupidest bone to pick with you. Re the dance cards on your website: I don’t think “Duple Neutral” actually means anything?

Okay, I should explain myself.

#ContraDance #TradFolk #gender

chromamine.com/2024/05/how-sho

Harris LapiroffHow should we notate role-free contra dance formation?In response to my most recent post about calling dances in Nantucket, Maia wrote to me:

This week I called the Nantucket's First Community Contra Dance. It was an unusual gig. The organizer is starting a contra dance community from scratch on the island. There were a small handful of experienced dancers she knew, but aside from them, the crowd was entirely new.

#ContraDance #TradFolk #Nantucket #SocialDance

chromamine.com/2024/05/calling

Harris LapiroffCalling the First Dance for a CommunityThis week I called the Nantucket's First Community Contra Dance. It was an unusual gig. The organizer is starting a contra dance community from scratch on the island.

Called to a small but devoted crowd in Concord last night and as a rare treat it was spacious enough and with experienced enough dancers for me to call this beautiful dance composition by Erik Hoffman, titled “There is no Way to Peace; Peace is the Way” (after an A.J. Muste quote).

I’m typically not a star promenade and butterfly whirl fan, but for this dance I make an exception.

In 2019 I decided to get back into contra dance calling after a multi-year stretch of doing very little of it. I called one dance in December, one dance in January of 2020, and then the pandemic hit. Oops.

But when my local dances started back up in 2022 I got into it again and called five dances that year.

#contra #ContraDance #SocialDance

chromamine.com/2024/02/contra-

Harris LapiroffMy Contra Calling in Review, 2022 and 2023 Calling Brooklyn Contra in August 2023. Photo by Matt Willner.