pennsicdance: organizer round-up

[Zachary Kessin]

Due to the fact that pennsic is now quite a long distance for me (I'm in 
Israel) I don't have much hope to make it next year. :( But I will be 
there in spirit. However here are some thoughts on things which you all 
can take in or ignore as you see fit. 

1) Lyev would make a good dance king (IMHO)

2) Maybe someone should send a copy of the pile to wolgemot. Or just parts 
of it. For what it will cost us it will definitly be worth it.

3) Can we put the pile on the web? There may be legal or technical issues 
there, but It was at least worth sugesting.

--Joshua (I'll be back someday, G-d willing)


On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Greg Lindahl wrote:

> Greetings from that idyllic pleasure spot known as an airport hotel
> next to New York's Kennedy airport!
> 
> Here's your promised Pennsic round-up.
> 
> First off, I'd like to share the most important news: Don Lyev would
> like to organize dance next year. I know a bunch of you were
> recruiting him, and I'm very glad he's interested.
> 
> We have not one but two volunteers for floor organization: Domenico
> will if his new job allows it, and Margaret will if he can't. All that
> should be settled in January.
> 
> Elsbeth would like to repeat as the music pile organizer, with more
> time now that her pesky graduate degree is out of the way.
> 
> Lyev probably has some other ideas for Things To Do. So if you'd like
> to volunteer, send him your ideas, or ask him for some Things To Do.
> 
> First, the good:
> 
> 1) The larger dance tent rocks, and Adele was able to get $$ to expand
> the floor. Next year is our last year with Alaric as Pennsic
> Treasurer, so we should get any final major expenses out of the way
> next year.
> 
> 2) Wolgemut rocks. The total crowd was about as big as the Masked Ball
> usually is, and I have never before seen groups of non-dancers dash
> onto the dance floor to boogie to the... Double Bransle. We should
> definitely invite them to come back on some non-special evening next
> year.  I'll put Lyev in touch with them. Maybe we could suggest some
> new pieces for them to learn.
> 
> 3) The music pile was good, despite a few teething pains, and the
> overall number of musicians seemed to be up. I think that having a
> musician encourager (Octavio) was a good personal touch to get new
> musicians playing for dancing -- then once they've made friends with
> the rest of the band, they're hooked for life.
> 
> 4) The two Caroso balls had about the minimum number of people needed
> to work -- and I really enjoyed both of them. See below for talk about
> times.
> 
> 5) The English Revel worked pretty well, and was well attended. For
> next year, anyone who'd like some details about the types of
> dances found at the Revels is welcome to contact me -- it wasn't
> just measures and country dances.
> 
> The not-so-good:
> 
> 1) The one time I looked, signs in the Barn on evenings when dance was
> only in the dance tent were non-existent. Something as loud as a big
> piece of poster-board on a 3-legged stand in the center of the floor
> would be good.
> 
> 2) Putting the Ball on Friday turned out to be not-so-good -- about
> 100 dancers and 100 watchers, as opposed to the usual 200+200 crowd.
> Not only were we against the fireworks (surprise!), but some people
> were already packing up midday Friday. The Ball date is always
> dictated by court, of course, but I think that Monday is a better day
> than Friday.
> 
> 3) Caroso balls during the day seem to draw more dancers than in the
> evening. Both of the balls this year got enough people to be OK, but
> in the future, I'd recommend putting at least one during the day.
> 
> 4) The 15c Italian dance party drew a modest crowd, and I don't think
> it worked very well.
> 
> 5) The class book. Well, that's enough on that topic.
> 
> As usual, I'd like photographs of dancing at Pennsic for the
> historical webpages.
> 
> -- Gregory
> 
> 
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