May 23 2024 101 mins 7
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And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent
Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):
- Rick calls his own dance, Rick's Triplet #1 at the 2011 Chattahoochee Country Dancers Au Contraire November Dance Festival in Atlanta, GA to the music of Crowfoot (Adam Broome, Jaige Trudel, and Nicholas Williams)
- Rick calls the dance Tica Tica Timing by Dean Snipes at the 2015 Flurry Festival with music by the Great Bear Band, (Andrew VanNorstrand, Noah VanNorstrand, Kim Yerton, Rebecca Bosworth-Clemens, and Dana Billings)
Other links:
- Once you've listened to Rick on this podcast, go check him out on his own podcast! Rick hosts and produces the Northwest Philly Neighbors podcast where he interviews, you guessed it! His neighbors!
- Explore dances written by Rick here and find lots more goodies on his website.
- Learn about the By-Ear Open Band
- And for all you dance card enthusiasts, thanks to Rick for sharing the fruits of his epic internet search for heavier weight index cards!
- Lastly - how cool is the World of Tessellation Art that Rick made!?
