It is my plan to be there and I look forward to dancing.

Ermerich

"Warriors and Warlords" is Northshield's big summer event, jointly produced by
the baronies of Nordskogen (Tin Cities) and Jararvettir (Madison) on the weekend
after the 4th of July.

I justreceived the following missive from Mistress Rosanore of Redthorn.  (Whome
some of you may recegnize as the "Rose" of "Rose and Nefr")

--Christian

Dear Christian:

I'm going to be the coordinator for the dance ball at WW16.  Our plan is have a
shorter ball as early in the evening as possible on Saturday.  We are wanting to
be the first party of the evening, in fact, and are hoping to be a very family
friendly event that lots of folk of all ages will want to attend.  So, in
addition to teaching as many of the dances as possible in advance, we will also
be teaching during the ball.

Here is the list of dances, in the order in which we plan to do them.

Sellenger's Round
Scottish Bransle

Jenny Pluck Pears
Gracca Amorosa

Horses Bransle
Rufty Tufty

Earl of Essex Measure
Montarde Bransle

Amoroso
Madame Sosilia Alman

If there is enough time, we will also dance:
Quadran Pavane
Hearts Ease
Pease Bransle
Black Nag

Rosanore

Oh My! Lilies is only 3 weeks away!
Musicians tune up your instraments and please contact Lucia for copies of
the ball music.
Dancers put on your dancing shoes - we have over 25 hours of classes and 4
different balls on offer, plus a pilgramage!
My thanks to Hanne, Azenari, Arina, Ermenich, Cathus, HE Phillipe, HE
Isabaue, and Master Conrad for volenteering to teach classes.  Especially Ly
Hanne who will be teaching our Calontir youth the joy of dance.
If anyone else wants to volenteer a bit of time before the ball please
contact me.
I am also looking for people willing to help provide munchies and drink for
the balls.
If you have enclosed candle lanterns that you can let us borrow for the
ball, please bring them.

See you all there!
Dancy, Dancy!!

HL Rowan Houndskeeper
Barony of Three Rivers, Calontir
rowan@...

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx


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HL Rowan Houndskeeper
Barony of Three Rivers, Calontir
rowan@...

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

Try again. :-)

Dance Classes
All dance classes are taught at the Permanent Shelter.
Saturday, 6/13
10am – Almans for All Good Gentlemen (and Ladies): What every gentle was
expected to know. Learn a selection of the Alman dances from the Inns of
Courts. (Beginner)
             Instructor: Ly Hanne               Dances: Black Alman, Old
Alman, Queens Alman, Lorayne Alman,
New Alman
11am – Progression Dances:  A style of English Country dance in which
couples change sequence and roles. A brief discussion of the etiquette of
“sharking” will be included (Beginner/Intermediate)
             Instructor: HL Rowan              Dances: My Lady Cullen,
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1pm – Simple Italian Balli:  If you can step, skip, and hop you can do
Italian Balli dances. (Beginner)
             Instructor: HL Rowan              Dances: Petiet Riens,
Belfoire, TBD
2pm – More Italian Balli:  Slightly more advanced Balli dances for those
who want expand their horizons (Intermediate/Advanced)
             Instructor: HL Rowan              Dances: Gelosia, Rosti Boli,
TBD,
Sunday, 6/14
10am – Dances for Anyone: Simple period dances that anyone can learn –
even Squires! A selection of European dances from each of the major styles.
(Beginner)
Instructor: HL Rowan              Dances: Petiet Riens, Pease Bransle, Upon
a Summers Day, Ly Bens Dystone, Pintone, TBD
11am – Dances in the Period Style: Come learn some of the dances that have
been created (rather than re-created) by SCA members. It’s the Society for
Creative Anachronism after all. (Beginner/Intermediate)
Instructor: Ld Ermenich          Dances: Lovers Braid, Heralds in Love,
Calontir Bransle
1pm – English Country Circle Dances: Circle up and do your dancing in a
round. (Beginner/Intermediate)
             Instructor: Arina                      Dances: Jenny Pluck
Pears, Sellengers Round, Gathering Peasecods
2pm – English Country Square Dances: Square dancing had to come from
somewhere right? J (Beginner/Intermediate)
Instructor: Arina                      Dances: Rufty Tufty, Hyde Park,
Hearts Ease
Monday, 6/15
10am – Italians Are Simple: Covers the basic steps of Italian dance and
some simple 14th c. Balli dances. (Beginner)
Instructor: Ly Azenari             Dances:Petite Riens, Ameroso, Annello
11am – Italians Are Sexy: Italian dance was all about flirting and your
performance (*wink*) – learn to dance dances from light flirtation to a
serious affair. (Intermediate)
Instructor: Ly Azenari             Dances: Villanella, Gracca Ameroso,
Conrtapasso in due
1pm – Easy Peasy English Country Dance: The basics of English Country
dance – cover the basic steps and general formula, then learn to apply
them to a dance. (Beginner)
Instructor: TBD                         Dances: Upon a Summers Day, TBD
2pm – English Country Line Dances:  No “boot-scooting” involved.
Dances in line sets of three or four couples. (Beginner/Intermediate)
Instructor: Master Conrad                     Dances:TBD
Tuesday, 6/16
10am – The Italian Dances of Caroso and Negri:  Later period Italian
dances (Intermediate)
             Instructor: HL Rowan              Dances:TBD
11am – Arbeau’s Bransles:  Basic, mixed, or mimed; as a single dance or
in a suite - the dances are all still so very French! (Beginner)
             Instructor: HE Phillipe           Dances: Official, Pease,
Scotts, Horses, TBD
1pm – New English Country Dances: Not your old familiar EC dances.
Reconstructed dances from Playford. (Beginner/Intermediate)
Instructor: HL Cathus             Dances: Confesse, TBD
2pm – More New English Country Dances: Even more recently reconstructed
dances from the Playford project. (Beginner/Intermediate)
             Instructor: HL Cathus             Dances: Mage on a Cree, TBD
Wednesday, 6/17
10am – Ball Review: Come practice the dances for the 23rd Lilies Grand
Ball. Drop in and make your requests from the Ball list (Various).
Instructor: Arina
1pm – Ball Review: Come practice the dances for the 23rd Lilies Grand
Ball. Drop in and make your requests from the Ball list (Various).
Instructor: Azenari
2pm – Ball Review: Come practice the dances for the 23rd Lilies Grand
Ball. Drop in and make your requests from the Ball list (Various).
             Instructor: TBD
3pm – Ball Review: Come practice the dances for the 23rd Lilies Grand
Ball. Drop in and make your requests from the Ball list (Various).
Instructor: Conrad
Thursday, 6/18
10am – SOOP and GOOP: They fall outside of “pre-17th century Europe,”
but they are danced around the Known World none-the-less. Learn the
“Somewhat Out of Period” and “Grossly Out of Period” dances done in
the SCA anyway. (Beginner/Intermediate)
     Instructor: HE Isabaue                       Dances: TBD
1pm – Dance Games: Play with your dances! Come learn the Pinwheel, the
Tangle, and more! (Beginner)
     Instructor: Arina                                  Dances: Pinwheel,
Tangle, Kick the Tassle
2pm – Flirting through Dance: Period dance is about a flirting and having
fun! Learn to flirt the period way while you dance.
Instructor: Ly Azenari
Friday, 6/19
1pm – Competitions and Showcases: Tips for performances. How to write
kick-ass dance documentation. And other hints from a dance master. (Any)
Instructor: Master Conrad
2pm – Display Dances: More advanced dances for those that want to stretch
their wings (and legs). (Advanced)
Instructor: Master Conrad                     Dances: TBD
Calontir Youth Activities Dance Class (Grand Pavilion)
11am Monday 6/15
11am Saturday 6/20
Instructor: Ly Hanne           Dances: Pease Bransle, Petite Riens, New Bo
Peep

Balls, Social Dance and Other Dance Opportunities
Monday night ~7pm - The Barony of Shattered Crystal (Middle Kingdom) is
sponsoring a night of social dance (Permanent Shelter)
Set 1) Carolingian Pavan, Trenchmore, Hyde Park, Amoroso, Horse’s Bransle
Set 2) Petit Riens, Black Nag, Official Bransle, Gelosia, Chestnut
Set 3) Piantone (Pinwheel), Heralds in Love, Black Alman, Gracca Amaroso, Ly
Bens Dystonas
Tuesday 5pm – The Procession of Our Lady of Calontir: Come join the
pilgrimage to Our Lady Calontir (Odessy Coffee)
Wednesday night ~7pm, 6/17 - Lilies XXIII Grand Ball (Battle Field)
Set 1) Official Bransle, Amoroso, Rufty Tufty, Graca Amoroso, Scots Cap,
Gelosia, My Lady Cullen, Two dances to be chosen by the populace
Set 2) Piantone (Pinwheel), Confesse, Belfiore, Argeers, Hyde Park,
Villanella, Bransle Set (Scots/Pease), One dance to be chosen by the
populace
Set 3) Petit Riens, Mage on a Cree, Ly Bens Dystones, Black Nag, Black
Alman, Contrapasso in Due, Two dances to be chosen by the populace
Thursday night after court, 6/18 – Night of Dance. Pick-up dancing at the
crossroads (in front of Fernando’s tent).
Saturday 1-4pm, 6/20 – HL Edwardus and Triamris is sponsoring an afternoon
of social dance and musician fun. Trimaris brings a few dances new to
Calontir, a bit of Caroso style ball, some mingling, and a lot of fun. Drop
by anytime and stay to play. (Permanent Shelter)


HL Rowan Houndskeeper
Barony of Three Rivers, Calontir
rowan@...

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx


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Hey All,
I have a project for A&S that i have had for a little while and i need musicians
and dancers, we can rehearse at meetings in Three Rivers or if you are too far
away, i am willing to set aside time at Lilies to work on the dance and music as
well
If interested, please e-mail me at SaChrW@... and include your name, i will
have music available upon request.
Arina

Greetings all,

I now have a .pdf file available containing music for all the Lilies Ball sets. 
The file contains music for the three sets -- from Official Bransle to
Contrapasso in Due -- and also contains copies of music being made available for
populace choice selections at the ball.  This includes the following: Karabuska,
Mari's Wedding, Posti's Jig, Angus Reel, Road to the Isles, Female Sailor, Hole
in the Wall, John Tallow's Canon, Sellienger's Round, Heralds in Love, Black
Nag, Salterella la Regina, Manschaft Pavan, Calontir Bransle, Quen Quer Que,
Tangle Bransle and Lover's Braid.

Copywrite issues prevent the file from being placed for general download, so
anyone interested in playing for the ball please email me and I will return a
copy of the PDF to you. (Please note, the file is 6mb in size.)

I will only have a limited number of copies of the music with me, so please do
email me for your own copy of it, print it out and bring it with you to war.

I would also like to remind you all to remember to bring the following with you
the evening of the ball:
-- stool to sit on
-- booklight
-- large paperclips or clothespins in case of breezy conditions
-- music stand

I am planning to have a musician's rehearsal on Monday afternoon of the war
week.  However, I'm having a bit of trouble managing to get it posted on the
Lilies site, so at this point I don't know what time they have it slotted.  If I
don't find out in the next couple of days, I will set a time for it myself and
post it here.  Also, I am planning to have a blackboard located at my tent that
will give information about music activities day to day.  If you have any
questions before the war, please don't hesitate to email me. I'm very much
looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Best regards,
Lucia

Howdy, brothers and sisters, from Christian d'Hiver and Kasha Alekseeva,

This year, we will reprise our "Noontime Singing" at Lilies, every day of
the war, in some corner or another of the RUSH pavilion.  Everyone is
welcome to come and sing.  You don't need to read music.  You don't need to
have pieces already rehearsed. You don't need a trained voice, or a trained
ear, or, well, much of anything other than a love of music and a willingness
to sing with others. This is just for fun: practicing pieces so that they're
performable is nice, but that isn't our main goal.

The pieces we're bringing to sing include:

Sumer is Icumin In, anon. 13th C.
sheet music: http://maucamedus.net/PDF/sumer.pdf
a MIDI (a little too fast): http://maucamedus.net/midi/sumer.mid

Dixit Maria (by popular demand)
sheet music: http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/sheet/hassler/has-dix2.pdf
a MIDI (a litle too slow):
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/sound/hassler/has-dix2.mid
MIDIs for each part can be found at
http://www.gflower.org/nscmidis.htm (look for the "Spring/Summer 2001"
section)

The Peaceful Western Wind, by T. Campion
sheet music: http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/eballad2/peaceful.pdf
a MIDI (too fast): http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/peaceful.htm

Since First I Saw Your Face, by T. Ford
sheet music:
http://www.chorusrehearsal.co.uk/partsongs/pdfs/ford_sincefirst.pdf
a MIDI for each part:
http://www.chorusrehearsal.co.uk/partsongs/partsongs.php

Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen, by H. Isaac
sheet music: http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/sheet/isaa-001.pdf
a college choir and flute ensemble performing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6XmT3w-hY0

We'll be prepared to work on any of the pieces the Known World Choir is
planning to perform at Pennsic this year:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/KWChoir/files/Pennsic%20Music%202009/("Than\
ks
Gentle Moon" is nice.)

We'll also bring back the pieces we sang last year, but --and this is the
important part-- we welcome *you* to bring period music *you'd* like to
sing.  (We brought four or five copies last year, which proved to be barely
sufficient.  Learn from our mistakes, and bring six or seven copies.)

See you at Lilies!

Sincerely,
Iia Kasha
Lord Christian


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I'm in!!! Uh... wait what were we talking about again??

-Baxt

----- Original Message -----
From: Matt Lagemann <mlagemann@...>
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 20:33
Subject: RE: [CalontirDance] Tesara
To: "CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com" <CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com>


> I am up for it!
>
> Wait... does this combine dance with bondage?
>
> Ermenrich
>
> ________________________________
> From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
> [CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tsire Tuzevo
> [tsire@...]Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 12:43 PM
> To: calontirdance@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CalontirDance] Tesara
>
>
> Hey there everyone,
>
> As you may have heard at the Bellewode event, I've got a new dance
> mission. I'd like to put together a group to rehearse and perform
> Tesara. It's a cute, easy, 15th c. Italian dance for 10 with
> ribbons. It's a set of 4 couples plus two 'shuttles' who move
> these people around. It all ends in a massive hey figure. FUN FUN FUN!
>
> Who wants to do it?
>
> Tsire
>
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PDF me, please

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:42 PM, lucia_b3r <Starr.Mahoney@...> wrote:

>
>
> Greetings all,
>
> I now have a .pdf file available containing music for all the Lilies Ball
> sets. The file contains music for the three sets -- from Official Bransle to
> Contrapasso in Due -- and also contains copies of music being made available
> for populace choice selections at the ball. This includes the following:
> Karabuska, Mari's Wedding, Posti's Jig, Angus Reel, Road to the Isles,
> Female Sailor, Hole in the Wall, John Tallow's Canon, Sellienger's Round,
> Heralds in Love, Black Nag, Salterella la Regina, Manschaft Pavan, Calontir
> Bransle, Quen Quer Que, Tangle Bransle and Lover's Braid.
>
> Copywrite issues prevent the file from being placed for general download,
> so anyone interested in playing for the ball please email me and I will
> return a copy of the PDF to you. (Please note, the file is 6mb in size.)
>
> I will only have a limited number of copies of the music with me, so please
> do email me for your own copy of it, print it out and bring it with you to
> war.
>
> I would also like to remind you all to remember to bring the following with
> you the evening of the ball:
> -- stool to sit on
> -- booklight
> -- large paperclips or clothespins in case of breezy conditions
> -- music stand
>
> I am planning to have a musician's rehearsal on Monday afternoon of the war
> week. However, I'm having a bit of trouble managing to get it posted on the
> Lilies site, so at this point I don't know what time they have it slotted.
> If I don't find out in the next couple of days, I will set a time for it
> myself and post it here. Also, I am planning to have a blackboard located at
> my tent that will give information about music activities day to day. If you
> have any questions before the war, please don't hesitate to email me. I'm
> very much looking forward to seeing everyone there!
>
> Best regards,
> Lucia
>
>
>


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Just sent your pdf. :)

--- In CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com, "calonkat (Katriana)" <calonkat@...>
wrote:
>
> PDF me, please
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:42 PM, lucia_b3r <Starr.Mahoney@...> wrote:
>

It's now the count-down for Lilies, and I hope everyone is looking forward to
dancing and playing lots of music next week!

Since I haven't had much luck in getting things on the schedule, I just wanted
to post some info here.  I will be having a Lilies Ball rehearsal on Monday,
June 15th @ 1:30p.m. More information, including the location for this, will be
posted on a blackboard outside my tent, located on the side-road right behind
Fernando's tent. Please attend so we can get an idea of how many people will be
in the pit, and what instruments we'll have.  If you can't stay for the entire
rehearsal, please stop by for the beginning so I'll know you're planning to play
for the balls.

Lucia

Good day, my brothers and sisters.

I have a small correction to make.

Her Ladyship Lucia wrote:
> The first, on Monday evening is the Shattered
> Crystal ball, led by His Excellency Master Philippe de Lyon and
> HL Christian d'Hiver. And on Wednesday evening, we'll have the
> Annual Lilies Ball, this year led by HL Rowan Houndskeeper and
> yours truly.
>
> Both of these balls will use the same music packet. Due to copyright
> considerations, I cannot post it for general download, but if you wish
> to play for either of the balls, email me I will happily email you a
> copy. (It's 6MB in size btw.)

I regret being contrary to such a lovely person as HL Lucia, but the
balls do not use the same music packet, at all.

There is an enormous, twisting maze of arrangements for dance music,
all different (as far as musicians are concerned) and all mostly
identical sounding (to the ears of anyone dancing). �This stems from
the way we have documentable melody lines for most dances, but very
few full arrangements. �So various and sundry modern and SCA musicians
have written their own.

(I have seen nine different arrangements of "Rufty Tufty". �Which
means that, at one point, somebody said, "We have eight versions of
'Rufty Tufty'. Clearly, we need another." �Which is sad, because they
all mostly sound like Rufty Tufty.)

Virtually every SCA arrangement has been put into the public domain
and are available on the Web. �One arranger in particular has chosen
to retain copyright and place his work for sale rather than
distribution. �He's perfectly justified in doing so, but that's why I
avoided using his arrangements when announcing the music for the
Shattered Crystal ball. �HL Lucia favors his arrangements and that's
why she needs to send private .pdf files.

For musicians looking to play on Monday night, I refer you to Message 1263:

Set 1:
Carolingian Pavan -- http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Arbeau/bellequ5.pdf
Trenchmore -- (music unavailable in electronic format, but very simple)
Hyde Park -- http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Playford_new/hydepark.pdf
Amoroso -- http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Italian/amoroso.pdf
Horse's Bransle -- http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Shawm/horse.pdf

Set 2:
Petit Riens -- http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~praetzel/phaedria/PETIT_V.pdf
Black Nag -- http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Playford_new/blacknag.pdf
Official Bransle -- http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Arbeau/official.pdf
Gelosia -- �(Musica Subterranea edition)
Chestnut -- http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Playford_new/chestnut.pdf

Set 3:
Pinwheel Game -- (currently under investigation)
Heralds in Love -- (the popular Avatar 2-part arrangement)
Black Almain -- http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~praetzel/Stockton/black_al.pdf
Gracca Amoroso --
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Transcriptions/gracamor.pdf
Ly Bens Dystonas -- http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/music/lybens.pdf

In past years, the Shattered Crystal ball has best been described as a
party, and we're hoping to make it just as fun this year. �With a
couple of exceptions, all dances will be taught during the ball, and
danced with enough repetitions for everyone to feel comfortable.

--Christian d'Hiver

I just scanned through the Lilies War Site book PDF that they announced today on
the Calontir list.  They have the Shattered Crystal ball listed as starting at
7:00pm on Tuesday night.

It's my opinion that we should keep it on its normal Monday evening time slot,
and just post on lists about the mistake.  And maybe put up flyer at troll and
around site? This ball has been on Monday night since I've been attending it and
I like the tradition value of that.  Christian, what are your thoughts about it?

Lucia

Actually its listed as Tuesday evening in the box highlighting all the
evening activities, but as on Monday night in the daily listing of
classes. At least it's 7 PM in both cases.



Conrad



From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lucia_b3r
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:55 PM
To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CalontirDance] Lilies War Site Book error -- re the Monday
night ball








I just scanned through the Lilies War Site book PDF that they announced
today on the Calontir list. They have the Shattered Crystal ball listed
as starting at 7:00pm on Tuesday night.

It's my opinion that we should keep it on its normal Monday evening time
slot, and just post on lists about the mistake. And maybe put up flyer
at troll and around site? This ball has been on Monday night since I've
been attending it and I like the tradition value of that. Christian,
what are your thoughts about it?

Lucia





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Greeting Dancers!

The Dragon Scale Consort is beginning preparations for our next dance CD and we
would like your input.

If you are interested, please email me off list at bronwynsjw@... with any
thoughts or suggestions that you might have. We would especially like to know
what pieces you would like to see recorded.

Thank you for your time,
THL Bronwyn de Saint Jeanne's Way
Great Bass Recorder Player
Dragon Scale Consort

Sigh.  And they messed up the instructors for each class too in the class
descriptions.
Oh well.  The point is - LOTS OF DANCING AND MUSIC
music classes, singing practice, dance classes, balls, pilgramage, socials,
and fun fun fun.
When I first mail the schedule in, Her Majesty said she was imagining people
starting the war preparing to enjoy dance and ending the war with stubby
legs cause they had danced their feet off!  While I don't suggest you go
that far I hope to see everyone at something during the week.

Updates and notices for Music and Dance will be posted outside Lucia's
roadside camp (just down from the battlefield) and at the permanent shelter.

I'm still looking for help to set up the ball Wed night - meet either on the
battlefield or at my camp (just down the hill from Lucia's camp) at
~6-6:30pm

HL Rowan Houndskeeper
Barony of Three Rivers, Calontir
rowan@...

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx




-----Original Message-----
From: "Sauer, Michael F." <sauerm@...>
To: <CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:06:03 -0500
Subject: RE: [CalontirDance] Lilies War Site Book error -- re the Monday
night ball


Actually its listed as Tuesday evening in the box highlighting all the
evening activities, but as on Monday night in the daily listing of
classes. At least it's 7 PM in both cases.



Conrad



From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of lucia_b3r
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:55 PM
To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CalontirDance] Lilies War Site Book error -- re the Monday
night ball








I just scanned through the Lilies War Site book PDF that they announced
today on the Calontir list. They have the Shattered Crystal ball listed
as starting at 7:00pm on Tuesday night.

It's my opinion that we should keep it on its normal Monday evening time
slot, and just post on lists about the mistake. And maybe put up flyer
at troll and around site? This ball has been on Monday night since I've
been attending it and I like the tradition value of that. Christian,
what are your thoughts about it?

Lucia





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FROM: bronwynsjw@...
DATE: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:29:07 -0000
SUBJECT: Recommendations Please

Greeting Dancers!

The Dragon Scale Consort is beginning preparations for our
next dance CD and we would like your input.

If you are interested, please email me off list at
bronwynsjw@... with any thoughts or suggestions that
you might have. We would especially like to know what pieces
you would like to see recorded.

... regarding the sight-singing workshops you presented at Lilies:

I've been practicing pieces, and I'm thrilled that the techniques you taught
still work after Lilies!

But I've run into some songs that are not in major keys.  (For example, the key
signature for Taverner's "Gloria" has one flat, but instead of leaping to F, the
tonic of the major key, it spends a lot of time leaping to D and G.)

In this case, do I stick to singing "6" on D, or do I try to get a minor "1 - 3
- 5 - 1" in my head instead?

--Christian

I want to say thank you once more for all of the wonderful dancing, teaching and
help I received from the dance instructors at Lilies.  I had a wonderful time !!

I need help getting contact information for  Rose, who was the wonderful lady in
charge of the youth activities at Lilies and a former Kingdom Youth Officer. 
Unfortunately, I had to leave a day earlier than I expected, and was not able to
find her myself on Saturday to get this information.  Any help you can give me
would be greatly appreciated.

Jayne, dancer from the Outlands
krege@...

________________________________

From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Rowan
Sent: Thu 6/11/2009 1:36 PM
To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [CalontirDance] Lilies War Site Book error -- re the Mondaynight
ball





Sigh. And they messed up the instructors for each class too in the class
descriptions.
Oh well. The point is - LOTS OF DANCING AND MUSIC
music classes, singing practice, dance classes, balls, pilgramage, socials,
and fun fun fun.
When I first mail the schedule in, Her Majesty said she was imagining people
starting the war preparing to enjoy dance and ending the war with stubby
legs cause they had danced their feet off! While I don't suggest you go
that far I hope to see everyone at something during the week.

Updates and notices for Music and Dance will be posted outside Lucia's
roadside camp (just down from the battlefield) and at the permanent shelter.

I'm still looking for help to set up the ball Wed night - meet either on the
battlefield or at my camp (just down the hill from Lucia's camp) at
~6-6:30pm

HL Rowan Houndskeeper
Barony of Three Rivers, Calontir
rowan@... <mailto:rowan%40french.toast.net>

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

-----Original Message-----
From: "Sauer, Michael F." <sauerm@... <mailto:sauerm%40missouri.edu> >
To: <CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com> >
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:06:03 -0500
Subject: RE: [CalontirDance] Lilies War Site Book error -- re the Monday
night ball

Actually its listed as Tuesday evening in the box highlighting all the
evening activities, but as on Monday night in the daily listing of
classes. At least it's 7 PM in both cases.

Conrad

From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com>
[mailto:CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com> ]
On Behalf Of lucia_b3r
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:55 PM
To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com <mailto:CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [CalontirDance] Lilies War Site Book error -- re the Monday
night ball

I just scanned through the Lilies War Site book PDF that they announced
today on the Calontir list. They have the Shattered Crystal ball listed
as starting at 7:00pm on Tuesday night.

It's my opinion that we should keep it on its normal Monday evening time
slot, and just post on lists about the mistake. And maybe put up flyer
at troll and around site? This ball has been on Monday night since I've
been attending it and I like the tradition value of that. Christian,
what are your thoughts about it?

Lucia

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Hi Jayne,

I didn't see a response to your note, and I wanted to make sure it was
addressed. Forgive me if you've already received this information.

HL Roselyn has been active with our youth for many years. She's also
currently our kingdom chirurgeon, and you can reach her at that address:
Chirurgeon@...

So glad that you had a good time at Lilies!
Conna


On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Krege, Barbara B <krege@...> wrote:

>
>
> I want to say thank you once more for all of the wonderful dancing,
> teaching and help I received from the dance instructors at Lilies. I had a
> wonderful time !!
>
> I need help getting contact information for Rose, who was the wonderful
> lady in charge of the youth activities at Lilies and a former Kingdom Youth
> Officer. Unfortunately, I had to leave a day earlier than I expected, and
> was not able to find her myself on Saturday to get this information. Any
> help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Jayne, dancer from the Outlands
> krege@... <krege%40aps.edu>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com <CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com> on
> behalf of Rowan
> Sent: Thu 6/11/2009 1:36 PM
> To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com <CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [CalontirDance] Lilies War Site Book error -- re the
> Mondaynight ball
>
> Sigh. And they messed up the instructors for each class too in the class
> descriptions.
> Oh well. The point is - LOTS OF DANCING AND MUSIC
> music classes, singing practice, dance classes, balls, pilgramage, socials,
>
> and fun fun fun.
> When I first mail the schedule in, Her Majesty said she was imagining
> people
> starting the war preparing to enjoy dance and ending the war with stubby
> legs cause they had danced their feet off! While I don't suggest you go
> that far I hope to see everyone at something during the week.
>
> Updates and notices for Music and Dance will be posted outside Lucia's
> roadside camp (just down from the battlefield) and at the permanent
> shelter.
>
> I'm still looking for help to set up the ball Wed night - meet either on
> the
> battlefield or at my camp (just down the hill from Lucia's camp) at
> ~6-6:30pm
>
> HL Rowan Houndskeeper
> Barony of Three Rivers, Calontir
> rowan@... <rowan%40french.toast.net> <mailto:
> rowan%40french.toast.net <rowan%2540french.toast.net>>
>
> "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
> Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Sauer, Michael F." <sauerm@... <sauerm%40missouri.edu><mailto:
> sauerm%40missouri.edu <sauerm%2540missouri.edu>> >
> To: <CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com <CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:
> CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com <CalontirDance%2540yahoogroups.com>> >
> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:06:03 -0500
> Subject: RE: [CalontirDance] Lilies War Site Book error -- re the Monday
> night ball
>
> Actually its listed as Tuesday evening in the box highlighting all the
> evening activities, but as on Monday night in the daily listing of
> classes. At least it's 7 PM in both cases.
>
> Conrad
>
> From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com <CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:
> CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com <CalontirDance%2540yahoogroups.com>>
> [mailto:CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
<CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:
> CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com <CalontirDance%2540yahoogroups.com>> ] On
> Behalf Of lucia_b3r
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:55 PM
> To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com <CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:
> CalontirDance%40yahoogroups.com <CalontirDance%2540yahoogroups.com>>
> Subject: [CalontirDance] Lilies War Site Book error -- re the Monday
> night ball
>
> I just scanned through the Lilies War Site book PDF that they announced
> today on the Calontir list. They have the Shattered Crystal ball listed
> as starting at 7:00pm on Tuesday night.
>
> It's my opinion that we should keep it on its normal Monday evening time
> slot, and just post on lists about the mistake. And maybe put up flyer
> at troll and around site? This ball has been on Monday night since I've
> been attending it and I like the tradition value of that. Christian,
> what are your thoughts about it?
>
> Lucia
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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Hi, sightsingers!

Christian, your question is a really good one.

There are no rules for learning sightsinging, so you should use whatever system
seems to work for you.  I think that the easiest way to do things, however, is
to use "1" for the tonic note, no matter what key you are in.  In a minor key,
that will mean that "3" is lower than it is in a major key.  (It might mean even
weirder changes, if the song is in, for example, Dorian or Phrygian mode.)  If
you keep the tonic as "1", though, you remind yourself and your ear of which
note is the most important in the piece.  You also avoid singing lots of "6"s
and "2"s and other odd numbers.

I hope that is helpful.

Sincerely,
Kasha

Dear Kasha, I didn't see Christian's original email regarding sightreading.  But
I attended the 1st, 4th & 5th of your sightreading classes at Lilies.

What was the pattern that you had the class sing to help people be more familiar
with the notes? -- it started 1 3 5 .....

Wasn't the  "1" note the note that the song started with?

Also a question for you, Christian and other singers--I am looking for a simple,
inexpensive musical instrument to use to help with singing at the park to play
the starting notes of a song with--I was thinking of a xelephone (sp?) and was
wondering if I could find one that would be fairly inexpensive, but that would
be reliable (ie, that would keep the correct tone over time.)

I am 63 years old and learning an instrument that requires that I blow correctly
into it to get the right tone is out.

Jayne
Outlands

________________________________

From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com on behalf of pitykelfin  
pitykelfin@...
Sent: Tue 6/30/2009 12:22 PM
To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [CalontirDance] Re: An open letter to Her Ladyship Kasha...





Hi, sightsingers!

Christian, your question is a really good one.

There are no rules for learning sightsinging, so you should use whatever system
seems to work for you. I think that the easiest way to do things, however, is to
use "1" for the tonic note, no matter what key you are in. In a minor key, that
will mean that "3" is lower than it is in a major key. (It might mean even
weirder changes, if the song is in, for example, Dorian or Phrygian mode.) If
you keep the tonic as "1", though, you remind yourself and your ear of which
note is the most important in the piece. You also avoid singing lots of "6"s and
"2"s and other odd numbers.

I hope that is helpful.

Sincerely,
Kasha






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Jayne, As a vocal education major, my answer to the problem you are mentioning
is a pitch pipe.  They are relatively inexpensive and portable (fit in your
pocket) and i personally wouldn't go anywhere without one.
My two cents,
Arina
--- In CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com, "Krege, Barbara B" <krege@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Kasha, I didn't see Christian's original email regarding sightreading. 
But I attended the 1st, 4th & 5th of your sightreading classes at Lilies.
>
> What was the pattern that you had the class sing to help people be more
familiar with the notes? -- it started 1 3 5 .....
>
> Wasn't the  "1" note the note that the song started with?
>
> Also a question for you, Christian and other singers--I am looking for a
simple, inexpensive musical instrument to use to help with singing at the park
to play the starting notes of a song with--I was thinking of a xelephone (sp?)
and was wondering if I could find one that would be fairly inexpensive, but that
would be reliable (ie, that would keep the correct tone over time.)
>
> I am 63 years old and learning an instrument that requires that I blow
correctly into it to get the right tone is out.
>
> Jayne
> Outlands
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com on behalf of pitykelfin   pitykelfin@...
> Sent: Tue 6/30/2009 12:22 PM
> To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [CalontirDance] Re: An open letter to Her Ladyship Kasha...
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi, sightsingers!
>
> Christian, your question is a really good one.
>
> There are no rules for learning sightsinging, so you should use whatever
system seems to work for you. I think that the easiest way to do things,
however, is to use "1" for the tonic note, no matter what key you are in. In a
minor key, that will mean that "3" is lower than it is in a major key. (It might
mean even weirder changes, if the song is in, for example, Dorian or Phrygian
mode.) If you keep the tonic as "1", though, you remind yourself and your ear of
which note is the most important in the piece. You also avoid singing lots of
"6"s and "2"s and other odd numbers.
>
> I hope that is helpful.
>
> Sincerely,
> Kasha
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Jayne,

My madrigal group used a simple recorder. You can get a good one for only $5
from Yamaha or Tudor. It is also good if someone needs to hear a part before
singing because it is portable. However, pitch pipes are good too, I always
carried mine as a backup in case the recorder player didn't show. Oh, and this
was a time before I could play the recorder myself if this confuses anyone.

~Ailsa~


   ----- Original Message -----
   From: psy_sarah
   To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 4:01 PM
   Subject: [CalontirDance] Re: Kasha--sightreading pattern & xelephone





   Jayne, As a vocal education major, my answer to the problem you are mentioning
is a pitch pipe. They are relatively inexpensive and portable (fit in your
pocket) and i personally wouldn't go anywhere without one.
   My two cents,
   Arina
   --- In CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com, "Krege, Barbara B" <krege@...> wrote:
   >
   > Dear Kasha, I didn't see Christian's original email regarding sightreading.
But I attended the 1st, 4th & 5th of your sightreading classes at Lilies.
   >
   > What was the pattern that you had the class sing to help people be more
familiar with the notes? -- it started 1 3 5 .....
   >
   > Wasn't the "1" note the note that the song started with?
   >
   > Also a question for you, Christian and other singers--I am looking for a
simple, inexpensive musical instrument to use to help with singing at the park
to play the starting notes of a song with--I was thinking of a xelephone (sp?)
and was wondering if I could find one that would be fairly inexpensive, but that
would be reliable (ie, that would keep the correct tone over time.)
   >
   > I am 63 years old and learning an instrument that requires that I blow
correctly into it to get the right tone is out.
   >
   > Jayne
   > Outlands
   >
   > ________________________________
   >
   > From: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com on behalf of pitykelfin pitykelfin@...
   > Sent: Tue 6/30/2009 12:22 PM
   > To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
   > Subject: [CalontirDance] Re: An open letter to Her Ladyship Kasha...
   >
   >
   >
   >
   >
   > Hi, sightsingers!
   >
   > Christian, your question is a really good one.
   >
   > There are no rules for learning sightsinging, so you should use whatever
system seems to work for you. I think that the easiest way to do things,
however, is to use "1" for the tonic note, no matter what key you are in. In a
minor key, that will mean that "3" is lower than it is in a major key. (It might
mean even weirder changes, if the song is in, for example, Dorian or Phrygian
mode.) If you keep the tonic as "1", though, you remind yourself and your ear of
which note is the most important in the piece. You also avoid singing lots of
"6"s and "2"s and other odd numbers.
   >
   > I hope that is helpful.
   >
   > Sincerely,
   > Kasha
   >
   >
   >
   >
   >
   >
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   >





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Dear Jayne,

The pattern that I prefer to use for "getting the key in your head" is to sing
1-3-5-1(high)-5-3-1-5(low)-1-7(low)-1.  Adding the 7 and the lower 5 helps, but
just 1-3-5-3-1 should do fine if you want simplicity.

"1" is *usually* the note the song starts on, but not every single time.  To
find "1", look at the beginning and ending notes of the piece, and try to find
notes that are emphasized a lot.  "1" will always sound like it has the least
tension--all the other notes in the piece will feel like they should lead to
"1".  You can also get an idea from the key signature, although this can be
deceptive, especially in medieval music.

Let me know if any of this doesn't make sense...  :D

--Kasha

I really had a great time in your classes at Lilies. Thanks for teaching
them!
Conna

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:22 PM, pitykelfin <pitykelfin@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hi, sightsingers!
>
> Christian, your question is a really good one.
>
> There are no rules for learning sightsinging, so you should use whatever
> system seems to work for you. I think that the easiest way to do things,
> however, is to use "1" for the tonic note, no matter what key you are in. In
> a minor key, that will mean that "3" is lower than it is in a major key. (It
> might mean even weirder changes, if the song is in, for example, Dorian or
> Phrygian mode.) If you keep the tonic as "1", though, you remind yourself
> and your ear of which note is the most important in the piece. You also
> avoid singing lots of "6"s and "2"s and other odd numbers.
>
> I hope that is helpful.
>
> Sincerely,
> Kasha
>
>
>


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Greertings Master Conrad!

You said at Lilies, that if I emailed you, you would send me a copy of your
notes on the Lilies' class on dance competition.

I would really appreciate it.

Jayne Barber
Outlands
krege@...


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So I am addicted to Stumble Upon... wow what a time waster!  While doing so I
came across this Wikipedia entry: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Epidemic_of_1518.  If this does not scream
to be an event theme, I don't know what does!

I'M IN! Let's do it.

To: CalontirDance@yahoogroups.com
From: mlagemann@...
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 17:06:43 +0000
Subject: [CalontirDance] The Dance Plague!?!


























       So I am addicted to Stumble Upon... wow what a time waster!  While doing
so I came across this Wikipedia entry: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_Epidemic_of_1518.  If this does not scream
to be an event theme, I don't know what does!






















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