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From the Mic

Mary Wesley, CDSS

Host Mary Wesley takes you behind the caller"s mic to explore perspectives from the people who choose to stand in that curious place between the band and a roomful of dancers. Featuring conversations with callers of American social dance forms (contras, community dances, trad squares). Why do they do it? How did they learn? What is their role, on stage and off, in shaping our dance communities?

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01:36:53

Episode 32 - Lindsey Dono

From the Mic ·

2025/10/31

Click here for the episode transcriptSound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):Lindsey calling the dance “Susie's Send-Off" by Scott Higgs with music by Audrey Jaber and Alex Cumming at the Lake City Contra Dance in Seattle on April 17, 2025. Lindsey calling the dance "Labor of Love" by Kathy Anderson with music by Pachelbel's Bazooka (Claude Ginsburg, Dave Bartley, and Anita Anderson] at the Emerald City Contra Dance at Phinney Neighborhood Center, in Seattle, Washington on

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01:39:02

Episode 31 - Ang DeCarlis

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2025/05/07

Click here for the episode transcriptSound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):Ang calls the dance The Magpie and the Seal by David Zinkin with music from Sycamore (Cedar Stanistreet, Samuel Foucher, Michael Sokolovsky) at the Mt. Airy Contra DanceAng calls their dance Golden Girl with music by Gus La Casse on fiddle, and Pepin Mittelhauser on guitar and mandolin at the BIDA dance in July 2024Other things!Ang's very own website. Make sure to check out:Dance compositions,

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01:41:17

Episode 30 - Jeremy Korr

From the Mic ·

2025/03/08

Click here to download the transcriptSound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):Jeremy calling the dance 16 for Gregg by Luke Donforth with music by The Syncopaths (Ryan McKasson, Ashley Hoyer, Christa Burch, and Jeff Spero) at the 2025 Fiddling Frog Dance Weekend in Pasadena, CA.Jeremy calling a square dance with music from the band Big Fun (Marty Somberg, Rob Nuhn, Myron Grant, and Lance Wagner) at the 2012 Ann Arbor Dawn Dance.See the From the Mic website for great bonus

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01:27:04

Episode 29 - The Amidons

From the Mic ·

2025/01/02

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directlyAnd the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continentSound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):Peter leads his class of 8-10 year olds in the traditional playparty game "The Noble Duke of York" to the New England Dancing Masters recording from their Rise Sally Rise CD

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01:10:47

Episode 28 - David Kaynor

From the Mic ·

2024/11/08

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directlyAnd the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continentMore about the GrangesThe Montague Grange is no longer active as a Grange, but the Grange Hall, now know as the Montague Common Hall, is still an active community hub now lovingly maintained by the Friends of the Montague Common Hall, a

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01:44:02

Episode 27 - Diane Silver

From the Mic ·

2024/09/30

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directlyAnd the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continentSound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):Diane calls the dance Roll Around by Cary Ravitz with music by Steamshovel with the Chattahoochee Country Dancers in Atlanta in 2014Diane calls the dance Silver Anniversary by

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01:38:02

Episode 26 - George Marshall

From the Mic ·

2024/08/08

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directlyAnd the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continentShow NotesSound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):Clip of George calling the dance Worth the Wait by Dana Parkinson at the Glen Echo Contra Dance in 2012 with music by SwallowtailClip of George calling the dance

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01:35:52

Episode 25 - Maia McCormick

From the Mic ·

2024/07/08

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):Maia Calls the dance Playground Stomp by Julian Bee with music by Not Enough Fiddles at NEFFA 2017 in Mansfield, MAMaia Calls A Dance for Dan by Bill Olson with music by Callithump (David Knight (fiddle), Andrew Marcus (accordion), Paul Oorts (guitar)) at the Silver Spring, MD monthly

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01:41:02

Episode 24 - Rick Mohr

From the Mic ·

2024/05/23

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continentSound 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

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01:21:15

Episode 23 - Cis Hinkle

From the Mic ·

2024/04/05

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continentSound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):Cis calling the dance Reel to Reel by Cary Ravitz with music by Barefoot (Ed Howe and Jamie Oshima) at the 2015 - Atlanta Dance Weekend with the Chattahoochee Country

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01:40:15

Episode 22 - David Millstone

From the Mic ·

2024/03/01

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continentSound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):David calling a variation on the dance "California Twirlin" by Janet Levatin at to the music of Nova at the Ottawa Contra dance on April 28, 2016.David calling the singing

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01:27:40

Episode 21 - Penn Fix

From the Mic ·

2024/02/09

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.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):Penn calling the dance Hillsboro Jig by Bill Thomas to the music of Applejack on May 3, 2014, in Peterborough, NH, at the "Kwackfest" dance to celebrate the life of Bob

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01:27:30

Episode 20 - Susan Kevra

From the Mic ·

2024/01/09

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.Learn more about Susan here on her website.Susan references this book, "Swinging the Machine," in the interviewSound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):Susan calling the singing square dance Goodbye My Lady Love on

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01:14:03

Episode 19 - Ben Sachs-Hamilton

From the Mic ·

2023/12/01

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.You can follow Ben's calling here on his caller Facebook pageBen is an advocate for gender-role-free dance calling. In this episode of CDSS Common Time he participates in a panel discussion on the ins-and-outs of calling gender

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01:32:11

Episode 18 - David Smukler

From the Mic ·

2023/11/08

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.Learn more about David on his website including some of the dances he’s written!In the show David mentions these dances:Robin HoodMaid Marian's FancyDavid’s Triplet #1.5 (A.K.A. “Corner Triplet,” by Linda Leslie)Also make sure to check

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01:14:00

Episode 17 - Susan Petrick

From the Mic ·

2023/10/06

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continentLearn more about Susan on her website including some of the dances she's written!Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):Susan calling at the Lake City Contra Dance in Seattle 2023 with music by "The Electrodes"

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01:12:45

Episode 16 - Catherine Burns

From the Mic ·

2023/08/23

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continentCatherine has deep ties with the Old Sod Society, the house band for the original Ottawa contra dance for many years. During the pandemic lockdown several community members collaborated to create an oral history of the Society, which

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01:40:06

Episode 15 - Luke Donforth

From the Mic ·

2023/07/04

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continentSound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):Luke calling the dance Homeward Bound by Andrea Nettleton at the August, 2019 Portland (ME) Intown Contra Dance with music by Shandy (Eileen Kalfass, Rebecca McCallum, and

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01:38:11

Episode 14 - Steve Zakon-Anderson

From the Mic ·

2023/05/30

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.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):*Audio only* of Steve calling at the Concord Scout House - 2023 (recording provided by Steve)Steve calling the dance Hillsboro Jig by Bill Thomas at the 2019 Memorial Day

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01:42:19

Episode 13 - Louise Siddons

From the Mic ·

2023/05/03

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. Click here to download the transcript directly.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):Louise calling the dance The Reminder by Louise Siddons at the London Barndance in London, UK with music by Portland Drive.Louise calling the square dance Square Line

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