schedule
space for jamming available throughout the weekend! Not just where it's listed on the schedule
Friday Nov 8
WELCOME PARTY !
LOCATION: WHITE DOG BREWING 705 W Fulton St, Boise ID 83702
7:00 PM:
Check-In, Registration and Ticket Table Open ~ no physical tickets, your eventbrite receipt is your ticket.
* Drinks and food for purchase
* All ages!
8:00-10:00 PM:
Square Dance Party!
* Bare bones sound - acoustic bands with a microphone and small speaker for callers
* caller round robin
* diy party/jam band
* jamming and socializing
10:00pm:
HOUSE PARTY!! Location TBA for Registered Participants
saturday nov 9
LOCATION: SHRINE SOCIAL CLUB 1118 W Idaho St, Boise, ID 83702
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM:
Coffee, Tea, and Light Breakfast (Downstairs Bar)
(bagels, hard boiled eggs, fruit)
Yoga with Amelia Budd (Downstairs Annex)
All levels welcome--need not be flexible! We'll warm up for the day and stretch out from long days at the desk, being curled around your string instrument, late nights dancing, or whatever might ail you. Amelia is a YTT certified instructor with 15 years experience.
Welcome and Orientation (Ballroom)
10:00 AM - 11:10 AM:
Workshop 1
~Square Dance "Fun"damentals
Susan Michaels with the Horsenecks
All participants (dancers, musicians, and callers) get to know one another and set the tone for a great day!
~Jamming!
Break (10 min)
11:20 AM - 12:30 PM:
Workshop 2
~Southern Appalachian Big Sets
Phil Jamison with the Horsenecks
~Banjo Workshop with Jay Marvin: 3 finger banjo for old-time
~Jamming!
12:30-1:45 PM:
Participants' Lunch in the Downstairs Bar
Meal TBA
Facilitated Panel Discussion: Inclusivity in Dance Calling and Community Hosted by Steph Noll
~Jamming!
1:45-3:00 PM:
Workshop 3
~Southern Squares
Phil Jamison with Big Chimney Barn Dance
~101 Track Kickoff
Susan Michaels with Boise House Band
Begin your calling journey - learn to call at least one simple figure, absolutely no experience necessary.
~Fiddle Workshop with Gabrielle Macrae: Fiddle Tune Repertoire for dances
~Jamming!
Break (15 min)
3:15 - 4:30 PM:
Workshop 4
~Dances for Odd Numbers of Couples
Phil Jamison with Big Chimney Barn Dance
What dances do you call when you have extra couples or not enough for four-couple squares?
~101 Track Continues
Susan Michaels with Boise House Band
How to set up a basic square and teach a right & left grand (no previous experience needed).
~Jamming!
Break (15 min)
4:45-6:00 PM:
Workshop 5
~Pearls of Wisdom
Susan Michaels with Boise House Band
Best advice and tips from Susan’s mentors Sandy Bradley, Fred Park, Kathy Anderson, Larry Edelman, and others
~Practical Guide for Gigging Callers and Musicians with Caroline Oakley
Considerations for booking dances, pricing, sound, band, venue, insurance, length of program, etc.
~Hosted Slow Jam
~Open Jamming!
6:00 - 8:00PM:
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
Set Up for Evening Public Dance
8:00 - 11:00PM:
PUBLIC DANCE
Susan Michaels with the Horsenecks
Phil Jamison with Big Chimney Barn Dance
11:00PM:
Participants' after party
sunday nov 10
Location: SHRINE SOCIAL CLUB 1118 W Idaho St, Boise, ID 83702 ~
9:00 - 9:45 AM:
Coffee, Tea, and Light Breakfast in the Downstairs Bar
(granola, yogurt and fruit)
Vocal Health with Babette Hofacre, Speech Therapist in the Downstairs Annex
Break (15 min)
10:00 AM - 11:10 AM:
Workshop 1
~Western Squares
Phil Jamison with Big Chimney Barn Dance
~Calling 102
Susan Michaels with Boise House Band
~Jamming!
Break (10 min)
11:20 AM - 12:30 PM
Workshop 2
~Leveling Up Your Community Dance
Susan Michaels with Big Chimney Barn Dance
~Jamming!
12:30-1:45 PM:
Participants' Lunch in the Downstairs Bar
(meal provided)
Phil's Square Roots Presentation
1:45-3:00 PM:
Workshop 3
~Challenging Squares
Susan Michaels with Boise House Band
~Southern Squares on 78s
Phil Jamison
What were square dances like 100 years ago? Experience dancing to the voices of Southern callers who were recorded on 78s in the 1920s and 30s.
~Fiddle Workshop with Carter Bancroft: rhythmic bowing for dances
~Jamming!
Break (15 min)
3:15 - 4:30 PM
Workshop 4
~Play Party/Family Dances
Phil Jamison with Horsenecks
~102 Track - Optional Coaching Session and Prep for Debut- Susan Michaels with Boise House Band
Get ready to call in the big ballroom!
~Stringband jam with Big Chimney
~Open Jamming!
4:45-5:45 PM
Workshop 5
~Callers’ Debut!
Susan Michaels with Horsenecks
New Callers Round Robin with Support - Try out what you've learned with support from your mentors
~Mandolin with Peter Hamre: old-time mandolin
~Jamming!
5:45-7:00 PM
DINNER ON YOUR OWN
Set Up for Evening Public Dance
7:00 - 9:30PM:
PUBLIC DANCE!
Callers Round Robin
MoNday nov 11
9:00am - noon:
Straggler's Brunch - hosted by petra