From the Mic

Author: 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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Episode 31 - Ang DeCarlis
Episode 31
Wednesday, 7 May, 2025

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, including the dream dance "Golden Girl"Dance Safety Illustrations See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent