A memorial gathering for Richard Wilson will be held
on Sunday, September 18, at 3 pm, at the Odd Fellows Hall in Santa Fe.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Updates on Wilson Family
For further updates on the Wilson family we've put together a new blog:
http://dancegoeson.blogspot.com
http://dancegoeson.blogspot.com
Monday, August 1, 2011
Wilson Family Update
Richard Wilson has taken a turn for the worse. The family would appreciate your prayers and very brief visits during the next few days. Cards are welcome. Send them to Karolyn and Richard Wilson, PO Box 317, Glorieta, NM.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
News from the Wilson Family
Karolyn Wilson sends the following update about Richard's medical condition. The Wilsons would welcome emotional and financial support.
The results of the radiation were not what we had hoped. ... We will not be pursuing any treatment or getting any further scans at this time. ... Richard will be taking a short road trip with our daughter and her family up to visit his mother. Then we will see what the rest of the summer brings.
Checks to help offset the cost of materials to stabilize their mobile home can be sent in Karolyn Wilson's name to Wyn Lewis, 214 Sereno Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87501.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Richard Wilson and family Community and Family Dance Celebration
Please join Richard Wilson and Family Sunday, April 17 from noon into the evening at home (directions below) for a Community & Family Dance Celebration.
This is a time of integration & restoration for Richard. After retiring, after surgery in the winter, after several recent weeks of radiation and medications as cancer continues making itself felt…he’s at home in many ways, exploring as always what happens within & between us when
we embrace life.
Let’s spiral in together,
through a sharing of love,
and bring with us our creative energies,
and a restorative community spirit
Help with:
- food and drink
- dancing with our community
- good works around the house and garden
- a creative outpouring expressed in music & art
Logistics:
- Construction/garden projects: Carl Hartmann 470-6908, coh@cybermesa.com
- Food & drink: Camille Massie 699-5136, camilanewmexico@gmail.com
- Music & art: Will McDonald 820-3535, will@walkingfishdesign.com; Karina Wilson 231-7913, karinawilson@hotmail.com
- Financial donations welcome, to Karolyn Wilson. Mail to Wyn Lewis, 214 Sereno Dr, SF, 87501
- General coordinating/setting up/updates: Katherine Bueler 995-1125, kwbueler@gmail.com
- expect ongoing videotaping
Directions to 4 Sweet Clover Lane, Glorieta (757-2190): from Santa Fe, 18 miles “north” (east) on I-25. Exit 299: turn left across freeway, then right toward Pecos. Go 1.7 miles on NM 50, then right 0.5 miles on La Joya Road (CR 63), then left 0.5 miles on the frontage road, to Sweet Clover Lane on the left.
This is a time of integration & restoration for Richard. After retiring, after surgery in the winter, after several recent weeks of radiation and medications as cancer continues making itself felt…he’s at home in many ways, exploring as always what happens within & between us when
we embrace life.
Let’s spiral in together,
through a sharing of love,
and bring with us our creative energies,
and a restorative community spirit
Help with:
- food and drink
- dancing with our community
- good works around the house and garden
- a creative outpouring expressed in music & art
Logistics:
- Construction/garden projects: Carl Hartmann 470-6908, coh@cybermesa.com
- Food & drink: Camille Massie 699-5136, camilanewmexico@gmail.com
- Music & art: Will McDonald 820-3535, will@walkingfishdesign.com; Karina Wilson 231-7913, karinawilson@hotmail.com
- Financial donations welcome, to Karolyn Wilson. Mail to Wyn Lewis, 214 Sereno Dr, SF, 87501
- General coordinating/setting up/updates: Katherine Bueler 995-1125, kwbueler@gmail.com
- expect ongoing videotaping
Directions to 4 Sweet Clover Lane, Glorieta (757-2190): from Santa Fe, 18 miles “north” (east) on I-25. Exit 299: turn left across freeway, then right toward Pecos. Go 1.7 miles on NM 50, then right 0.5 miles on La Joya Road (CR 63), then left 0.5 miles on the frontage road, to Sweet Clover Lane on the left.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Youth dancing, spring 2011
From Erik's blog:
I'm happy to write about two touching events consistent with my vision that I helped organize the last few months: teaching middle schoolers folk dance, and organizing a youth-led contra in Santa Fe.
Rob Campbell invited me into his 4th-5th-6th grade class at the Montessori of the Rio Grande Charter School to teach folk dance. As a dance leader, I'm still pretty green, but I have a real passion for bringing dance to the next generation. So without any preparation, other than thinking about how to help kids dance together, I went in with my headset mic, my battery-powered amplifier, a few index cards, and my enthusiasm and positive attitude. Rob had already done some great preparation with the kids, letting them know about calls that are in 8 beats and so on. He's a long-time dancer and does the sound at many of the Albuquerque dances. His wife, Deb, has been a pivotal figure, too, organizing "Boo camp" and many other things in our community. When I arrived, the kids were ready to dance. I talked a bit about music and the structure of a dance, but got them moving pretty quickly. I wasn't expecting some of the challenges, such as reluctance to hold hands between selected people and social structure (friends, not friends, etc.) that would be a powerful force for who was willing to dance with whom. However, calling dances where the kids kept their partners (reels, circle mixers without the "mix") usually worked just fine, and having the partner anchor I think was helpful for beginners. Oh, and the word "partner" -- I quickly starting saying "pair" because they didn't want it to sound like they were dating or anything. Rob reported back, "The children loved it, and I even got some feedback from parents because their children are talking about how fun it was at home. A few children were even practicing some of the moves yesterday at school!"
We had several weeks together in school, but we both wanted the kids to dance to live music out in the world. On March 5th we had a 6-7pm pre-contra dance in Albuquerque with his class, and some of the parents danced, too. The McPapenhagen's played for us (Gary Papenhagen, Scott Mathis, and Linda Mathis). The kids loved, loved, loved the live music! We danced several dances, concluding with a donut dance one of the kids wrote!
Rob wrote, "Thanks so much for hosting a fabulous dance for my class last Saturday! Everyone loved it, and parents are still talking to me about how fun it was. They also can't stop talking about what a great job you did, and that they think you should be working with children all the time. Several families have expressed interest in coming to more dances! Woohoo!"
The Mullanys (Riley 14 and Maddy 17) and Lauren Soherr (11) rock my New Mexico contra world! I hosted a youth-led dance, Sat March 12th in Santa Fe, that featured the young Mullanys as the band with Lauren and I calling. Riley (guitar) and Maddy (fiddle) worked all day on sets of tunes. There included a few particularly challenging tunes, but all were played with character and feel, personality. Riley's including more walking bass in his guitar playing, and Maddy playing has a cheerful, spirited lilt. They are an easy-going band to call to, and a delight to listen and dance to.
Lauren is a natural and able performer. Lauren has called a few dances, and her dad David has been encouraging for her. She showed up at the dance with a dance or two prepared, but had this sheet of dances from the CDSS website. I asked her how many she wanted to call, she didn't know, but I knew she could do more than two. So we stepped to a quiet area and I had her call a couple more off the sheet. She had them immediately. So it was decided. I'll call one, she'll call one, and we'll do that until she has to go home. I helped her get started and finish the first two, but I handed her the mic on the third and forth and let her go. She can go as far as she can dream.
Maddy and I called a six-dance medley (four times though each one) with a set of six tunes that Marj (mom) and Riley worked up. It was really exciting. We followed the NEFFA format, where the last time through each dance is called by the next person so the new caller's voice is familiar for the change to the next dance. The music was awesome. We called easy dances because the novelty is in the no-walk through, what's-coming-next? form of the medley. I would really like to do this again. Oh, yeah, Maddy's a solid caller, too.
Laurel Wilson, of Wilson family fame, led a song to end the night. She had learned the song that day and brought her guitar, which she's been playing for less than a year, to accompany herself. She's becoming a confident performer and I hope she'll help close our dances regularly with a song.
I'm excited to see what we can do when we have all our talented youth together. Lauren Lamont, Mia Bertelli, Karina Wilson, Leticia Gonzales, and many others bring my evenings to vibrant life when they're there, too. I really love my young contra family.
I'm happy to write about two touching events consistent with my vision that I helped organize the last few months: teaching middle schoolers folk dance, and organizing a youth-led contra in Santa Fe.
Rob Campbell invited me into his 4th-5th-6th grade class at the Montessori of the Rio Grande Charter School to teach folk dance. As a dance leader, I'm still pretty green, but I have a real passion for bringing dance to the next generation. So without any preparation, other than thinking about how to help kids dance together, I went in with my headset mic, my battery-powered amplifier, a few index cards, and my enthusiasm and positive attitude. Rob had already done some great preparation with the kids, letting them know about calls that are in 8 beats and so on. He's a long-time dancer and does the sound at many of the Albuquerque dances. His wife, Deb, has been a pivotal figure, too, organizing "Boo camp" and many other things in our community. When I arrived, the kids were ready to dance. I talked a bit about music and the structure of a dance, but got them moving pretty quickly. I wasn't expecting some of the challenges, such as reluctance to hold hands between selected people and social structure (friends, not friends, etc.) that would be a powerful force for who was willing to dance with whom. However, calling dances where the kids kept their partners (reels, circle mixers without the "mix") usually worked just fine, and having the partner anchor I think was helpful for beginners. Oh, and the word "partner" -- I quickly starting saying "pair" because they didn't want it to sound like they were dating or anything. Rob reported back, "The children loved it, and I even got some feedback from parents because their children are talking about how fun it was at home. A few children were even practicing some of the moves yesterday at school!"
We had several weeks together in school, but we both wanted the kids to dance to live music out in the world. On March 5th we had a 6-7pm pre-contra dance in Albuquerque with his class, and some of the parents danced, too. The McPapenhagen's played for us (Gary Papenhagen, Scott Mathis, and Linda Mathis). The kids loved, loved, loved the live music! We danced several dances, concluding with a donut dance one of the kids wrote!
Donut formation dance
Anastasia and Erik Erhardt
Type: Reel
Formation: Donut (longways set, bent into a circle)
Level: Beginner
A1 -----------
(8) Partner allemande Right 1X
(8) Partner allemande Left 1X
A2 -----------
(8) Right-diagonal Do-si-do
(8) Left-diagonal Do-si-do
B1 -----------
(8) Partner two-hand turn 1X or 2X
(8) Right-diagonal right-elbow turn 1X
B2 -----------
(8) Left-diagonal right-elbow turn 1X
(8) Partner Do-si-do
C -----------
(32) Sashay the donut
Notes: C: Sashay the donut - choose a couple, they sashay between the lines, each subsequent couple following them, backing out when they return home. It effectively turns the donut inside out.
Rob wrote, "Thanks so much for hosting a fabulous dance for my class last Saturday! Everyone loved it, and parents are still talking to me about how fun it was. They also can't stop talking about what a great job you did, and that they think you should be working with children all the time. Several families have expressed interest in coming to more dances! Woohoo!"
The Mullanys (Riley 14 and Maddy 17) and Lauren Soherr (11) rock my New Mexico contra world! I hosted a youth-led dance, Sat March 12th in Santa Fe, that featured the young Mullanys as the band with Lauren and I calling. Riley (guitar) and Maddy (fiddle) worked all day on sets of tunes. There included a few particularly challenging tunes, but all were played with character and feel, personality. Riley's including more walking bass in his guitar playing, and Maddy playing has a cheerful, spirited lilt. They are an easy-going band to call to, and a delight to listen and dance to.
Lauren is a natural and able performer. Lauren has called a few dances, and her dad David has been encouraging for her. She showed up at the dance with a dance or two prepared, but had this sheet of dances from the CDSS website. I asked her how many she wanted to call, she didn't know, but I knew she could do more than two. So we stepped to a quiet area and I had her call a couple more off the sheet. She had them immediately. So it was decided. I'll call one, she'll call one, and we'll do that until she has to go home. I helped her get started and finish the first two, but I handed her the mic on the third and forth and let her go. She can go as far as she can dream.
Maddy and I called a six-dance medley (four times though each one) with a set of six tunes that Marj (mom) and Riley worked up. It was really exciting. We followed the NEFFA format, where the last time through each dance is called by the next person so the new caller's voice is familiar for the change to the next dance. The music was awesome. We called easy dances because the novelty is in the no-walk through, what's-coming-next? form of the medley. I would really like to do this again. Oh, yeah, Maddy's a solid caller, too.
Laurel Wilson, of Wilson family fame, led a song to end the night. She had learned the song that day and brought her guitar, which she's been playing for less than a year, to accompany herself. She's becoming a confident performer and I hope she'll help close our dances regularly with a song.
I'm excited to see what we can do when we have all our talented youth together. Lauren Lamont, Mia Bertelli, Karina Wilson, Leticia Gonzales, and many others bring my evenings to vibrant life when they're there, too. I really love my young contra family.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Erik and Karina Teaching Couples Dance in CA in July
News from Erik's blog
Last year (2010) a group of us younger folks (me, Karina and Laurel Wilson, Lauren Lamont, Mia Bertelli, and Zoe Kelly Linkletter) were invited out to a wonderful camp in California. We had an amazing time and this year Karina and I are on staff teaching couples dance!
BACDS American Dance and Music Week, Sunday-Friday, July 3–8, 2011
Waltz and Scandinavian couples dancing workshop
These series of workshops led by Karina Wilson and Erik Erhardt on couples dances that often accompany an evening of contra dance, such as waltz, Scandinavian, polka, and others, will emphasize connecting with your partner and the music, becoming strong on the basic form of each dance, and developing a vocabulary of moves for variety and play. In the waltz series we will work on form and flow, clear (body) communication with a partner, getting in and out of positions, and stringing moves together into vignettes that delight. In the Scandinavian series we will learn dances to accompany music in quadruple and duple meter (4/4 and 2/2) such as schottische, snoa, and polka, and triple meter (3/4 and 6/8) such as hambo, polska, and mazurka. Each workshop will focus one or two dances. For all dances, those who wish to become more “bidancual” (able to dance both gender roles) are very much encouraged to dance the less familiar role when they wish.
Erik Erhardt instructs couples dancing in New Mexico before weekly contra dances and at dance camps. His years of teaching experience, attention to detail, and ability to provide multiple explanations help the learning dancer understand, connect with the dance, and ultimately dance the dance. Erik also calls contra, English, and squares, and helps create opportunities for youth leadership in the folk dance and music community, and is generally a positive leader on and off the floor.
Growing up the daughter of a caller in the Contra and English Country dance community in the heart of New Mexico, Karina Wilson is not lacking in folk dance and couples dance exposure or knowledge. Formally trained in Haitian, West African, Zimbabwean, and Gumboot, she has tried her hand Latin couples dances, Swing, lindy, blues, Flamenco, afro-brazillian, stilt dance, modern, Balinese, Capoera, and samba. She is the co-choreographer for the Santa fe youth based All Species Day stilt troupe, and for Santa Fe DjunDjun dance. She has taught with the Santa Fe late nighters, a Salsa and swing group, and co-teaches a waltz workshop with Erik Erhardt on a weekly basis. She currently dances with Moria Guinean dance troupe. With over 20 years of Classical violin experience and 15 years of playing for Contra and English country dances, she teaches Violin for the Santa Fe youth symphony and the Santa Fe concert association, and plays for English and Contra in her local and neighboring communities.
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