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Dance
Hey kids! There’s a Free Square Dance at LACMA [Los Angeles County Museum of Art] this Saturday 5/22 noonish to 3…
I’m calling, Triple Chicken Foot is playing and we made the L.A. TIMES HOT LIST! Come out for art, dancing, and tomatoes. Here’s the LA TIMES LINK:
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I love these faces! Please click to enlarge.
Old Time music gets 5th graders jumping!
The next time someone asks me why a hardcore Angeleno and big time TV writer wants to shlep all the way to Sitka, Alaska and spend 2 weeks in an elementary school music room I will direct them to these 2 photographs. It’s really hard to capture the kind of magic that happens when kids feel old-time music in their bodies and let it out on the dance floor, but here it is.
OLD TIME IS A GOOD TIME!
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My brother David sent me a message the other day asking if I was the mayor of Sitka yet. Well, I don’t think I’m cut out for local politics but I did get myself on the front page of the Daily Sitka Sentinel. It was a little bit thrilling to be front page news but I have to keep it in perspective. The headline photo in yesterday’s paper was a guy laying the chalk lines on the field at Sitka High School. My fifteen minutes of fame are definitely up.
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Keet Gooshi Heen Teachers (and some ringers)
The Virginia Reel - Click to enlarge
I am the luckiest woman on the planet! I think I sang “I lost my partner, what’ll I do? Skip to my Lou my darling!” about 500 times this week! The world needs this amount of FUN all over the planet all the time!
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Cable House -- Home of KCAW 104.7 Raven Radio, Sitka, AK - Click to enlarge
Very candid shot of me with Raven Radio host Robert Woolsey - Click to enlarge
Tuesday morning I was invited to do a radio interview at the local public radio station KCAW 104.7 aka Raven Radio. The interview took up the 10-minute local news block during NPR’s Morning Edition which made me feel like something of a VIC –Very Important Caller!
Link to Radio Interview at end of Article
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After writing more than 100 episodes of the TV show “Sightings,” I’ve gotten pretty cynical about mystical, metaphysical and “paranormal” phenomena. But this morning I had a visitation from the spirit realm. It started with a phone call at about 8:45 am. As the phone rang, the computerized voice of my Caller ID intoned …
… Hubert Gene Hubert Gene Hubert Gene
Strange, I thought. Gene Hubert died almost 4 years ago.
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There is something about New Year’s Eve in Ojai that always makes me feel optimistic about the coming year. The Ojai Art Center is cozy and filled with Ojai, Santa Barbara, and L.A. dancing friends. Delicious home made treats in the hallway let you know we’re a tribe of gardeners, cheese makers, beekeepers, bakers, and artists. The band is Bonfire who always set the place on fire and this year our dear sound guru Victor Garza will be joining on bass. Our hostess with the mostest is Karin Dron who manages to create a home-y, welcoming atmosphere that’s so seamless we sometimes forget how much work she puts into making this dance something extra special. We’re not the biggest dance in So Cal, but the joyful spirit in Ojai on New Year’s Eve is as big as our hearts. Please come. [click to continue…]
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Boxing Day Contra Cance
Boxing Day Contra Cance
Susan Michaels is calling and Bonfire is playing at Citrus College, December 26, 2009
I’m calling a free dance at Citrus College in Glendora, CA on December 26, 2009. This special Boxing Day dance is hosted by Dan Vilter and if last year’s dance is any indication there will be more than 100 people there including lots of college students eager to give Contra Dancing a try. Be there or be square! No wait — be there AND be square! VIDEO LINK to watch the dance…
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Techno-contra West
I traveled to Seattle, WA for the first ever west-coast Techno-Contra Dance at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center on 12-11-09.
It was a cold 18-degrees when I landed in Seattle but by the time I’d finished four hours of trance and techno dancing at The Fremont Abbey, I was one hot tamale.
Techno-contra Dance West (VIDEO)
link at the end of this post…
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Dare to be Square Photo courtesy of Doug Plummer
I am attending Dare To Be Square-West.
In 2007 and 2008 the event was held in Portland, Oregon.
This year it moved north to Seattle, Washington for a weekend of square dance and music workshops, lots of dancing, musicians jamming, and tons of fun!
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Holiday Fun, Old-Time Music, Tribal Belly Dance, Performance art and more…
Sunday, December 20, 2009 7pm at HM157, 3110 North Broadway Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90031.
Bring your honey, potential honey, kids, friends and neighbors for a great night of alternative holiday cheer.
I’ll be telling a somewhat inappropriate Christmas story featuring Las Vegas, reindeer, beaded cocktail dresses and mother-daughter vandalism. Food and drinks too!
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Camp WannaDance
Contra Carnival 2008
Hillbillies from Mars
SoleFest 2007
The Syncopaths
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Thanksgiving Contra Dance
Susan Michaels will be calling…
Thanksgiving Special at the Brentwood Contra Dance Saturday, November 28th, 2009.
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KPCC 89.3 FM in Los Angeles: “Contradancing: A Living, Swinging Tradition”
Correspondent Jackson Musker form KPCC 89.3 FM Radio in Los Angeles, CA interviews Susan Michaels as she celebrates 20 years of Contra Dancing.
“Every weekend in LA, hundreds of people gather to participate in the oldest dance in the American canon—Contradancing. This isn’t a reenactment; it’s a living tradition, and it’s open to all comers. Correspondent Jackson Musker put on his dancing shoes and joined the throng at a recent Contradance in Brentwood, California led by longtime caller Susan Michaels”
LISTEN to the Radio Interview: A Living, Swinging Tradition
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ContraDance Caller Susan Michaels
“Dry wit, impassioned, laughing, observant, smart, Susan…”
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