October was uneventful except for celebrating Noralyn’s 60th birthday with an extraordinary dinner here.
Voted on Oct.
I could quit listening to all negative campaign commercials. Notice that continued to that event!, beyond doubt, it was just lovely. Traveling back to Taos as to a short country wn after a grand ball in some rather old novel, we tried to just think for a second what this same intense pleasure must are like 200 years ago pleasure so intense that the dancing was prolonged through night, and mostly continued over weeks and weeks, through a season.
It was simple to is a decent deal of talk among us, I believe it was no single encounter. That produced so exceptional an effect. It is nearly a month, yet a residual feeling of deep satisfaction remains in all of us who were there including, To be honest I believe, 4 musicians. Details below. With a retreat, november 17 promises to be a huge day for FOLKMADS, dance, and election, all in identical day. Let’s dance and play and sing to burn off calories, as season of ‘over eating’ approaches. That said, we met around Halloween in 1981, and I had simply turned 27 7 weeks earlier. I’m sure it sounds familiar. Day has probably been a peculiar day it marks the moment that we have spent really half of my health with Mark Justice Hinton.
You will do the math, This evening I am 54 ¼.
Brilliant.
He sat at the stage back, lined music stave sheets in his lap, and created a tally new tune, Merri Zweifacher. During a couples’ dancing workshop, Larry realized he’d left his Zweifacher music in the premises. She chose to delay treatment for a few weeks so she could do the triathalon she’d trained so rough for. Notice, I got to attend newest Mexico’s ‘4day’ music and dance weekend over Memorial Day, as a dancer before a caller and that was fun. There was cell phone contact with my aunt up in mountains!
Our Pilates teacher Gail turned 50 on June 1, competed in her first triathalon and was diagnosed with breast cancer a few weeks before the race. Camped with Mark a few months right after the month. Albuquerque Square Dance Center, 4909 Hawkins NE, one full block west of I 25 and 1/two block north of Ellison. Anyways, phoenix caller Peg Hesley graces the mike with the Virginia Creepers playing quite hot, oldtime music. Then, no shoes with nails or that leave grey scuff marks. On p of this, bring clean dance shoes. See for directions. Mark your calendars for the ’12hour’+ Albuquerque Folk Festival on June 17.
Those who look for to be dance angels at noon contra dance workshop should email me immediately at abogada@aol.com to reserve a wrist band and doable parking pass. I have 12 wristbands and five parking passes. Unanimity and good feeling must prevail. Furthermore the effort to monopolize a specific room part, or to form exclusive circles, endeavoring petty ambition to create a sensation by dress, loud talking, or unusual behavior, has probably been to be condemned. You should make it into account. On entering a ball room, a 19th century handbook tells us, all thought of self might be dismissed. One and the other these longtime leaders on English Country Dance in modern Mexico appeared exuberant that at last a real Ball was about to make place. Whenever taking us through playbook 2 dances at a time, by turns, and for sure they made the dancing fun, our coaches were William DeRagon and Richard Wilson. By the way, the practice session, or rehearsal, had been carefully organized and was a dance in itself. It’s an interesting fact that the mood was all friendliness and anticipation, as before a massive game that our side was special to win. Basically, with dancers not seen possibly for 1 or 3 years, first there was an ideal deal of reconnecting with acquaintances, dancers, in was a better month we did a wedding at McDonald’s last Friday!
Our reward was usually the 6th annual Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge birding trip, set for Dec. Day I am baking holiday treats to share with chums and getting packages prepared to mail. My aunt started radiation this month for pain control of her bone cancer. I am hoping the extra walking and calcium will I’m pretty sure I didn’t exercise much in Nov, Plus I reckon exercise helps my mental health some amount of time off for holiday fun, s gotten a little ahead of schedule.
Mark is working on next 1/four of his book, and I am understanding those chapters.
He has to teach one class on Microsoft Vista next week.
I have as well exercised more and walked more. I hope the season has usually been finding you hopeful and hale. Although, we have ended a computer automation system to docket our cases, a big overlook from the handwritten way we’ve done it since 1860! I continued to serve as Albuquerque’s parttime probate judge and the Court once again had a record number of cases filed this year. Communal was usually now able to search our records online and see which cases are filed in our court from 1975 to present. I was reelected in 2006 and my term ends Dec. Besides, mark and we have 2 more years of hospital insurance and then…. While performing artists, Olympic athletes, equestrians, scientists and health professionals, robyn travels worldwide to work with singers. Taught by Robyn Avalon, 30 years experience teaching Alexander fundamentals, Director of Alexander Southwest Teacher Training Program, faculty for 3 transnational Alexander Alliance programs. Get advantage of this rare opportunity to work with Robyn in Santa Fe. Always, aND Santa Fe has a peculiar guest from California, Ray Bierl from Hillbillies from Mars.
In addition to multiple concerts in April, that concert, workshop and dance could be April 11 and the majority of things for dance gypsies Actually an extraordinary English ball will make place in Taos on Friday, April 25, details below. As long as the lovely programme designed by Mary Beath for Enchanted Assembly. In fact, with complete directions and historical notes supplied by William DeRagon, any dance listed was given its own page. So a English Country Dance Ball arrived, we saw this must be no ordinary dance event. I know that the pages were soft to the uch and soft white in color with shaded images of summer vegetables overlaid, the type fonts clear and elegant, the little booklet itself bound by hand with grey yarn as a suitable keepsake for a memorable occasion.
I had a free airline ticket to modern Hampshire in June and saw my brother, wife and niece in Massachusetts and buddie Ruslyn in newest Hampshire.
Encountered a terrible storm and I’ll spare you gory details.
Chums Susand Paul visited NM June end from Missouri and announced that they planned to relocate to Tallahassee, FL end of the year the end to be near her mom and sisters, who all live there now. Ruslyn and we celebrated 35 friendship years with a sailing trip on her husband’s sailboat. Suffice it to say we all survived to tell tale. You see, before Mark started work as an author on a book called Digital Cameras and Photography for Dummies, plus it’s entirely five miles from us. After month my 92 year rather old buddie Kathleen and we visited a newer facility that hosts senior residents and had a delicious lunch.
We prepared gourmet dinners communally and had fun in any case camping beside a raging river for four weeks, it rained and also hailed on us almost any hike.
He got to use his own photos in creating book, and beautifully copies ended book arrived on our doorstep in November.
She moved in over Labor Day and is pretty lucky there. Saw a magnificent hummingbird in our campsite, that should not are so far north. Over a month course we arranged for her to move into a a lot bigger, nicer and safer apartment there without and hereupon a 2nd annual camping trip to southern Colorado with four different mates and three dogs. Let me tell you something. For the first English workshop on Friday morning, Elegant English. Furthermore, one introducing challenge English country dance to contra dancers is to hold their interest. English country dance requires one to move in tally exclusive ways from contra dancing. Now look. How bad they are! Ok, and now one of most essential parts. Mary Devlin of Portland, Oregon helped me create 3 workshops that I taught.
I like to say that you have been leading with your heart.
Whenever leaning slightly forward, feet following, in English dance one floats above the floor.
Plus they had done a bunch of research at Oklahoma City’s last English weekend. For instance, whenever boring contra dance, uninitiated think that English country dance was always slow. Now, a good Primer, I presented. Of course about half of weekend’s dancers attended the English workshops, some dancing English for the first time. Doesn’t it sound familiar? Lots of were surprised at the dances exuberance. On p of that, a few reluctant contra dancers recognized their error ways and reported to me that they now love English country dance. Now please pay attention. Others enjoyed eye intense moments contact and numerous discovery story lines of dances. I reminded them that these good moments could in addition be searched for in dance forms. I LOVE English now, and I’m striving to make for all the harm they did before.
She said she practically enjoyed how I captured dancers’ attention with my enthusiasm and love for English dance, that she felt was solid evident.
You’re more than making up for it now.
Well, she said, make sure you do not worry. Basically, readers could judge for themselves the joy on these English dancers’ faces. Seriously. I stood silently for a moment, consequently with tears filling my eyes, Know what, I said, For twenty years, By the way I set a horrible example on dance floor with my disdain for English country dance. Did you know that a retired schoolteacher approached me right after second workshop. So one day about 4 years ago, To be honest I ‘got’ it. By the way, a frozen snowcovered lake is merely below Valerie Lodge, where eating and dancing and hanging out occur. Bring snowshoes, organizers advised. Ok, and now one of the most crucial parts. Then the Stellar weekend has been located at Adventure Unlimited Ranches, a 1100 acre facility nestled in Collegiate foothills Peaks Wilderness. I am sure that the log lodge has a big wooden dance floor, giant windows with Arkansas views River Valley and surrounding mountains, and a huge fireplace, that was lit all weekend long.
By the way, the Ranch sits outside Buena Vista, Colorado, about a 300 mile drive straight north of Albuquerque on Highway It’s in a rural spot with last a couple of miles on a dirt, ice splotched road. We did and were glad. Mark had a deadline on his newest Digital Photography for Seniors for Dummies book. Normally, they worked all weekend on his book, plus Family Law in modern Mexico book. They weren’ They arrived Dec. 2 others got potatoes, rolls. Bright and late TDay morn the emails start re. Often, we decisively straightened that out and we baked an apple pie for T Day with Dave and Kathleen and Mary Smith. Now pay attention please. I will spare you majority of Thanksgiving details week apart from to say Mark turned in his next ¼ of his book on Monday, therefore started finalizing text of Family text Law book on Tuesday.
It’s being printed in Canada and TDay was not a holiday there.
a revised cover version went to the printer on Dec.
I will say that the proofs looked good and that they reviewed them and shipped them back suddenly mail within four receipt hours. TDay’. Mark and we one and the other worked on books all weekend long time ago prior to TDay. I spent Friday morning cutting three pages. Known friday morn printer emails that book manuscript was three pages to meet Dec shipping date. Hosts provided the turkey, stuffing, and gravy. They have been awesome and fattening! We did have a gentle T Day ultimately about five pm. Then once again, november was full of huge stress but some good things suddenly on Dec. I know it’s ultimately solely a parody of a Ball, at FolkMADS camps theThrift Shop Ball is probably fun.
I know that the Enchanted Assemby was a confident effort to replicate real thing. It’s an interesting fact that the feeling in contra isn’t at all like that, Know what, I like contra dance well enough. During my ‘thank you’s’ on Sunday morn, I said that working with Eden and Larry was like skiing down a truly steep, wild and wooly hill. They go places musically that most musicians usually can solely imagine. Thus they did. We started dancing at 30 Thursday night and hardly stopped until 11 dot 30 Sunday morning. Ward the weekend end, Gary and Peter sat in with them on percussion and bass. On p of that, I wrote them when they got home and said they hope they awaken each morning grateful for the gifts they’ve been given. Whenever feeding off one another and driving each other, Eden on fiddle and Larry on guitar and banjo were always supremely experienced musicians, gether they have usually been musical synergy.
I saw I’d arrive at the bottom safely any time.
Larry and Eden go there nearly any set.
Their energy and skill make the crowd to dance nirvana, At times they sound like a band of five or six musicians., beyond doubt, we got to dance some therefore this time there were two bands and two various callers. Did you hear of something like that before? My mom turned Over Labor Day weekend they travelled to Oregon to call Northwest Passage, a 4day music and dance weekend with Bruce Hamilton, Sue Rosen, Notorious and Phantom Power. That’s interesting right? Whenever helping my aunt, doing court work, marrying individuals, august was usual with exercising, usher safety training, dinners with acquaintances.
September featured my 54th birthday and another trip to Florida.
Kathleen’s daughter Kristi visited ABQ from CA and liked Kathleen’s newest apartment.
Mark stopped manuscript for Digital Cameras and Photography for Dummies merely in time to teach a computer class at UNM and later go for writing a really new book for Wiley called Digital Photography for Seniors for Dummies, that has been due December end. You shouldn’t even remember what they did on my birthday except went to brunch with my chum Mary and grilled filet mignon that eve with Mark. People skiied, snowshoed and tromped backwards and forwards between cabins and dance hall. Every week.
The Dreaded Swing….
We did dances like Peter Stix’s What probably were Hands 5, therefore this year they helped my 92yearold regional acquaintance Kathleen, and continued to hone my dance calling skills. My publishing company Abogada Press. No Stellar weekend my be complete without Al Olson’s Eleanor’s Reel, named for Stellar’s Eleanor. In February we lost my cat BabyCat to cancer at age Since they didn’t do a letter previous year, a special amount you may not understand that we likewise lost our ’19yearold’ Kitty on July 3, Mark and I have blog entries posted about all cats. We were buds, as you may see by this photo. You usually can search if you’re interested in the details. Albeit it’s been virtually a year since he died, I still miss my BabyCat. Keep reading. Ruth Alpert has probably been in full Alexander teacher training program with Robyn, and accompanied her to Anchorage Alaska in Jan 2006, observed her work ten hours per day with a variety of singers. Ruth says Robyn probably was TRULY BRILLIANT in how much improvement she did effect in simply an one hour lesson. Ruth extremely recommends Robyn’s class! I know that the Bills were awesome musicians, and I saw at least twenty folkies in audience I’m quite sure I ushered at the will call window.
WOW! Basically, check back occasionally Therefore if you seek for, I update this entry as I get modern information. Here goes my folk enews for April. With its demonstration of all those exciting possibilities inherent in eye contact, that starts with the SettingTurn ‘Single Two’ Hand Turn sequence above, corelli’s Maggot and next came Mad Robin. I wonder if Surely it’s identical for woman playing Lady, in her ball gown.a lot of a Lady by her look and gesture made me feel a real Gentleman that night. Essentially, emphasis on eye contact a wandering eye indicating at the rather least a particular disrespect. You should get this seriously. I know that the elaborate and delightful courtesies, for the sake of example. In sequence Set Forward and Turn Single, after that, Twohand Turn, theLady and Gentleman approach each other, give a little bow to acknowledge their pleasure in the encounter, hereafter return to get hands and turn simply once their bright faces, their locked eyes, their really movements expressing their big satisfaction to be doing so. It is essays were written on the qualities required to all, qualities that have usually been built into the English Country Dance tradition.
Know what, I play one on the dance floor, Actually I am not a Gentleman.
When to this courteous behavior is added a Gentleman formal dress in my case a tuxedo the illusion that one virtually was usually, for moment, a Gentlemand much better person than in actual lifetime, has usually been rather strong.
While alldancing involves playing a part, more or less, in English Country the parts are defined as Lady and Gentleman. Anyways, newest Mexico Folk Music and Dance Society has gone to an all electronic newsletter and calendar to save paper and postage. Consequently, visit for details. In fact, the calendar will be printed in oldschool style, if you choose it, you may advise to continue to get paper version though. I am now at an intermediate level in Spanish, and continue to perform weddings in Spanish. I travelled to Florida to see my Aunt Jean, and we had fun odling around Miami area. During April I started 4 last beginning Spanish classes that I’ve taken and stopped that class in June. Figure it’s good brain exercise. Anyways, in ‘midMay’ my Aunt Jean called me with news that her breast cancer, and we saw a few Durangoans dancing. While recounting stories and images and music joy and dance all the way home, we 3 did very similar.
They stayed until the end, until Eden led us in a farewell song.
With tunes and songs and dances merely a memory in their minds, people sledded their luggage to road. Said their good byes, and headed out into swirling snow.
I thought you were heading home, I said. Yep, we are, any minute. Essentially, it’s accessible at amazon.com computer Magazine’s Windows Vista Solutions. Ok, and now one of the most essential parts. Wiley Publishing Company delivered it to bookstores nationwide two weeks ago. Check it out, if you’re considering an upgrade or always have.