Episode 10 - Chrissy Fowler

From the Mic

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And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent.

Sound bites featured in this episode (in order of appearance):

• Chrissy calling at the Belfast Flying Shoes Community Dance in 2015 with music by the All Comer's Band
• Chrissy calling the Sicilian circle dance ZOM Out by Zoey Phillips, Olivia Padovan-Merhar, and Molly McCracken (published in the New England Dancing Masters book Listen to the Mockingbird) at the Belfast Flying Shoes dance in Oct 2019 with music by Cedar Stanistreet, Jon Cannon and Ness Smith-Savedoff.
• Chrissy calling the dance The Baby Rose by David Kaynor at the Concord Scout House in 2010 with music by Crowfoot

More about Chrissy and the Belfast Flying Shoes community

• In 2018 Chrissy facilitated this panel discussion, "Teens Talk Contra" with a group of local, teen-aged dancers from her community
• Check out this fun video featuring scenes from the Belfast community!
• During the pandemic lockdown in 2022 the Belfast Flying Shoes All Comers Band made a group music video to mark the 15th anniversary of their dance series ♥️