by
Calvin Campbell, Ken Kernen, Bob Howell
Over 400 easy to teach dances including square dances, line dances, contra dances, quadrilles, mixers, mescolanzas, trios, Sicilian circles, etc. Dance material suitable for the Community Dance Program. Many examples and other information can be found on this same website. To access other pages, click one of the following buttons. DFBP Hm is the home page.
More dancing, less teaching
"Dancing for Busy People" is a collection of over 400 dances using easy basics to teach dance movements. Most dances use only walking movements based on commonly used square dance terminology. Only 25 basics are used. The same basics are used for contra dances, trios, quadrilles, Sicilian circles, mescolanzas and many of the round dance mixers. Some special description of footwork is necessary for the no-partner dances
Designed for the busy leader
Dances in "Dancing for Busy People" are grouped into sections by dance formation and difficulty. Each step of each dance is described in plain English with supplemental diagrams provided where needed. Examples of the book format, as interpreted by HTML, can be found under Dance. Suggestions for recorded music are provided. The book even provides 'cue card' examples for calling or prompting each dance. If you can read aloud and hear the musical beat, you can prompt the dance.
Designed for busy people
The dances are designed to meet the needs of people who wish to have fun dancing without spending an extended period of time in 'lessons'. Dances are provided for all age groups from the 4th grade in elementary school to retirement communities. Teaching suggestions are included to minimize the amount of instruction needed.
This is the perfect program for recreational centers, college/university courses, church groups, retirement centers, etc. People can enjoy the program year around. They can attend as often or as infrequently as they desire. The dances can include people of all ages. Many of the dances are designed so there is no need for gender indentification.
Perfect for beginner dances
The Community Dance Program (CDP) concept encourages the use of many dance formations and types of music. This enables leaders to provide innovative beginner dance programs of 1.5 to 2
hours or more in length using only 8 to 10 basics during any one program. The secret is providing variety by changing the music and dance formation while using the same set of terminology.
A comprehensive resource for an extended program
"Dancing For Busy People" contains adequate dance material to entertain any group of dancers for years. This book pools the knowledge of three of the top recreational dance leaders in the world. Their techniques, their teaching suggestions, their favorite dances and recorded music. Properly used, you should never run out of dance material, from this book, to provide variety for experienced dancers. Much of the material can still be learned quickly and easily by new dancers.
By using terminology that is accepted around the world the program also lays an excellent base of experience for people who wish to move on to other more specialized dance programs as their interests expand or when they move to communities that have specialized dance groups
One tough book
The book is bound in a three ring notebook measuring 9 inches by 7.25 inches allowing individual pages to be removed and easily held in one hand. The cover is red vinyl and many leaders just refer to it as the 'Ted Book'. The dances are printed on white paper and the typeface for the 'cue card' prompts are printed in a large bold face type that can be read at arm's
length.
Order From
Calvin Campbell
343 Turf Lane
Castle Rock, CO
80104
Tel: 303-790-7921
E-mail: Calvin
Cost = $30.00 (U.S.) + S&H
- $30 + $3.50 shipping and handling in the United States.
- Shipping costs to Canada are $6 for airmail.
- Europe & Australia are based on shipping weight of 1.5 to2 pounds.
Cost will depend in the country.