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for Summer Soirée 2013 - June 21-23
Summer Soirée is FULL ... but I do expect cancellations and changes, and all but a few single women have been confirmed. The dance will not be perfectly balanced, but I also do not want to have too many unhappy dancers, so I have limited how imbalanced it can get.
If you do want to register and get on the waitlist, please read the details here: Dance Registration and then click through to the form. Please DO NOT PAY no matter what the registration thank you page says.
We are so excited to welcome back Great Bear Trio (with friends) for 2013! They last played Soireé in 2008, the first year I was Soirée's organizer! Details are not finalized but the "friends" will include a drummer! Also back from 2008 is our beloved Caller Beth Molaro! Our other headliner band is the hottest band from the West Coast: the Syncopaths, and of course, we will have Caller Maggie Jo Saylor!
More details: Summer Soirée T-Shirts
TechNO? Yes! We are planning to 'make up' for the lack of a techno contra this year with a special 'crossover' contra that will include some techno music but will mostly feature some great rock and disco classics that will be great fun for contra! Jordy Williams will wow you again!
Gender Balance? Yes. Sort of. We will try to balance this year again, but may be slightly less "perfect" about it, which means that there may be more of one gender than the other. There is so much controversy around this issue that I am loathe to continue the tradition, but the weekend's theme will be Gender Free - in other words, the calls and dances will have an emphasis on gender neutral moves and styles and opportunities to switch and learn new ways to approach the gent and lady roles. Above all, we will play with gender freedom! If a perfect gender balance is important to you, you may not be happy with this year's experiment.
Stay In Touch!! If you haven't already joined our Group on Facebook, please visit Friends of Summer Soirée. Facebook is the fastest way to communicate with contra dancers, so announcements are made there first, and on the website immediately thereafter.
We will have Sunderland Hall dorms this year, so many of our dancers will stay in air conditioned comfort.
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Ticket Prices for Summer Soirée 2013:
We are still working on the budget - the college continues to raise prices every year; we keep this as affordable as we can. Know that it is a labor of love on the part of all organizers.
Some fun from previous years: some extraordinary photos by Kevin Riggs and videos by John Newsome. Here's my favorite techno contra video from John.
More videos from Summer Soirée 2011 by John Newsome:
M.-J. Taylor,
Summer Soirée Folk-alizer
828-252-0072
Kiss My Asheville Blog
Giant Robot Dance at Glen Echo. Dance sequence is Coconut Cream Pie by Lynn Ackerson.
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What Folks said About 2012:
"I thought the weekend was awesome. The housing was much better than other dance weekends, where we've stayed in camp facilities, and the price was very reasonable for what was included. The food was outstanding, especially when compared to other dance camps, and the the music was great. I enjoyed the swing lesson, but was disappointed that there was no techno contra. I probably would have stayed and danced for about an hour, if there had been one. The younger dancers add a lot of energy and dynamics to the dances; they are important to the life and survival of our dance communities ...." ~ Suzanne Patnaude
"Music and weather were the best! The food was great!" ~ Mike Brannaman
"The intermediate waltz and swing dance classes on Saturday morning were great!!!! All weekend the energy in the air was magical-Had soooo much fun!!!" ~ Marty Grist
I had a wonderful time at Soiree!! I like the dorms and the dancing and of course PeM and GRD together was just over the top!!" ~ Cathy Willis
"I love you MJ! Thanks for making one of the best weekends of my life." ~ Alan Best
