{"items": [{"author": "Theresa", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649128304552", "anchor": "fb-649128304552", "service": "fb", "text": "Just sayin' ... if they're both in Peterborough, would you drop the town name or be consistent with it? Fall Ball (Peterborough?) Then Peterborough Snow Ball ... is the Peterborough Play Ball too short to bother listing (only 6 hours)?", "timestamp": "1392733012"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649128394372", "anchor": "fb-649128394372", "service": "fb", "text": "Rum & Onions -- Halloween dance (9 hr dance with pot-luck dinner break) + NEFFA.", "timestamp": "1392733055"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649128708742", "anchor": "fb-649128708742", "service": "fb", "text": "Looks like Jeff was only listing paid gigs, I think R&O and NEFFA don't pay. Also, there is more than one \"Snow Ball,\" so Jeff was probably trying to remove ambiguity, though I agree that listing Peterborough Snow Ball would be more consistent - that or listing locations for all events (more work for Jeff!).", "timestamp": "1392733194"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649129342472", "anchor": "fb-649129342472", "service": "fb", "text": "I don't see the Toronto Island Dance, Pinewoods July 4th Weekend, or Toronto's Spring Thaw Weekend listed. Not sure other Pinewoods weeks & Weekends were listed, either.", "timestamp": "1392733750"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649129457242", "anchor": "fb-649129457242", "service": "fb", "text": "Oops. Found Spring Thaw. Presumably the Island dance is listed as well, but I couldn't identify it in your list.", "timestamp": "1392733900"}, {"author": "Bronwyn", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649130185782", "anchor": "fb-649130185782", "service": "fb", "text": "Pittsburgh Fall Dance Weekend", "timestamp": "1392734547"}, {"author": "Edward", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649131682782", "anchor": "fb-649131682782", "service": "fb", "text": "Potato Run / Fall Ball / Uchicago dance weekend / Lavender Country Folk Dancers (3 events) / Try looking through the ads in CDSS news.
Thanks, very interesting list!", "timestamp": "1392735936"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649136358412", "anchor": "fb-649136358412", "service": "fb", "text": "@Theresa: fixed \"Fall Ball\" -> \"Peterbough Fall Ball\". There are a lot of ~6 hour dances so I didn't want to list the Play Ball.", "timestamp": "1392739092"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649136463202", "anchor": "fb-649136463202", "service": "fb", "text": "@Michael: I didn't list NEFFA because each band only plays for 50 minutes and there are so many bands.", "timestamp": "1392739146"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649136647832", "anchor": "fb-649136647832", "service": "fb", "text": "Michael: The Toronto Island Dance is 3-9:30 on one day. It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun, and I'm excited we're playing for it, but I didn't want to put it on the list.", "timestamp": "1392739247"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649136817492", "anchor": "fb-649136817492", "service": "fb", "text": "@Michael: The Pinewoods weekends don't list band names on the website.", "timestamp": "1392739286"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649136877372", "anchor": "fb-649136877372", "service": "fb", "text": "@Bronwyn: added the FDW.", "timestamp": "1392739355"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649137396332", "anchor": "fb-649137396332", "service": "fb", "text": "@Edward: I can't find the Potato Run. Just a 2010 reference in CDSS to the Louisville Contra Dancers who now appear to run the Fleur de Lis Fling, which is already on the sheet.
The Peterborough Fall Ball is on the list; do you mean a different Fall Ball?
Added UChicago.
I think the LCFD dances are already on the sheet.", "timestamp": "1392739673"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649137725672", "anchor": "fb-649137725672", "service": "fb", "text": "@Michael: Rum & Onions is two sessions of dancing adding up to 6hr, right? There are enough events in this range, most of them not nationally publicized, that I don't think I can get a complete list if I venture there.", "timestamp": "1392740050"}, {"author": "Mac", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649138828462", "anchor": "fb-649138828462", "service": "fb", "text": "Great \"industry-wide\" perspective. Thanks!", "timestamp": "1392740741"}, {"author": "Emma", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649139023072", "anchor": "fb-649139023072", "service": "fb", "text": "There are a few more SoCal dances: Labor Day Dance Away, Camp Sturtevant Dance Weekend, and Mt. Baldy Dance Weekend. The Avant Gardeners are playing Sturtevant this year, but I don't know about the 2014 lineup for the other two.", "timestamp": "1392740855"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649140639832", "anchor": "fb-649140639832", "service": "fb", "text": "I didn't realize you were screening out shorter \"long dances\" and festivals with lots of short sessions.", "timestamp": "1392741780"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649140744622", "anchor": "fb-649140744622", "service": "fb", "text": "I guess that means \"Head for the Hills\" doesn't count, either.", "timestamp": "1392741858"}, {"author": "Chris", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649143015072", "anchor": "fb-649143015072", "service": "fb", "text": "I'd be interested in the caller breakdown for those weekends.", "timestamp": "1392743597"}, {"author": "Robert", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649143089922", "anchor": "fb-649143089922", "service": "fb", "text": "The LCFD dances are there, but listed/alphabetized as \"Gender-free\", so it took me a moment to find them.", "timestamp": "1392743646"}, {"author": "BDan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649144282532", "anchor": "fb-649144282532", "service": "fb", "text": "Pinewoods doesn't list that kind of information on its own website, but it can generally be found on the websites of the user groups that run the sessions (CDS Boston Centre, CDSS, RSCDS, and FAC), e.g. http://swingintosummer.cds-boston.org/staff/", "timestamp": "1392744143"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649146852382", "anchor": "fb-649146852382", "service": "fb", "text": "@BDan: I actually do have Swing Into Summer. It's the CDSS sessions that seem to list individuals but not bands: http://www.cdss.org/american.html", "timestamp": "1392746097"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649146927232", "anchor": "fb-649146927232", "service": "fb", "text": "@Michael: I did include Head for the Hills because it's multi-day.", "timestamp": "1392746163"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649147436212", "anchor": "fb-649147436212", "service": "fb", "text": "@Emma: Added Labor Day Dance Away, Camp Sturtevant, and Mt. Baldy. Thanks!", "timestamp": "1392746504"}, {"author": "Max", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649156592862", "anchor": "fb-649156592862", "service": "fb", "text": "Thanks Jeff! Truly interesting. But now you'll have to do this every year. Or even quarterly.", "timestamp": "1392751145"}, {"author": "Yoyo", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/112374925965540306459", "anchor": "gp-1392753138971", "service": "gp", "text": "A few more out west:\n
\n- Chehalis\n
\n- Dancing Fool is actually 2 weekends (Feb and Oct)\n
\n- Phoenix Winter Frolic", "timestamp": 1392753138}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649161273482", "anchor": "fb-649161273482", "service": "fb", "text": "@Max : noooooooo....", "timestamp": "1392754136"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649165345322", "anchor": "fb-649165345322", "service": "fb", "text": "Jeff Kaufman: while there are fewer sessions than at NEFFA, Head for the Hills had three named bands last year, but each only played for one 1 to 2-hour dance.", "timestamp": "1392756623"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649165699612", "anchor": "fb-649165699612", "service": "fb", "text": "Jeff Kaufman: Here's the July 4th web page: http://www.cds-boston.org/july4/july4.html", "timestamp": "1392756687"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649166198612", "anchor": "fb-649166198612", "service": "fb", "text": "Hmm. Here's a question: if a band is one of four bands playing for a 12-hour dance, why is that different than a band that is one of two bands playing for a 9-hour event that includes 3 hours of non-dance festivities? That is, from the perspective of gathering statistics about the bands in question? This is a question, not an argument; I'm trying to get a better grasp of the details of your goals.", "timestamp": "1392757041"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1392761105441", "service": "gp", "text": "@Yoyo\n\u00a0Added Chehalis, Feb Fool, and the Phoenix Winter Frolic.", "timestamp": 1392761105}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649172126732", "anchor": "fb-649172126732", "service": "fb", "text": "@Michael: added 7/4 at pinewoods", "timestamp": "1392761220"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/649126523122?comment_id=649176323322", "anchor": "fb-649176323322", "service": "fb", "text": "@Michael: \"I'm trying to get a better grasp of the details of your goals.\"
I'm not sure my goals are defined enough to grasp. There doesn't seem to be a real difference. Mostly these limits are to keep the thing a manageable size while including things like the Peterborough Fall- and Snowballs and the Dawn Dances which seem like they should be included.", "timestamp": "1392763969"}, {"author": "Darrell", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/101028981063422977721", "anchor": "gp-1392764645355", "service": "gp", "text": "How about Cumberland Dance Week (CumberlandDanceWeek.org).", "timestamp": 1392764645}, {"author": "Josh", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/118273920476267337216", "anchor": "gp-1392780640399", "service": "gp", "text": "Is NEFFA not on your list?", "timestamp": 1392780640}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1392811738171", "service": "gp", "text": "@Darrell\n\u00a0The Cumberland Dance Week site has the same problem as the CDSS dance camp sites: they only list musicians, not bands.", "timestamp": 1392811738}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/103013777355236494008", "anchor": "gp-1392811774214", "service": "gp", "text": "@Josh\n\u00a0NEFFA's not on the list because (a) there are so many bands and (b) each one only plays for 50 minutes.", "timestamp": 1392811774}, {"author": "Darrell", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/101028981063422977721", "anchor": "gp-1392856879104", "service": "gp", "text": "I see the following on the main page (CumberlandDanceWeek.org):\n
\n
\nGREAT MUSICIANS FROM GREAT BANDS!\n
\nAvant Gardeners\n
\nCocks of the North\n
\nCosmic Otters\n
\nMean Lids\n
\nMixed Nuts\n
\nThe Retrospectacles\n
\nUncle Farmer\n
\n
\nGranted, it's not necessarily the full band. Is that what you mean?", "timestamp": 1392856879}, {"author": "Yoyo", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/112374925965540306459", "anchor": "gp-1392857849740", "service": "gp", "text": "@Darrell\n\u00a0Jeff is probably coming from the perspective of \"which weekends can my band play\", so booking for individual musicians is less interesting. (And looking at their schedule, it does indeed mean individual musicians from those bands.)", "timestamp": 1392857849}]}