{"items": [{"author": "Dave", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940631429952", "anchor": "fb-940631429952", "service": "fb", "text": "Do it do it, can I come sit in with you and Audrey and Amy?", "timestamp": "1525787771"}, {"author": "Angela", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940632378052", "anchor": "fb-940632378052", "service": "fb", "text": "I would be into helping with this and/or calling!", "timestamp": "1525788324"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940632378052&reply_comment_id=940634179442", "anchor": "fb-940632378052_940634179442", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Same here!", "timestamp": "1525789167"}, {"author": "Dereck", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940632378052&reply_comment_id=940644084592", "anchor": "fb-940632378052_940644084592", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Same here, calling and or sound", "timestamp": "1525792979"}, {"author": "Rachel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940633006792", "anchor": "fb-940633006792", "service": "fb", "text": "a Free Raisins Dance weekend I could walk to? yes please!", "timestamp": "1525788893"}, {"author": "Samuel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940633016772", "anchor": "fb-940633016772", "service": "fb", "text": "What's your envisioned parking plan for Saturday daytime for dancers coming from outside of Boston? Suggest they park at Alewife or on-street in Arlington and take the 77? Maybe direct them to the Porter Exchange building? Give some thought to your foul-weather contingency plan - who will eat the cost of the hall and talent if you have to cancel? Maybe the hall would agree to waive its rent in the event of a snow-driven cancellation. (I like the general idea. I'd like to see a different hall. I just wish I had one to suggest.)", "timestamp": "1525788912"}, {"author": "Peter", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940633016772&reply_comment_id=940642432902", "anchor": "fb-940633016772_940642432902", "service": "fb", "text": "→ On Saturday there is free parking at the Kennedy grammar school about a 5-10 minute walk away.", "timestamp": "1525791897"}, {"author": "Lisa", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940633016772&reply_comment_id=940766514242", "anchor": "fb-940633016772_940766514242", "service": "fb", "text": "→ We don't pay for the hall if we have to cancel due to bad weather, but it rarely happens and we provide them with a significant amount of income year round.
Financial considerations are huge considering you don't have an organization to back you. Maybe you can estimate your break even point and only put it on if enough people pre-register. Do you have any organizations or individuals who would back you or grants you can apply for?", "timestamp": "1525882056"}, {"author": "Kristen", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940637233322", "anchor": "fb-940637233322", "service": "fb", "text": "I have been hoping the contra dance weekend style event from other places in the country would find a place in New England! I\u2019ll come.", "timestamp": "1525789632"}, {"author": "Dan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940641903962", "anchor": "fb-940641903962", "service": "fb", "text": "In years where it a) doesn't overlap with the Society for American Music conference and ideally b) does overlap with our spring break, I would be interested!", "timestamp": "1525791374"}, {"author": "Robert", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702", "anchor": "fb-940644029702", "service": "fb", "text": "I know that scheduling events can be a logistical nightmare, but if you could possibly avoid the weekends that include the 2nd and 4th Saturdays, JP would be grateful.", "timestamp": "1525792949"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=940648969802", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_940648969802", "service": "fb", "text": "→ That's something I'd like to avoid, but there are enough other constraints that I'm not sure I can. The current date that looks best includes 3/9 which is a second Saturday.
Would you be interested in doing something collaborative?", "timestamp": "1525796283"}, {"author": "Robert", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=940649882972", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_940649882972", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I can't answer that on my own, but it might be worth considering, depending on a lot of factors. This would probably best be pursued in some other communications medium than Facebook comments.", "timestamp": "1525796819"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=940657517672", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_940657517672", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Actually, no longer looks like 3/9 is a likely date", "timestamp": "1525801589"}, {"author": "Mark", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=940663840002", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_940663840002", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Cancel the JP dance if the weekend has an open to all Saturday night dance.", "timestamp": "1525806449"}, {"author": "Lisa", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=940727567292", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_940727567292", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff Kaufman, if you're choosing a 2nd/4th Saturday could you let me know so I don't book that weekend until we figure out if we are going to collaborate? I'd hate to have to cancel on a band/caller.", "timestamp": "1525841199"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=940747277792", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_940747277792", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Lisa definitely! Still trying to figure out dates and avoid conflicts", "timestamp": "1525870160"}, {"author": "Perry", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=940748889562", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_940748889562", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I'm not a fan of cancelling weekly dances in deference to dance weekends. It seems unfair to those regular attendees of weekly dances who don't go to weekends. I do understand that weekends do take away from the attendance of weekly dances, and I can't say that I know the distance between the dance in question and the weekend in question, but often I find that the group of weekend attendees are often different than the group of regular dance attendees.", "timestamp": "1525871062"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=940749328682", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_940749328682", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I don't think \"in deference to\" is what we're talking about here. I'm still not sure if this would conflict with JP (only half of weekends do, and it's a thing I'm trying to avoid) but if I did they would of course be welcome to continue on with their regularly scheduled Saturday night dance.", "timestamp": "1525871401"}, {"author": "Perry", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=940749488362", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_940749488362", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Personally I think that there will be no weekend where there is no conflict, so I say choose the weekend that's best for you and go with it. I appreciate trying to avoid conflicts, but every weekend is bad for someone.", "timestamp": "1525871555"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=940750930472", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_940750930472", "service": "fb", "text": "→ (More details for people elsewhere: JP and Cambridge are about 6mi apart, but about an hour on picking transit. JP and BIDA have some overlap of dancers but are mostly separate communities. JP is smaller, and has been around much longer. JP has been gender free for decades, BIDA only about a year, and no other areas dances are gender free.)", "timestamp": "1525872650"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=940754238842", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_940754238842", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff, you point out that JP and BIDA are both gender free. Maybe they are the only regular contra series in the Boston area that are gender free. And there is some overlap between the two groups, but there are many dancers that go to only one or the other of these regular series. This is why the weekend has to either not conflict, or be a joint venture between the two groups. If your weekend is to be gender free (which I presume it will be), the weekend should draw from all the Boston area dance groups that it can, to build the larger community. This won't be just a fun weekend, this will be bridging between the two local gender free dance groups, as well as drawing dancers in from other groups, and that is a very important part of why your weekend will be a good thing.", "timestamp": "1525874281"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940644029702&reply_comment_id=941146627492", "anchor": "fb-940644029702_941146627492", "service": "fb", "text": "→ It now looks like this will be either the weekend of 3/23 or 3/30, depending on which weekend DEFFA will be.", "timestamp": "1526126817"}, {"author": "Mac", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940653914892", "anchor": "fb-940653914892", "service": "fb", "text": "Task list, committee, subcommittees, committee chairs, volunteers.", "timestamp": "1525800023"}, {"author": "David Chudzicki", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940653914892&reply_comment_id=940667602462", "anchor": "fb-940653914892_940667602462", "service": "fb", "text": "→ but we want this to happen", "timestamp": "1525808133"}, {"author": "Frannie", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940654528662", "anchor": "fb-940654528662", "service": "fb", "text": "Happy to help with any organizing questions, as I've been running my successful weekend for over 10 years now. Happy to come call for you too.", "timestamp": "1525800466"}, {"author": "Dugan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940664144392", "anchor": "fb-940664144392", "service": "fb", "text": "I see the same gap in contra event offerings in New England. There are plenty of daylong marathons (Dawn Dance, Snow/Fall Balls, etc), camps, and festivals (Flurry, Falcon Ridge, NEFFA, DECDF) nearby, but not many events I would call \"contra dance weekends.\" I would love to see this happen and would likely attend.", "timestamp": "1525806650"}, {"author": "Ruthan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940753086152", "anchor": "fb-940753086152", "service": "fb", "text": "Please keep us posted; I'd love to come if I can!", "timestamp": "1525873522"}, {"author": "Rick", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=940866099672", "anchor": "fb-940866099672", "service": "fb", "text": "Great idea!", "timestamp": "1525928777"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=944762920412", "anchor": "fb-944762920412", "service": "fb", "text": "Follow-up: https://www.jefftk.com/p/dance-weekend-update", "timestamp": "1528376418"}, {"author": "Ruthan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=944762920412&reply_comment_id=944768549132", "anchor": "fb-944762920412_944768549132", "service": "fb", "text": "→ HOORAY", "timestamp": "1528380048"}, {"author": "Kristen", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/940631210392?comment_id=944762920412&reply_comment_id=944804102882", "anchor": "fb-944762920412_944804102882", "service": "fb", "text": "→ THIS IS ON MY SPRING BREAK YEEEAAAH", "timestamp": "1528397569"}]}