Episode 13 - Louise Siddons

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

Louise calling the dance The Reminder by Louise Siddons at the London Barndance in London, UK with music by Portland Drive.

Louise calling the square dance Square Line Special by Gary Roodman at the Brighton Gender-Free Contra+ dance in Brighton, UK with fiddling by Linda Game.

More about Louise

You can buy Louise's book, Dancing the Whole Dance: Positional Calling for Contra here!
Louise has offered a number of online workshops related to positional calling, which are accessible here on her website (along with lots of other goodies!)

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