Cincinnati National AOSA Conference
Amidons workshops
Friday & Saturday, November 9 & 10, 2018
SCROLL DOWN FOR WORKSHOP NOTES – Here are a few comments, thanks, and introduction to our family.
Thanks to the many people who made this possible; particular thanks to Anna Peck, Al Heary, Sarah Fairfield, Carrie Barnett, Tiffany English, and, of course, many more who have spent much of their time for the last two years preparing for this extraordinarily well run conference.
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Here is a little about Mary Alice and me and our family.
MEET OUR BOYS & their wives:
Stefan on percussion/vocals and his wife (red head) Zara Bode with their band the Sweetback Sisters
Zara singing with the By the People Choir.
Stefan is the touring percussionist for The Devil Makes Three
and Stefan is a wonderful singer (the tall bass)
Sam with the Australian Chamber Orchestra
Sam’s wife Beth Orton singing Leonard Cohen’s “Sisters of Mercy”
Here is an Ode to Mary Alice I made for her on the occasion of our 40th wedding anniversary last summer.
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Your homework is to GO DANCING. Here is a website about where you can find contra dances and English country dances in your part of the country
http://www.contradancelinks.com/ * English country dance links
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* WORKSHOP NOTES *
Off the Beaten Path for Upper Elementary
Singing Games & Dances for K-2
Mary Alice and I had SUCH a wonderful time at the Conference; now to bring all that amazing, creative, healing energy back out into the world . . .
Peter (and Mary Alice) Amidon
amidonpeter@gmail.com
amidonmusic.com * amidonchoralmusic.com * dancingmasters.com