From the Mic

Episode 15 - Luke Donforth

Episode Summary

This month Mary is joined by longtime friend, collaborator, and fellow Vermont caller and choreographer Luke Donforth. They revisit memories and stories from the Burlington area Mad Robin Callers Collective in 2009 and dive into Luke's cross-country calling career. As a prolific, you could even say compulsive dance choreographer they also spend some time in his dance writing brain. Enjoy!

Episode Notes

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And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent

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

• Luke calling the dance Homeward Bound by Andrea Nettleton at the August, 2019 Portland (ME) Intown Contra Dance with music by Shandy (Eileen Kalfass, Rebecca McCallum, and Jane Knoeck)
• Luke calling his own dance, If You Can Walk, You Can Dance at the Feb. 2017 Mad Robin Contra Dance in Burlington, VT with music by Maivish