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| 8/21/11 | BIDA Contra Dance | Cambridge, MA |
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Delightful contras, hosted by BIDA. Music by Tunescape: Jodi Austin, Tim Ball, Rachel Bell, Peter Blue, Nadine Dyskant-Miller. |
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| 8/27 - 9/3/11 | English / American Dance Week | Plymouth, MA |
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Pinewoods Camp - Heaven on Earth ! Features HOT contras, splendid English, Morris, Sword, and more. Great teachers and musicians. |
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| 9/17/11 | Third Saturday - "Crazy Contras" Workshop and Dance | Glenside, PA |
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Wild and Crazy contras with the dynamic music of Z Train |
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| 9/23 - 9/25/11 | Fandango Dance Weekend | Atlanta, GA |
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English Dance delights, including guest caller Loretta Holtz and music by A Joyful Noise. |
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| 10/1/11 | Strafford Ball | Strafford, VT |
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Charming English Ball at peak foliage time. Music by Trio con Brio: Mary Lea, Peter Barnes, & Daniel Beerbohm. |
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| 10/8/11 | Columbus Weekend Dance Extravaganza | Baltimore, MD |
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Waltz with Peggy Leiby & Steve Gester - Contras with Taylor Among the Devils |
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| 10/28 - 10/30/11 | Ann Arbor Dance Weekend | Ann Arbor, MI |
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Delightful contra and English dancing with several great bands. |
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| 11/25/11 | Advanced Contra Workshop - Valley Contra Dance | Bethlehem, PA |
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with Larry Unger & Jane Rothfield - followed by Adina Gordon with Avant Gardeners ! |
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| 2/3/12 | Friday Glen Echo Contra | Glen Echo, MD |
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with Sugar Beat (Elke Baker, Susan Brandt, Marc Glickman) |
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| 2/25/12 | February Fling | Princeton, NJ |
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All Day Skilled English Dance, with Hold the Mustard |
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| 3/23 - 3/25/12 | Set for Spring Dance Weekend | Austin, TX |
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Delightful English dancing with Foxfire: Karen Axelrod & Daron Douglas. |
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| 4/7/12 | GCD First Saturday English Dance | Philadelphia, PA |
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with Details TBA |
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| 4/20 - 4/22/12 | NEFFA ! | Mansfield, MA |
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Fabulous Weekend of Music and Dance - a Cast of Thousands |
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| 7/2 - 7/6/12 | English Scottish Session | Plymouth, MA |
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Pinewoods Camp - Heaven on Earth ! Delightful Scottish, English, Morris and More, with many fine callers and musicians |
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| 8/11 - 8/18/12 |
Early Music
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Plymouth, MA |
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Pinewoods Camp - Heaven on Earth ! Features Early Music classes, English dancing, and more, with many fine teachers and musicians |
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| 8/18 - 8/25/12 |
Campers Week |
Plymouth, MA |
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Pinewoods Camp - Heaven on Earth ! Diverse Music and Dance Program Features Campers as leaders and musicians |
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| 10/12 - 10/14/12 | BACDS Fall Frolick Weekend | Aptos, CA |
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Delightful English and display in a gorgeous redfood forest ! Details TBA. |
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Scott Higgs began dancing in college, and started teaching soon thereafter (when the knowledgeable dancers graduated !). For 25 years he has traveled the country (25 states and 6 foreign countries) calling for contras and English country dances. Dancers characterize Scott's contras as "high-energy" and "swingy." His English dance programs span the spectrum from exuberant to elegant.
Scott has composed dozens of dances, and served as President of the Germantown Country Dancers. His first booklet of dance compositions, Early One Morning, appeared in 1995. Dances from that collection have been performed across the U.S. and Europe, and reprinted in anthologies in the U.S. and the U.K. In recent years, Scott has led weeklong workshops at Pinewoods, Buffalo Gap, Mendocino, Ashokan, and Mainewoods Camps. From 2004-2006, CDSS hired Scott to design and lead special intensive courses for English Dance Leaders. In 2007 and 2008, Scott was Program Director for English American Week at Pinewoods. Scott's latest enthusiasm: Renegade Morris, now entering its fifth season of high-energy dancing.
Recently, for a change of pace, Scott is taking a break from organizing weeks for CDSS, and has joined the National Board of Directors -- it's a very different perspective !
Scott's leading has been featured at many week-long workshops.
Pinewoods Camp (featured at one or more sessions almost every year)
English Dance Week American Dance Week
English/American Dance Week Campers Week
Early Music Week
English/Scottish Session
Family Week
Mendocino Woodlands Camp American Dance Week & English Dance Week
Augusta Heritage Center Dance Week
Buffalo Gap Camp English/American Dance Week
Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp Northern Week
Tropical Dance Vacation English Dance Week on St. Croix
Lady of the Lake Camp June Music and Dance Week
Mainewoods Folk Dance Camp (Week #1 of the season)
Berea College Christmas Country Dance School
Step Stately Tour - Leading English and contra dances on a tour of England
Special Weekends and Festivals - (Just a Sampling):
Dance Flurry (Albany, NY)
BACDS Fall Dance Weekend (La Honda, CA)
Heritage Dance Festival (Plymouth Meeting, PA)
Spring Dance Weekend (Antwerp, Belgium)
Champlain Valley Festival (Burlington, VT)
Cascadia English Dance Weekend (Seattle, WA)
American Buffalo Weekend (Buffalo Gap, WV)
Suttle Lake Dance Weekend (Portland, OR)
Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend (Plymouth, MA)
NEFFA (Natick, MA)
AACTMAD Dance Weekend (Ann Arbor, MI)
Victoria's Revenge (Cape May, NJ)
John Campbell Folk School (Brasstown, NC)
Ralph Page Memorial Weekend (Durham, NH)
Head for the Hills (Hudson Guild, NJ)
Pigtown Fling (Cincinnati, OH)
Alpine Country Dance Weekend (Hopewell Junction, NY)
Bayou Bedlam (Houston, TX)
Pinewoods 4th of July Weekend (Plymouth, MA)
Ski/Dance Weekend (Laurel Highlands, PA)
. . . and too many more to list . . .
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Over the last five years, Scott has led several weeklong workshops on dance leadership. In addition to feedback and practice in teaching and calling, participants explored a wide range of issues including: How to develop dance programs; How to teach more than the geography of a dance; and How to integrate rich learning with delightful fun. In 2004, 05, and 06 Scott led intensive (pre-registered group, 2+ hours per day)leaders seminars as part of CDSS's summer progams at Pinewoods Camp. .
Scott has also kept busy as a program director for CDSS, organizing Dance Weeks at Buffalo Gap and Pinewoods. These programs draw up to 140 dancers and musicians, who savor magical music and dance in a beautiful setting. Click below for information about this summer's weeks at Pinewoods, and many more great CDSS-sponsored programs !
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Scott earns his daily bread as a freelance computer consultant. Internet research, database support, writing, and editing for a variety of clients keep him busy. Some of Scott's favorite projects have been in-depth reviews of software, published in Software Digest, PC Digest, and BYTE magazines. Although he strongly prefers to work on projects at home (11pm - 3am are his most productive hours), Scott occasionally travels to an office for special projects, as in 1992, when he spent a year in Paris helping to establish one of Europe's first independent computer test laboratories.
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AADS - Dancing in Europe (via Belgium)
Flowers and Decorations by Leslie Talon
Simply Massage Vermont - Jody Higgs
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Document Last Updated: Autumn 2011
URL: http://www.scotthiggs.com