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

• Emily leads a Rushfest dance during a late night session at Youth Dance Weekend 2016.
• Emily Rush calling with Buddy System at the first ever Catalina Dance Weekend!
• Emily Rush calls the Readbeard Reel by Bob Isaacs at a Rushfest dance at Butterfly Whirl dance weekend on Saturday, 23 May 2026 at Decatur Recreation Center, Decatur, GA.

Other things!

• The Rushfest website! Great videos, workouts, samples of Emily's music mixes, and the amazing Code of Excellence! Make sure to check it out!
• Want to learn how to mix music like Emily does for Rushfest? Guess what!? She just did an online workshop for CDSS about this and you can watch the workshop recording right here: Mixing It Up: Making Recorded Music Work for Contra Dance with Emily Rush

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent

Download the full transcript here.

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

• Margaret calls the English country dance Trip to Tunbridge at Pinewoods Camp in 2026
• Margaret calls an English country dance she composed with her husband, Jeff—New Map at Pinewoods Camp in 2026

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent

Download the full transcript here.

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

• Ghislain calling a square dance in Sutton, QC with music by Patrice Boucher, Richard Forest, and Tristan Henderson
• Ghislain calling at the Comboros festival in France (recording courtesy of Ghislain)
• Ghislain calling at a veillée de danse traditionnelle, an evening of traditional dance in Quebec City with music by Le Vent de Nord.

Other things!

• Gigi's Link Tree full of great videos, resources for callers, and his gig schedule. Make sure to check it out!

See the From the Mic website for great bonus content, including pictures and audio, transcripts, and more. And the Country Dance and Song Society for information about Contra and English country dance across the continent