from Robin Cohen:

Hello Folk Club New Harmony campers,
The swing dance will be Thursday night this year, aka New Year's Day evening, aka the third night of camp. As always, we will have a variety of singers accompanying the band. All are welcome to sing a song of your choice for the dancers' pleasure, within reason, playability, and swinginess.

If you are interested, please try to arrive at camp knowing what song you would like to sing, and in what key. Bring some chord charts if you can prepare them in advance. It will help the band immensely.

In order to put on a good dance program, we need a variety of fast and slow songs, latin rhythms are very welcome, and a waltz or two. You may be asked to come up with an alternate if we end up with too many songs of any one type. I have all the chord charts from the last three years of swing dances, in case you would like to sing your "signature" song, want try one the perennial favorites, or need a reminder of what you sang in the past and in what key.

There will still be a sign up sheet at camp, and the band and I will be available for consultation and assistance. If you know in advance what you want to sing, you can let me know now so I can get a head start on the list, or just come to camp prepared.

I look forward to seeing many of you at camp next week. In the meantime, enjoy all your holiday celebrations.

Best wishes,
Robin