[LBC-news] London Barndance Virtual Contra Saturday 9th May

[Andrew Findlay]

Two things in this message:

	Try out Zoom

	Send waltz video

On Sun, May 03, 2020 at 11:30:16AM +0100, Andrew Findlay wrote:

> Subject: London Barndance Virtual Contra Saturday 9th May

> 1)	Install Zoom if you don't already have it.
> 	This free video-conference software runs on phones, tablets,
> 	laptops and desktop computers (if they have sound cards).
> 	Get it from the App Store or Google Play, or download from here:
> 	https://zoom.us/download

We are going to run a try-out session on Friday evening so that people who
are new to Zoom can check that everything is working. This will be from
18:00 to 19:00 on Friday 8th May, and the Zoom details are:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87071068655

You should install Zoom before the try-out session if at all possible.
The laptop/desktop versions have a few more options, but tablets and
even phones will work.  You don't have to create a Zoom account, but it
can be faster getting into meetings if you do.  You may have to re-start
your web browser after installing Zoom.

If you cannot get through using the details above, then contact us as soon as
possible by mail or messenger:

	lbc-tech at barndance.org
	https://www.facebook.com/LondonBarndance/

Please indicate what device you are using (Android/iPad/Windows/Mac/Linux etc)
and include a phone number in case we need to call back. No promises, but
we will help if we can.

Here's a reminder to send in your waltz videos as soon as possible:

> 3)	Dance!
> 
> 	We have not worked out how to do 'lockdown contra' yet, but
> 	waltz works even for one person. Send us a short video.
> 	Here's how to do it:
> 
> 	Play this Bearded Dragons track on a tablet or computer:
> 	https://youtu.be/qG4HUuwdwDA?list=PL9yrqdocZvpO1EHSKeQANrXKukRt7BNhK
> 
> 	Put a smartphone or camera near the loudspeaker and set
> 	it to film you dancing for a minute or two. Make sure that some
> 	of the music comes through on the video.
> 
> 	Upload the video to this Google Album (you need a Google account):
> 	[ redacted ]
> 	If you cannot use that, then send us the file by some other method
> 	(email probably won't work as videos are too big!)
> 
> 	We will make a composite video with short clips from everyone
> 	and we will show it on Saturday.

I really need to start editing the video tomorrow, so doing this today would be
ideal!

We will publish the finished video after the event, but we are not going to record
the session on Saturday.

Andrew
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