{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrom-the-mic.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fepisode-28-david-kaynor-NpFJaKa0","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 28 - David Kaynor","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f9cc4021-1ff0-4721-b799-3bbf62e1d04d/073dd0cc-2a76-45f9-a111-48e0d361019a/fromthemic.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"We have a special episode for you this month, From the Mic listeners! Mary shares an interview she recorded with David Kaynor of Montague, MA in 2011, ten years before his passing. Rather than focusing on calling, this interview is about the relationship between contra dancers and the Grange, the social organization connected to some of the places David organized dances near his home in western Massachusetts.\n\nDancers and Grangers represented two hugely important communities and touchstones in David’s life; he was deeply involved with making contra dancing happen at both the Guiding Star Grange and the Montague Grange in Massachusetts. \n\nWhen Montpelier contra dancers rallied to save the best dance floor in town (the grange hall), they relied on the help and encouragement of David. Mary, an enthusiastic 20-something with a new interest in oral history and a borrowed recorder, then asked him for an interview that you are about to listen to!\n"}