Hello Dance Gypsy User !

Users with Dance Gypsy accounts may interact directly for purposes such as updating their own information or that of their dances.

Why else register with the Dance Gypsy?

The truthful answer: At present, for the vast majority of visitors to the Dance Gypsy there is very little reason to register and obtain a login ID — the only useful tools so far are for musicians and callers. In the near future, it will make a big different to a larger subset of visitors, in particular: all those whose name or organizations are referenced on Dance Gypsy pages. In addition to perfumers, this will include: representatives of bands, organizers for dances and festivals and representatives of dance organizations: in general, anyone who has information viewable on Dance Gypsy pages. With a login ID, these groups of people will be able to sign in and update or correct their own information. This will provide faster updates of new information and give you more control over what is said about you and your organization. Speaking of “what is said”, what will you be able to control? In addition to the previously existing information included in the Dance Gypsy (such as contact information, dance style and instruments), you may also provide:

• Your name — as visitors see it. that includes unusual letters (e.g., é, ø, or ç), punctuation characters within your name, unusual upper/lower case representations, etc.
• Tools for dealing with common misspellings or nicknames.
• Self description: you may provide a paragraph of information about yourself.
• Pictures: you may now upload a picture for display with your listing (helping them remember who you are)
• Sound Byte: you may upload a sample of your music for viewers to listen to while they decide if they will come to your dance.
• Band membership
• CDs: you can list your CDs or other music publications

This will become progressively useful as more Dance Gypsy services are added. For example, very soon bands will also be allowed to upload pictures and music samples. The Dance Gypsy forum will be re-established and use the same IDs as the user pages, users will be allowed to set their default settings, and contributors will be able to bypass the fund drives.

Who can or should register?

Any user of the Dance Gypsy is invited to register and/or login. Login is still not required to access the Dance Gypsy data bases or other services, but being a registered user does provide additional options. This is most important for persons who are referenced in the Dance Gypsy data bases: musicians, dance leaders band representatives, and contact persons for dance organizations and events. Once registered and identified, such people can update their own descriptions as well as those of their bands or events with which they are associated. All such users may update their own pages. users who serve as contacts for bands or events may also update the pages for those bands or events.

What do you need to do?

For most visitors: On the first visit, just follow the link to the registration page where you will be asked to provide a user name, password and email address. On subsequent visits you will simply go to the page you wish to visit. At that point you will be asked to login.

Those who wish to update their own data will obviously have to provide their names and additional contact information. Many of you in that category have been given pre-approved accounts and have already received an email with the specifics .

If you are already logged in and have entered your basic data, you may go to any of these pages: