The cuts aren't as long, but for musicians wanting to hear some classic New
England tunes, please consider the two CDs put out by the Montville Project:
http://www.montvilleproject.com/index.html
Between the two albums, you'll find 108 classic New England style tunes played
by a group of New Hamp
I came across and purchased the Portland play along selection 2-CD set --
it's actually intended for musicians, so they can "play along." It
contains 97 different widely-known contra tunes, mostly in sets of two or
three.
They are identified by general type, i.e., "New England-Style and I
I think you may mean Gypsy Camp by Bob Green.
*Gypsy Camp* by Bob Green Duple PROPER
A1 1. Ones gypsy your partner,
2. Swing your first corner
A2 3. Ones gypsy your partner
4. Swing your second corner
B1. 5.&6 Ones gypsy and swing
I have a partial set of figures for a dance... I beleive it was called A
Gypsy Cap or Camp
Intrigued me because it used a "Contra Corners" type figure done as -- 1s
Gypsy Partner 3/4 and Swing 1st Corner then 1s Gypsy Partner 3/4 and Swing
2nd Corner - then 1s Gypsy and Swing in
This dance has been one of my favorites for a long time. The first
half for its precision and the second half for its flow. With the
tight tune, it can be magical!
On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Martha Edwards wrote:
I would second that.
In "Midwest Folklore" a fine book of Midwestern Dances (
I would second that.
In "Midwest Folklore" a fine book of Midwestern Dances (plug, plug), edited
by the dance's author, Orace Johnson, it says of DuQuoin Races:
A2 Balance (4) (Women step forward across the set to take neighbor's place,
while men loop right to take partner's place, thus forming l
The mistake is the notation in the A2. After the pass through to a wave
and the allemande, people have their partners in their right hand. It
should read "women cross set to where neighbor is standing and men turn
into their partner's place". Then the rest of it works.
Chris Weiler
Goffstown,
I have been trying to work out how Orace Johnson's becket contra works.
I have the dance from the year 2000 syllabus of the New England Dance Legacy
Weekend, in other years also called the Ralph Page Legacy Weekend.
*Du Quoin Races *by Orace Johnson (1991)
As called by: Laura Johannes
Formation:
