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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

2010 New Years Eve Dance at Bethel Grove - open band

For the musicians; this is an open band. Kathy Selby is band leader. Here is a message from her to the "core" group. With an event like this, there is often a core group, so as not to leave it to random chance! Smile

Facebook event http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181333965227772

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I'm putting together some tunes sets for New Year's Eve which use only YFN tunes. We may also use non-YFN tunes, depending on who shows up to play, but these sets will be ready in case we have a crowd of folks who need to use the YFN book.

Marches

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (D) / Campbells' Farewell to Redgap (A mix) / The Meeting of the Waters (D)
Farewell to Whiskey (G) / The Rose Tree I (D) / March of St. Timothy (G)
Jamie Allen (G) / Riding On A Load Of Hay (Edor) / Redwing (G)
Road To Boston (D) / Mairie's Wedding (*D* maj - start on an "A" note) / Jenny's Gone To Linton (A)
Golden Slippers (G) / Jay Bird (D)

Jigs

Haste to the Wedding (D) / Smash The Windows (D) / Off She Goes (D)
Indian Point (Em) / Tenpenny Bit (A dor) / The Connachtman's Rambles (D/Bm)
The Kesh Jig (G) / Swallowtail Jig (E dor) / Yurt in the Meadow (D)
Maison de Glace (D) / Out on the Ocean (G) / My Darling Asleep (D)
Road To Lisdoonvarna (Em) / Bellman's Jig (G) / Little Burnt Potato (D)
The Sailor's Wife (D dor) / Calliope House (D) / The Hundred Pipers (A)

All the above tunes are available at http://canaaninstitute.org/mn/mus_tuneset.html Some of them are in the "YFN supplements" lists. THANKS, MIKE!

Reels

I'll send reel sets tomorrow.

English dance tunes (from Pamela)

Childgrove (Dm)
Female Saylor (Dm)
Mad Robin (Bb)
The Mulberry Garden (Dm)

These are all in Barnes Book I. The versions of Childgrove and Female Saylor in the YFN collection are different, so let's use Barnes on New Years'. If you need a copy of any of these, I can email you a pdf.

Waltzes

Bring your waltz books! Let me know if you have favorites.

Schottisches

Shottis Fran Idre (D/Dm)
Svensk Shottis #2 (D)
Rochester Schottische #2 (D)

These are all in A Little Couple Dancemusik. If you need a copy of any of these, I can email you a pdf.

Polkas

Jenny Lind (D/G)
Year of the Jubilo (D) - "Alternate version" in YFN (p.4 Cool

Bill Sullivan's (A)

All in YFN.

Hambos

Fjallnas (D)
Hargaluten (Gm)

In A Little Couple Dancemusik.

"Chestnut" contras

Bring The New England Fiddlers' Repertoire book if you have it.

I know that this looks like a lot of tunes already! We won't need them all. I'm just making sets and trying them out so we aren't scrambling during the walk-throughs to find tunes that go together in sets.

Cheers, Kathy
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Northern style Reels

Bus Stop Reel (Am) / The Wren (Bm) / Nail That Catfish To The Tree (G)
Deshabille Toi (G) / Reel Gaspe (D) / You Married My Daughter and Yet You Didn't (D)
Flowers of Edinburgh (G) / Spootiskerry (G) / Dancing Bear (Em)
The Merry Blacksmith (D) / Julia DeLaney (Ddor) / Mason's Apron (A)
Miss McLeod's (G) / Brenda Stubbert's (Ador) / Morpeth Rant (D)
Reel de Montreal (G/D) / Reel St. Joseph (D) / Old French (D/A)
Reel St. Anne (D) / Pays de Haut (D) / Reel St. Antione (A)
Scollay's Reel (Em) / Staten Island (D) / Tam Lin (Dm)

Southern Style Reels

Angeline The Baker (D) / Seneca Square Dance (G) / Pretty Little Dog (Ador)
The Girl I Left Behind Me (G) / Frosty Morning (Ador) / Liza Jane (A)
Over The Waterfall (D) / Shenandoah Falls (****A major****) / Kitchen Girl (Amix/Amin)
Soldiers' Joy (D) / Liberty (D) / Old Joe Clark (Amix)
Whiskey Before Breakfast (G) / Red Haired Boy (Amix) / Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman (Am)

All these tunes are in the YFN lists:
http://www.ludgatefarms.com/mus_tuneset.html

So... we don't have to play only tunes from these sets, but they are ready so that we won't be stuck frantically searching for tunes that go together while the caller taps their foot impatiently and tells bad jokes because we are not ready to play!

Cheers, Kathy
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Thanks Kathy.

I am moving all the music stuff to my "home" website: the YFN music is here http://canaaninstitute.org/mn/mus_tuneset.html

Facebook event page for this event is here http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=181333965227772

Forum thread for open band event is here http://canaaninstitute.org/mikesmusic/viewtopic.php?p=3817#3817

-m
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

SHEET MUSIC in sets SCANNED BY RENEE! Smile

http://canaaninstitute.org/mn/yfn/YFN_Sets_20101241/

"more coming later today"

RB

I had to switch to pdf because I'm a computer spaz and the documents
started getting lost in digitaland. THis is most of the tune[s]. People
will have to wing it with the rest.

Renee

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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Contra Dancing, every Friday night!

Everything happens at the Bethel Grove Community Center,
1825 Slaterville Road, Ithaca, NY, which is about 4 miles east of the
Ithaca Commons on NYS Rt.79.
Pass the Bible Church, watch for the parking lot on your right.

Naturally, we encourage you to share rides;
there's a ride sign-up at the dance.
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New Years' Eve 2011

Coming up this year ON A SATURDAY: It's New Year's Eve!
Haven't made firm plans yet? Here's your best option:

Community Dance Celebration at Bethel Grove in Ithaca, NY
6:00 ...Potluck Supper
7:00 ...Waltzing
8:00-'til ...Contras and More

1825 Slaterville Road (a.k.a. State Street, NYS Rt.79),
about 4 miles east of Ithaca. The Community Center,
which is a bit beyond the Bible Church.

Don't know how to get there? Check out
http://tedcrane.com/TCCD/

Bring your instruments AND your feet. It's an open band
for the evening!

Bring your family, friends, and guests. We'll be teaching
everything, as usual, and expecting more than the usual
number of newcomers. Great night to get started!

Lend us your supper, your desserts, and your appetite.
Share with others in the huge potluck!

We'll all toast in the New Year at midnite (Pamela and I
are bringing the sparkling cider).

Did we mention...free? OK, the cash box will be out for
donations to help cover costs, but...free!

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And, while we're talking about the New Year, don't forget
your New Year's Resolution: "I will dance more. I will take
advantage of the great dances happening every Friday out at
Bethel Grove!"

January 7: Every month, on the first Friday...
Waltz Jam Night, starting at 7pm.
Bring an instrument or your feet. Or both.

And, every Friday in January...great bands including
Mad Goat, Notes Inegales, the Rosebud Ramblers, and more!

In general:
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New England Contra and Square Dancing
Every Friday, all year round, 8:00pm
Bethel Grove Community Center
1825 Slaterville Road (NYS Rt.79), east of Ithaca, NY

AND...
Look forward to NEXT SUMMER'S
Contra, Square, and Circle Dances on the Ithaca Commons
Every Monday, June through mid-September, 7:30-10:00pm
Ithaca Commons Main Pavilion
Music by Your Friends and Neighbors
Beginners VERY Welcome, all dances are taught!
Musicians are encouraged to bring their instrument and play!

Info:
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Ted Crane,
607.273.8678,
tccd_mail20101001@tedcrane.com

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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

2011 New Years Eve Dance at Bethel Grove - open band
Band leader: Kathy Selby

Pamela may call some of these English dances:
Childgrove
Juice of Barley
Lovers' Knot
Mad Robin

and she may call Golden Slippers as a singing square.

I've attached sheet music for all of these.

Note that Juice of Barley is played ABB.

Golden Slippers will also need a different repeat structure than we're used to:

4 measure intro

Then repeat the following for the dance:
{
8 measure A part
8 measure A part
8 measure B part (that's half our usual B part)
}

End the dance with a 4 measure tag.
Cheers, Kathy
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

More sheet music and set list

OK ... Here is all the "weird" (non-typical YFN) tunes for Saturday night.
Click this link and you will see a list of PDF files. Some redundant, sorry.

http://canaaninstitute.org/mn/yfn/2011_12_31_Open_Band_Bethel_Grove/

To find ALL YFN sheet music from scratch you can go to my home page
http://www.canaaninstitute.org/

Then click on "folk music" or "music calendar"
http://canaaninstitute.org/mn/musicnt.htm

Then in the left column click on "Sheet Music" and see info to find YFN tunes.

If you are a serious musician and want copies of the tune books, I have all the Barnes and Miller books at Canaan Rd for sale. -m

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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Hello Mike,

The chords for Childgrove in the YFN supplement are different than those in the transcription I sent you (which came from Barnes Book I). Both would work fine, but we need to decide which version to use, since they will clash with each other (C vs. Gmin is going to be NASTY!) I personally like the flavor of the Barnes chords.

Here they are:

|: Dm | Dm | Gm | Am | Dm | Dm | Gm Am | Dm :|
|: F | C | Dm | A | F | Gm | Dm A | Dm :|

I have printed 9 copies of each of the four ECD tunes, and also Golden Slippers, to bring to the dance.

Cheers, Kathy
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

Mike, Here are some harmony parts for the English tunes for New Year's Eve. Optional for anyone who wants to try them.

http://canaaninstitute.org/mn/yfn/2011_12_31_Open_Band_Bethel_Grove/ECD%20harmony%20parts%20for%20123111.pdf

Cheers, Kathy

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All the "weird" (non-YFN) music is in this folder: http://canaaninstitute.org/mn/yfn/2011_12_31_Open_Band_Bethel_Grove/

Mike
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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

OPEN BAND BETHEL GROVE NEW YEAR'S EVE 2012

Proposed set list from Kathy. Subject to revision and suggestions. This is basically last year's set list from the same event ... SCROLL up to previous posts on this thread to see notes from last year.

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Marches (YFN)
1. Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (D) / Campbells' Farewell to Redgap (A mix) / The Meeting of the Waters (D)
Play Campbell’s Farewell AAB, then AACC last time through. (B part is 16 measures long.)
2. Farewell to Whiskey (G) / The Rose Tree I (D) / March of St. Timothy (G)
3. Jamie Allen (G) / Riding On A Load Of Hay (Edor) / Come Dance and Sing (D)
4. Road To Boston (D) / Mairie's Wedding (*D* maj - start on an "A" note) / Jenny's Gone To Linton (A)
5. Golden Slippers (G) / Redwing (G) / Jay Bird (D)

Jigs (YFN)
1. Haste to the Wedding (D) / Smash The Windows (D) / Off She Goes (D)
2. Indian Point (Em) / Tenpenny Bit (A dor) / The Connachtman's Rambles (D/Bm)
3. The Kesh Jig (G) / Swallowtail Jig (E dor) / Yurt in the Meadow (D)
4. Maison de Glace (D) / Out on the Ocean (G) / My Darling Asleep (D)
5. Road To Lisdoonvarna (Em) / Bellman's Jig (G) / Little Burnt Potato (D)
6. The Sailor's Wife (D dor) / Calliope House (D) / The Hundred Pipers (A)

Northern Style Reels (YFN)
1. Bus Stop Reel (Am) / The Wren (Bm) / Nail That Catfish To The Tree (G)
2. Deshabille Toi (G) / Reel Gaspe (D) / You Married My Daughter and Yet You Didn't (G)
3. Flowers of Edinburgh (G) / Spootiskerry (G) / Dancing Bear (Em)
4. The Merry Blacksmith (D) / Julia DeLaney (Ddor) / Mason's Apron (A)
5. Miss McLeod's (G) / Brenda Stubbert's (Ador) / Morpeth Rant (D)
6. Reel de Montreal (G/D) / Reel St. Joseph (D) / Old French (D/A)
7. Reel St. Anne (D) / Pays de Haut (D) / Reel St. Antione (A)
8. Scollay's Reel (Em) / Staten Island (D) / Tam Lin (Dm)

Southern Style Reels (YFN)
1. Angeline The Baker (D) / Seneca Square Dance (G) / Pretty Little Dog (Ador)
2. The Girl I Left Behind Me (G) / Frosty Morning (Ador) / Liza Jane (A)
3. Over The Waterfall (D) / Shenandoah Falls (*A major*) / Kitchen Girl (Amix/Amin)
4. Soldiers' Joy (D) / Liberty (D) / Old Joe Clark (Amix)
5. Whiskey Before Breakfast (D) / Red Haired Boy (Amix) / Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman (Am)

MIDNIGHT
1. Auld Lang Syne (D) / Tombigbee Waltz, or another good waltz in D.

Waltzes
Bring your waltz books.

Schottisches (A Little Couple Dancemusik)
1. Shottis Fran Idre (D/Dm)
2. Svensk Shottis #2 (D)
3. Rochester Schottische #2 (D)

Hambos (A Little Couple Dancemusik)
We’ll probably play the hambos traditional Swedish style, with just a few fiddlers in the middle of the dance floor.
1. Fjallnas (D)
2. Hargaluten (Gm)

Polkas (YFN)
1. Jenny Lind (D/G)
2. Year of the Jubilo (D) - "Alternate version" in YFN (p.48)
3. Bill Sullivan's (A)

"Chestnut" contras
Bring The New England Fiddlers' Repertoire.

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Mike_L · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 4989 Location: Canaan Jam Host

I just added some sheet music to this folder: http://canaaninstitute.org/mn/yfn/2011_12_31_Open_Band_Bethel_Grove/

The tunes with "2013" in the filename are new this year for 2012-13 event.

Also you should scroll up and read some of the other notes from last year. We will use the version of Child Grove that is in YFN.

-m
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