16 Feb
2024
16 Feb
'24
11:07 a.m.
Sue,
Thanks! I see Down in the Valley on the New England Dancing Masters
website. Is that it, or is it Jump in the Valley and I'm not spotting it?
Also, I'd be interested in your composition, "The Popcorn Dance."
Jerome
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On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 10:35 AM Sue C. Hulsether <shulsether(a)mac.com>
wrote:
Peter Amidon and the New England Dancing Master have
written and
published a similar singing game— different melody and words (original)
called, I believe, “Jump in the Valley.” I feel like “Jump Jim Joe” is
mostly NOT done these days due to it being a direct adaptation of “Jump Jim
Crow”.
I myself wrote an original singing/ jumping dance called “The Popcorn
Dance.” Written roughly to the tune of Soldiers Joy. It is yet
unpublished but I am happy to share it with individuals directly.
Sue Hulsether
shulsether(a)mac.com
newdayhoedown(a)icloud.com
www.suehulsether.com
608-632-1267
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On Feb 15, 2024, at 1:15 PM, Jerome Grisanti via
Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I understand that the childrens' singing game/dance I knew as Jump Jim
Joe
isn't used as such anymore due to its racist origins.
I'm wondering whether another text and dance has been set to that tune.
It was
such a short and easy song, very accessible to early primary grades.
Thanks!
Jerome
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