16 Feb
2024
16 Feb
'24
1:29 p.m.
I would also be interested in your Popcorn Dance. I call an annual event called the Fairy
Tale Ball at a local library. It is mostly very small kids dressed up in various
costumes, It seems like I'm standing in a room full of knee-high princesses. A
jumping dance sounds like just the thing for this.
Jonathan
On 2/16/2024 10:07 AM, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers wrote:
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
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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 It is yet unpublished but I am happy to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.
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On Feb 15, 2024, at 1:15 PM, Jerome Grisanti via
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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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