Let's try that again with the link included.
Here's a 40-bar singing square from the 1950s. It's only 6 times through, but
it's in five 8-bar phrases (two in the "A" part, three in the
"B").
https://archive.org/details/78_banjo-pickers-ball_schroeders-playboys-jerry…
Tony Parkes
Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Cann via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Friday, January 3, 2020 1:48 PM
To: John Sweeney <john(a)modernjive.com>
Cc: contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: [Callers] Re: Recordings of 40 Bar Tunes
I'm going to head off-list and talk to my friend Norb Spencer, accordionist
extraordinaire, major tune-hound, and player of all three
likely-to-be-not-32 genres (Oldtime, Fr.C, and Scottish). Watch this space...
On 1/3/20, John Sweeney via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
wrote:
Hi Amy,
You asked about the 40-bar dance.
The dance I am currently working on is " Ladies Walk Around Their Contra "
http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/FormationsDances.html#LadiesWalk
I was at a dance on New Year's Eve where it was called and realised
it was a new formation for me. It is a Becket dance for Trios
(Lady-Man-Lady). It is Formation #102 at
http://contrafusion.co.uk/Formations.html
I don't know who wrote it. Does anyone know?
A good 40-bar tune will also be useful for:
"Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=5030
“Apple Pie Quadrille” by Ron Beeson
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=12522
"Not So Solitary" by me (Nine dancers in a 3x3 grid doing lots of
Heys)
Thanks.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
940 574
http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs
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