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,
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> 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?
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> Also, I'd be interested in your composition, "The Popcorn Dance."
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> On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 10:35 AM Sue C. Hulsether <shulsether@mac.com <mailto:shulsether@mac.com>> wrote:
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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”.
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>    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  It is yet unpublished but I am happy to share it with individuals directly.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 Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
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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.
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>      > 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.
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>      > Thanks!
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>      > Jerome
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