I'm interested in the Popcorn Dance, too!
Jimmy Akin
On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 12:30 PM Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers <
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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unpublished but I am happy to share it with individuals directly.
Sue Hulsether
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> On Feb 15, 2024, at 1:15 PM, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers <
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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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