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Everyone Welcome!
2:30 - 3:30 pm
*Starting October 2011 onwards, the slow jam will be held at a home minutes from the dance hall in Castro Valley. Email tdogs.musicjam at yahoo for directions!
Friday, Dec 30, 2011, Music Jam 6 - 7 pm
Are you a Beginner - Intermediate level budding musician? Tired of playing alone in your living room? Join the Hayward Contra Dance Slow Jam!
The Ten Commandments
of Jamming
" We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may be depended upon in any kind of musical emercency "
~ Mark Twain
COMMUNITY HARVEST DANCE
For 2011, we have added some new tune sets to last year's collection!
Come to the music rehearsal, 2011:
- Sunday, October 23, 2011 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm at Kelsey and Lynn's in Castro Valley. RSVP to tdogs.dance at yahoo com for directions
Please respond to tdogs.dance at yahoo com if you plan to participate in the community band or if you wish to call a dance. It takes a lot of volunteers and coordination behind the scenes to create the community dance. Please volunteer to create this event.
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PRINT TUNE LIST (1 page) For October 23, 2011 <---- New! A few new tunes!
PRINT 1st Half Tune Sets (8 pages) For October 23, 2011 <---- New!
PRINT 2nd half Tune Sets (8 pages) For October 23, 2011 <---- New!
Adobe Acrobat Reader Required
OPEN CALLERS and OPEN BAND (preregistration required). Send an email to tdogs.dance at yahoo com to participate. Dances and tunes will be pre-arranged. Sheet music provided. Rehearsals, learnings, and fun practices will be arranged. Mentorship for both calling and music available.
TUNE LIST for 2011:
1. [Reels] Cindy (D) / Julianne Johnson (D) (Yoyo Zhou)
3. [Reels] Shoes and Stockings (G) / Shove that Pig’s Foot (G) (Les Addison)
4. [Reels] Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (D) / Doon the Brae (Em) (Kelsey Hartman)
5. [Jigs] The Sailor's Wife (Dm) / Morrison's (Em) (Susan Pleck)
6. [Reel] Red Haired Boy (A mix) / St Anne’s Reel (D) (Susan Goodis)
7. [Reels] Mairi’s Wedding (D) / Seneca Square Dance (G) (Rhonda Cayford)
[Waltz Before Break] Midnight on the Water (D)
~ ~ ~ Break ~ ~ ~
[Hambo] Hambo pa Logen (Hambo in the Barn)
A Part Hambos can be a mixer dance as well! (example)
B Part Fiddle jam doing a warm up, a kind of "Soldiers Joy," as it were.
8. [Reels] Riding on a Load of Hay (Em) / The Rakes of Mallow (G) (Dan Moore)
9. [Jigs] Fair Jenny’s (D) / The Road to Lisdoonvarna (Em) (Mavis McGaugh)
10. [Reels] Liza Jane (A) / Sandy Boys (A) (Lisa Marie Vanni)
11. [Jigs] Swallowtail Jig (Em) / Moon and Seven Stars (D) (Robin Steen)
12. [Reels] Staten Island (D) / Kitchen Girl (Am) (Alan Winston)
[Waltz: End of Dance 1of2] Boda Waltz (Em)
[Waltz: End of Dance 2of2] Ashokan Farewell (D)
Updated 10/23/11 Final for Oct 23, 2011 Community Dance:
- Added Tunes/ Dance #6 - Red Haired Boy/ St Anne's
- Revised Tune List to include Tune/ dance #6
- Changed Lisa Marie & Robin order of calling
Resources
Pegram Jam.com
Pegram Tune of the Month List
Subscription required to access
music scores and mp3's
Old Time Traditional Music, UK
Fiddler's Fake Book
By David Brody
Portland Collection I and II
By Susan Songer with Clyde Curley
New England Fiddler's Repertoire
By Randy Miller