David, thanks for sharing all of these, and the previous batch (and upcoming!)!
~ Becky Nankivell Tucson, AZ & Long Beach, CA On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. trad NH squares - videos (David Millstone) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: 12 Jul 2010 09:55:30 -0400 > From: [email protected] (David Millstone) > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: [Callers] trad NH squares - videos > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Lester Bradley calls a very traditional square dance program in central New > Hampshire. (Lester was one of the dance callers selected to represent New > Hampshire at the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in DC.) > > Here are five videos of traditional singing squares from Lester's monthly > dance > in Wentworth, NH. The files are lower-quality than some others I've posted; I > tried out a different compression algorithm to speed up the process. > > My goal in posting all this material is to encourage callers to include more > squares in their repertoire. The squares are part of our rich country dance > heritage and they add variety to an evening's program. For callers unfamiliar > with this material, seeing some of the dances may make it easier for you to > think about calling them. > > David Millstone > Lebanon, NH > > Here's the latest batch: > > Red River Valley > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMhOllPhq5w > This one also has shots of the various musicians playing with Lester; those > shots come about halfway through the video. > > Forward Six and Back > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wPM7ncM4Yg > > Comin' Round the Mountain > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tyR3J-5ydM > > Oh Johnny (big circle mixer) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWRGauYCPwY > > Listen to the Mockingbird > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsdiBIvRLVc > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 71, Issue 9 > ************************************** >
