On 12/28/2012 1:10 PM, Donald Perley wrote:
Just the other day I was contemplating Take 5 as a dance tune. Must
be the obituary put it in our heads.
Here's a video of the stellar (sorry for the pun) Orion Longsword and
their original dance Take 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnZZlEEyJ8c
For those unfamiliar with the tradition of English longsword dance, you
can find a fair number of videos out there on Youtube. Orion (based in
the Boston area) does some of the traditional dances, but mostly
performs their own compositions. If you ever go to NEFFA you might get
to see them there.
Kalia
p.s. Though it was the Dave Brubeck Quintet who recorded the tune, it
was actually written by the group's sax player, Paul Desmond.
