I will look at that collection. Rich --- On Sat, 7/6/13, Joseph Kwiatkowski <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Joseph Kwiatkowski <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Callers] Singing Calls To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 11:49 AM CDSS just published Nils Fredland's work "New River Train, Square Dances from the Collection of Keith Blackmon". There's a lot of 30s-40s-50s popular songs in that book. Living in the area, I'm certainly biased, but I would hope some of those might pick up popularity in the rest of the country. Joe Kwiatkowski On 7/5/2013 8:59 PM, rich sbardella wrote: > Hello folks, > I am considering a recording project that spans the gap between modern club >dancing and traditional squares. From a traditional perspective, what are the >most common singing calls in your area of the country? What are the most well >received by the dancers? Are there any that you wish were available in an >instrumental pre-recorded version? > My vision is to use traditional dance figures with traditional music in a >format that club callers would use and that club dancers would enjoy. (That >typically means 7x64 beats) > I have enjoyed Ralph Sweet's recent CD and Bob Dalsemer's two sets, Some >of those songs would be appropriate for my project as well as songs like >Goodbye My Lady Love, and many others. > I'd appreciate any input and/or suggestions. > Rich Sbardellla > Stafford, CT > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list [email protected] http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
