Yes, the Rosin Doctors (a band I'm in) worked up a few numbers for
Halloween, though most were regular tunes we could make spooky, or
characterish -- you know, work in things like Obladee Obladah, or The
Liberty Bell, or Gone Fishin'... I've know band who have for years
adapted The Adam's Family. In another band, we did the Munsters, and
Spider Man. There a lot of great TV tunes out there.
Don't forget Jay Ungar's Hoo Doo Hoedown.
And I wrote a dance, Ghost of a Chance, for Halloween, with a story line
of leaving your partner and only getting a "ghost of a chance" to dance
together:
*Ghost of a Chance*
Becket
A1 On Left Diagonal: Women Chain; Straight across: Half Hey, Women
start, Right shoulder
A2 Neighbor Balance & Swing, end facing in
B1 Circle Left ¾; with Neighbor, California Twirl (to face Partner),
Walk past Parnter, with Shadow, Allemande Left
B2 PartnerSwing
The timing from B1 to B2 is a little busy, but the partner swing is
forgiving. If dancers are really adept, B2 could be a Partner Gypsy and
Swing.
If you want to make sure the timing is spot on(and you get even more of
a ghost of a chance to dance with your partner) you could use the
original version:
B1 Circle Lft ¾; Balance the Ring, California Twirl, walk past Pt -- R Sh
B2 Walk past Partner, Allemande Left Shadow, return to Partner and Swing
~erik hoffman
oakland, ca
On 8/9/2013 2:04 PM, Chip Hedler wrote:
Whichever of the great dance suggestions you call, here's a Larry Edelman
tune the band might want to consider:
http://neoincunabula.org/music/spooky_monsters_sheet_music.png
Chip Hedler
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Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 11:31:17 -0700
From: Betsey Mullen <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Callers] Halloween dances
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I'm looking for some Halloween-theme dances. Something with
Monster/Ghost/Bat, etc in the title.
Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Betsey
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