I would also be interested in your Popcorn Dance. I call an annual event called the Fairy Tale Ball at a local library. It is mostly very small kids dressed up in various costumes, It seems like I'm standing in a room full of knee-high princesses. A jumping dance sounds like just the thing for this.
Jonathan On 2/16/2024 10:07 AM, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers wrote:
Sue, Thanks! I see Down in the Valley on the New England Dancing Masters website. Is that it, or is it Jump in the Valley and I'm not spotting it? Also, I'd be interested in your composition, "The Popcorn Dance." Jerome Jerome Grisanti 660-528-0858 http://www.jeromegrisanti.com <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.jeromegrisanti.com__;!!DZ3fjg!_bv-slYByiORnnIm-foeJ1sUhImV2L-dKb82quuBEQFIGH5N6d7iCHQqh6ENMo0fselkV9zitZazXDQrPCnnFQgrF-xdYO_p2U5m$> "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 10:35 AM Sue C. Hulsether <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Peter Amidon and the New England Dancing Master have written and published a similar singing game— different melody and words (original) called, I believe, “Jump in the Valley.” I feel like “Jump Jim Joe” is mostly NOT done these days due to it being a direct adaptation of “Jump Jim Crow”. I myself wrote an original singing/ jumping dance called “The Popcorn Dance.” Written roughly to the tune of Soldiers Joy. It is yet unpublished but I am happy to share it with individuals directly. Sue Hulsether [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.suehulsether.com <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.suehulsether.com__;!!DZ3fjg!_bv-slYByiORnnIm-foeJ1sUhImV2L-dKb82quuBEQFIGH5N6d7iCHQqh6ENMo0fselkV9zitZazXDQrPCnnFQgrF-xdYCoAnbhb$> 608-632-1267 This email sent via mobile device > On Feb 15, 2024, at 1:15 PM, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I understand that the childrens' singing game/dance I knew as Jump Jim Joe isn't used as such anymore due to its racist origins. > > I'm wondering whether another text and dance has been set to that tune. It was such a short and easy song, very accessible to early primary grades. > > Thanks! > > Jerome > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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