I'm interested in the Popcorn Dance, too! Jimmy Akin
On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 12:30 PM Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 unpublished but I am happy to share it with individuals directly.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] > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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