I am interested in the Popcorn Dance as well!
Pat Reeser
On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 01:30:13 PM EST, Jonathan Sivier via Contra
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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,
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> 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."
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> Jerome
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> On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 10:35 AM Sue C. Hulsether <[email protected]
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> 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”.
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> 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 It is yet unpublished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.
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> Sue Hulsether
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> > On Feb 15, 2024, at 1:15 PM, Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers
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> > 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.
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> > Thanks!
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> > Jerome
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